Author: The Canadian Press

An investigation is underway after one person died in a shooting near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus Tuesday afternoon. Toronto Police Service says officers responded to a call about a person with serious injuries in the area of Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road. Police say the shooting happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. […]

TORONTO — Veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson has confirmed he will not be returning to Toronto FC next season. The news was not unexpected given Toronto had announced in late October that it was declining the 2026 contract option on the 36-year-old ‘keeper. But Johnson made it official Tuesday, saying farewell in a social media post. […]

TORONTO — The Archdiocese of Toronto says a Catholic priest in Brampton, Ont., has been charged with sexual offences and removed from the ministry. It says James Cherickal is accused of one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference, an offence that applies when the victim is under 16 years old. The […]

OSHAWA — Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a suspect after a man was allegedly stabbed to death in Oshawa, Ont., early Tuesday morning. Durham regional police say a passerby called 911 to report the incident, which happened near Park Road South and John Street at around 4:15 am. They say the man […]

TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of playing a key role in an international drug smuggling network was granted bail in a downtown Toronto courtroom Tuesday ahead of his extradition hearing. Deepak Paradkar, 62, is one of several Canadians arrested last month for extradition to the U.S. as part of an FBI investigation targeting the […]

HALIFAX — A two-year investigation by the Nova Scotia RCMP has led to more charges against an Ontario man for sexual offences involving 30 young alleged victims. The Mounties in West Hants, N.S., say that in November 2022 they received a complaint regarding a youth who they say received sexually explicit material from an unknown […]

TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of playing a key role in an international drug smuggling network has been granted bail ahead of his extradition hearing. Deepak Paradkar, 62, is one of several Canadians arrested last month for extradition to the U.S. as part of an FBI investigation targeting the former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, […]

When Sasha Leigh Henry’s acclaimed TV show was canceled and development pipelines slowed to a crawl, she decided not to wait years for permission to reach audiences again. Instead, she made her feature debut “Dinner With Friends” on a $100,000 micro-budget, and is now releasing it herself. The Toronto filmmaker decided to act last year […]

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign against Canada — and the surge of national pride it triggered — have been voted The Canadian Press News Story of the Year. Nearly two-thirds of editors and news directors surveyed from media organizations across the country chose Trump’s tariffs as the most consequential story of 2025. […]

HILLSBURGH — Vicki Pappas and Lauren Millet are giving retired thoroughbred racehorses a second lease on life. Pappas is chairperson and founding member of LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society, a 100-acre facility that specializes in matching retired thoroughbreds with new owners for a second career and finding them adoptive homes. Millet is LongRun’s farm and adoption […]