Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Former federal cabinet member Navdeep Bains has entered the Ontario Liberal leadership race. Bains worked as a science and industry minister in Justin Trudeau’s government before leaving politics in 2021. He recently resigned as an executive from Rogers in order to explore a provincial Liberal leadership bid. Bains has released a 16-second video […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is reversing its decision to go to court to prevent the release of documents about its ill-fated blue licence plates. Lawyers for the government applied for a judicial review of decisions by Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner ordering the province to release documents in response to a freedom-of-information […]

Seventeen people are facing more than 100 charges after an investigation into a string of violent extortion incidents that predominantly targeted South Asian businesses in the Greater Toronto Area. Peel regional police said a joint operation involving provincial, federal and U.S. authorities began last December and “dismantled a co-ordinated campaign of intimidation, threats, and escalating […]

Thousands of community and social workers across Ontario have walked off the job today, calling on the province to boost funding for their services. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents the workers, says “chronic underfunding” has forced them to work additional jobs to make ends meet while leaving vulnerable people struggling to access […]

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police are set to launch a website next year that will name high-risk offenders. The province has tabled legislation that will allow the OPP commissioner to publish information on offenders whenever a police chief in the province issues a community notification. The changes come in an omnibus justice bill tabled Monday […]

Police say 17 suspects have been arrested after an investigation into a string of violent extortion incidents that predominantly targeted South Asian businesses in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. Peel regional police say a joint operation involving provincial, federal and U.S. authorities began last December. They say several businesses, including restaurants and trucking companies, were repeatedly […]

TORONTO — Drake once said he “started from the bottom,” but this week he’s occupying the entire top floor of the Billboard charts. The Toronto rapper has rewritten music history by becoming the first artist to claim the top three spots on Billboard’s top 200 album chart, the company announced Sunday. His trilogy of albums […]

MARKHAM — Police in York Region are warning the public after another coyote attack in Markham, Ont., on Sunday. Police say a coyote bit a child in a park in the area of Roy Rainey and Bur Oak avenues around 7:30 p.m. They say the child is about five years old and was taken to […]

KELOWNA — Sam O’Reilly has become one of the more accomplished players in recent Canadian Hockey League history. But his journey to a third straight Memorial Cup tournament hasn’t been without twists and turns. He has endured detours and a little adversity along the way. Traded in the NHL. Traded in the OHL. From ‘once […]

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has announced she’ll be seeking re-election in this year’s municipal election. Chow says she plans to continue focusing on her work as mayor right now, with “plenty of time for campaigning in the fall.” The 69-year-old former NDP parliamentarian was elected in 2023 in a byelection after the resignation […]