Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police say two people who were found in burning vehicles overnight on opposite ends of the city earlier this week were targeted and killed before they were burned. Police say the first body was found in a burning vehicle in the city’s northeast corner around Rouge National Urban Park just before 11:30 […]

BRAMPTON — A man is facing charges after police allege he deceived a Brampton, Ont., woman through an online dating platform and stole her guns. Peel regional police say the woman reported the incident earlier this month, saying it happened after she’d met a man online and communicated with him over several weeks. They allege […]

TORONTO — Ontario public high school teachers are set to vote in November on whether they would be willing to strike, meaning all major education unions will now look to their members for strike mandates this fall. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says its members will vote from Nov. 6 to 16. The other […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is not worried about a two-year delay in the opening of a massive Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario. Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo Canada says the delay at the $7-billion factory in St. Thomas, Ont., is due partially to a downshift in market demand on electric […]

TORONTO — A report on junior men’s hockey in Ontario delivered by former NHL player and executive Brendan Shanahan makes 11 recommendations to improve it. Shanahan, a Hockey Hall of Famer and president of the Toronto Maple Leafs for 11 years until 2025, was asked by Hockey Canada in January to conduct a review of […]

ALLISTON — Ontario Provincial Police say a veteran officer is facing criminal charges in a child exploitation investigation in Alliston, Ont.. Police say they carried out a search at a home in the community about 100 kilometres northwest of Toronto in June and seized several electronic devices. They say that led to the arrest of […]

TORONTO — When Raine Maida was trying to break into the music scene more than 30 years ago, he says he bought tickets to the Toronto Music Awards at Massey Hall, in hopes he could use the event to network with industry folks. But the night didn’t unfold as expected. Rather, the Our Lady Peace […]

TORONTO — The results of standardized testing released today show that Ontario students’ persistently low math scores have improved slightly since last year. Math scores on the Education Quality and Accountability Office tests for Grade 6 students in particular have been hovering around the 50 per cent mark for years, meaning only about half of […]

TORONTO — Tenant organizers say they have successfully beat back a landlord’s attempt to retroactively raise rents by over five per cent at a west-end Toronto apartment building. In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Avenue began withholding rent payments after their building’s property manager applied for an above guideline rent increase, or AGI. After six […]

TORONTO — When MapQuest’s general manager woke up in Toronto on Thursday morning, the Texan visiting for a conference knew he couldn’t leave without visiting one place. Doug Berger made a beeline south from his hotel, wandering past the dock where the ill-fated Captain John’s restaurant used to moor and heading deeper toward the city’s […]