Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals are asking the integrity commissioner to investigate the province’s decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill expansion project backed by Progressive Conservative donors. The Liberals want the integrity commissioner to look at whether Premier Doug Ford’s government gave the project special treatment because its developers are […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Auston Matthews ripped a shot from in tight. Sergei Bobrovsky picked it out of the air clean. The Maple Leafs captain then had a couple of power-play looks the Panthers goaltender smothered before blasting another puck wide in Game 4 of the their second-round playoff series. Matthews is used to filling the […]

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich quickly removed any doubt regarding who will be the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ starting running back this season. The Ticats’ head coach emphatically stated Monday following the club’s second day of training camp that job belongs to Greg Bell. And only an injury to the six-foot, 200-pound sophomore will change that. “Greg is […]

GUELPH — A Guelph police officer is facing an assault charge following an investigation into an incident that took place earlier this year. Guelph police say they received a complaint following an interaction between a citizen and an on-duty officer that occurred on Jan. 13. After an investigation by Halton regional police, a 13-year member […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s housing minister introduced legislation Monday intended to speed up the construction of new homes, as he admitted the province isn’t currently on track to meet its goal of getting 1.5 million homes built over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack said the target has not been forgotten, but conceded […]

TORONTO — A Toronto doctor has had his medical licence revoked after he pleaded guilty to criminal harassment of more than a dozen girls and admitted to public masturbation. A tribunal at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found the facts admitted by Armen Parajian established professional misconduct and were grounds enough for […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s housing minister is introducing legislation today intended to speed up the construction of new homes, as he admits the province isn’t currently on track to meet its goal of getting 1.5 million homes built over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack says Ontario needs to make “immediate changes” to […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they are looking for two suspects after anti-Muslim slurs were etched on a vehicle in the city last month. Police say officers were called to the area of Steeles Avenue West and Martin Grove Road at 3:35 a.m. on April 26. They say a vehicle parked in a driveway was […]

TORONTO — Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study, released Monday, examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. It found […]

SUNRISE — Joseph Woll did everything he could to hold the line. The Maple Leafs goaltender stretched, contorted and sprawled to make save after save against the Panthers’ onslaught. His teammates weren’t close to that level. Woll stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced Sunday in Toronto’s stifling 2-0 loss to Florida that evened […]