Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police say they are investigating a homicide in the city’s west end. They say in a social media post that officers attended a residence on Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West this morning. Officers found a dead person inside. Police say the homicide unit has taken over the investigation. No other information […]

TORONTO — A resident of a Greater Toronto Area group home for adults with developmental disabilities that has been at the centre of a bitter labour dispute has died. Halton regional police say emergency crews responded to a medical call Friday morning at 53 Bond Street in Oakville, Ont., a care home run by the […]

The man suspected of shooting a police officer in a city southwest of Niagara Falls remains barricaded inside a home as investigators try to coax him out. Niagara regional police say in a social media post this morning that officers are continuing to negotiate with the suspect in hopes of a “peaceful surrender.” In the […]

LONDON — Police in Ontario say a 19-year-old was killed and two others were injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday on Highway 401 near London. The Oxford Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened just after 6:30 p.m., when officers responded to the collision about 60 kilometres east of London in the highway’s eastbound lanes […]

LONDON — A London man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 47-year-old woman in the city. London police say 56-year-old Alton Farquharson was arrested at the scene of the death and remains in custody with his next court date set for Dec. 23. Authorities said earlier in the day that […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for two nut-related products sold in Ontario due to possible salmonella contamination. The agency says the recall covers two products, Arnie’s All Natural Raw Mix Nuts and Arnie’s Sweet and Savoury Mix, both sold from Nov. 1 to Dec. 2. The recalled products were […]

A police officer in Welland, Ont., was shot Friday in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who hours later remained holed up in a building swarmed by police attempting to negotiate his surrender. The officer was treated in hospital and released with minor injuries, Niagara regional police said in an evening update on their […]

TORONTO — For the first time in his career, Toronto reliever Tyler Rogers felt like he was being recruited in the off-season. The Blue Jays were interested right from the start of free agency, he said, with the two sides eventually agreeing to a three-year deal worth US$37 million. “It leaves an impression when it’s […]

Premier Doug Ford says embattled Labour Minister David Piccini will co-operate with an ethics investigation, while defending the provincial Skills Development Fund. Ontario Integrity Commissioner Cathryn Motherwell launched a probe into Piccini after the provincial Liberals and New Democrats alleged he breached ethics rules in handing out skills training funding. Ford says the province will […]