Author: The Canadian Press

Ben Danford has a tutor with championship pedigree. He’s looking to add some hardware of his own in a few weeks. The Toronto Maple Leafs defence prospect is set to help patrol Canada’s blue line at the world junior hockey championship as a dependable, no-nonsense option for a country looking to rebound off a pair […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a TTC streetcar derailed at a busy intersection in the city’s downtown core after a collision with a vehicle. Police say officers responded at around 5:40 a.m. Sunday to the reported collision at Bay Street and Richmond Street West. They say officers arrived on scene to find the streetcar had […]

CALGARY — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart will be the first of five former Canadian junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault earlier this year to appear in a professional game in Canada. Hart, from Sherwood Park, Alta., is scheduled to start for the Golden Knights on Sunday against the Oilers in Edmonton. The […]

TORONTO — Payton Pritchard had a double-double with 33 points and 10 assists as the undermanned Boston Celtics topped the Toronto Raptors 112-96 on Saturday. Pritchard added eight rebounds for Boston (17-11), while Derrick White added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds. The Celtics were without all-star forward Jaylen Brown, who was sick with […]

CALGARY — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart will be the first of five former Canadian junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault earlier this year to appear in a professional game in Canada. Hart, from Sherwood Park, Alta., is scheduled to start for the Golden Knights on Sunday against the Oilers in Edmonton. The […]

A 59-year-old man suspected of shooting a police officer in a city southwest of Niagara Falls has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a nearly 24-hour standoff, police said. Niagara Regional Police said the suspect was arrested just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday and the shelter-in-place order and road closures in the area of […]

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 […]