Author: The Canadian Press

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July were down compared with a year ago, but edged slightly higher month-over-month. The organization said Tuesday home sales last month totalled 43,578, down 5.3 per cent from the previous year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, activity was up 0.5 per cent compared with June this […]

TORONTO — The Crown is appealing a rare post-verdict mistrial declared last month in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault conviction. The billionaire businessman was found guilty in June of sexual assault and the historical offence of indecent assault related to separate allegations brought by two of the women in his Toronto trial. The mistrial on the […]

STELLARTON — Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. says it is buying nine Morelli’s pharmacies in Ontario that are already situated within some Longo’s grocery stores. It says each of those pharmacies will be integrated into Sobeys National Pharmacy operations and will be rebranded as a Longo’s Pharmacy. All nine pharmacies are located in the […]

RICHMOND HILL — York regional police say a 30-year-old man has been charged in two sexual assaults on youth victims that occurred days apart in Richmond Hill. Police say the first incident was on Aug. 12, when the man approached a female victim on a hiking trail, covered her mouth and sexually assaulted her. They […]

EDMONTON — Anna Huang’s CPKC Women’s Open debut was a turning point in her golf career. She missed the cut last year in Mississauga, Ont., as a 16-year-old. “I wasn’t really sure what I was doing with my life to be honest,” Huang recalled. “I wasn’t playing very well at that time. I’d missed four […]

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association are challenging the constitutionality of a new cash bail system in Ontario. New rules first announced last fall by Premier Doug Ford’s government that take effect this week require people accused of a crime and granted bail to provide a cash security deposit […]

TORONTO — The post-season hangover lasted a lot longer than Toronto Blue Jays fans expected this year. A slow start coupled with mid-season struggles nearly derailed the 2026 campaign for Canada’s lone big-league team. However, a strong run of form after the recent trade deadline has lifted Toronto back into the playoff race. With interest […]

The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says a home-built plane that failed to return to Oshawa, Ont., last week was found but the 73-year-old pilot who flew it is still missing. The search-and-rescue team says the plane was found on Wolf Lake in Queen Elizabeth II Provincial Park in the Kawartha Lakes region. It says […]

TORONTO — Hand-painted beaver statues representing different countries in the FIFA World Cup that were sprawled across the eastern downtown neighbourhood of Old Town Toronto are now up for auction. The Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area, which is behind the project, says the auction began on Friday and online bidding on 50 beaver installations […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says a provincial police officer has been charged with sexual assault in separate incidents involving a total of three women. The Special Investigations Unit says Ontario Provincial Police reported an allegation involving the officer and a woman in February, and the other allegations emerged during its investigation. The SIU says the alleged […]