Author: The Canadian Press

A new cross-border bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit is set to open Monday, with a Canada-only celebration today marking the end of a project mired by lengthy delays and political tension. The Canadian ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge comes after the federal government cancelled a joint event with the United States in […]

TORONTO — Police say a woman was shot and killed in northwest Toronto this morning. They say it happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the area of Humberwood and Rexdale boulevards. Police received reports of a woman with gunshot wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene. They say the suspect fled before officers […]

There are 177 active wildfires still burning in Ontario, but the Ministry of Natural Resources has reported no new blaze in the last 24 hours. Still, more than 1,800 people have been forced from their homes as the province grapples with what early estimates suggest is its most devastating wildfire season on record. Indigenous communities […]

TORONTO — A Toronto bar has lost its liquor licence after an Ontario tribunal found its owner and manager knowingly bought alcohol stolen by people connected to a nearby homeless encampment. A Licence Appeal Tribunal ruling released last week found that John Theodorakakis, the owner of Southside Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Toronto’s Etobicoke area, […]

PETERBOROUGH — Police say a 63-year-old man is dead after a propane explosion inside a residential trailer on a golf resort east of Peterborough, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the reported explosion on the Bellmere Winds Golf Resort property around 3 p.m. Wednesday. OPP say the 63-year-old was airlifted to a Toronto-area […]

WINDSOR — Police say they have seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of drugs that alleged criminal groups were attempting to smuggle across the Canada-United States border. Ontario Provincial Police say the investigation centred in the border city of Windsor led to one of the single largest drug busts in the province’s history. Investigators allege a criminal […]

CHARLOTTETOWN — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and his counterparts are united ahead of a face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers Thursday amid fresh tariff threats from the U.S. “We have different areas that we want to focus on but our No. 1 focus is Team Canada led by the […]

Officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources put the active number of wildfires burning in the north at 180, with seven new blazes sparked yesterday. Aerial photographs have shown the devastation in one northern Ontario First Nation as a wildfire tore through the region last week. The photos show scorched earth and debris where buildings […]

TORONTO — Victor Mesa Jr. had two RBI singles as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Wednesday for their third-straight win. Chandler Simpson’s sacrifice fly in the sixth gave Tampa Bay (59-42) its first lead of the game, with Mesa tacking on a run in the next at bat. Pinch-hitter […]

CHARLOTTETOWN — Premiers said they remain a united Team Canada against a common adversary in the U.S. as they wrapped up talks Wednesday ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. All 13 provincial and territorial leaders, who were gathering for an annual summer meeting, also called on the federal government to boost […]