Author: The Canadian Press

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 […]

FREDERICTON — An Oklahoma judge has removed the University of New Brunswick as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania state senator with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump. Sen. Doug Mastriano alleged defamation, racketeering, antitrust and other claims against UNB and almost two dozen academics in 2024 over criticism of his […]

SAINT THOMAS — The opening of a massive Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario has been pushed back two years until 2029. PowerCo Canada, a subsidiary of the German automaker, says it is delaying production at the $7-billion factory in St. Thomas, Ont., in order to align the project’s timeline and product strategy […]

TORONTO — It took longer than anticipated, but Bobby Webster always believed Kawhi Leonard would be reunited with the Toronto Raptors. Toronto acquired Leonard from the Los Angeles Clippers in June. But the deal wasn’t finalized until earlier this month after the NBA investigated Leonard and the Clippers for salary-cap circumvention. On Wednesday, Leonard signed […]

Family members who will never see Kenneth Law face trial in their own country for his role in the deaths of their loved ones shared their struggles with grief and emptiness in an Ontario court on Thursday as the man who sold potentially deadly substances online faced a sentencing hearing. Relatives of some of the […]

BELLEVILLE — The shooter who targeted a Belleville, Ont., synagogue shouted “you’re going to die for the Jews” before he opened fire on a police officer outside, the police chief said, describing Sunday’s attack as a thwarted mass killing of Jewish worshippers. Chief Murray Rodd said the shooter had multiple guns, significant amounts of ammunition […]

TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will return to a city it knows well for another league first later this season. After holding the first-ever PWHL draft and first-ever PWHL game in Toronto, the league plans to host its first PWHL All-Star event in the Ontario capital on March 7. The four-team three-on-three tournament […]

Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: — PEEKACHU – Female beluga, age 23 – Caught in Russian […]

BELLEVILLE — The shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue was a hate-motivated attack targeting the Jewish community, the police chief says. Chief Murray Rodd says the shooter shouted, “you’re going to die for the Jews” before he opened fire on an officer outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario teachers in the French school system are set to vote in November on whether to give their union a strike mandate. L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens says members will vote on Nov. 16 and 17. Several other major education unions, including the ones representing elementary teachers and Catholic teachers, have […]