Author: The Canadian Press

The Battle of Ontario is going pretty much the way Proline bettors anticipated it would. The Toronto Maple Leafs hold a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series with the Ottawa Senators. After winning the opener 6-2 on Sunday, the Leafs captured a 3-2 overtime victory Tuesday night on Max Domi’s goal in the extra […]

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz has taken on plenty of supporting roles. After a junior career where he often split the net, the hulking goaltender spent most of the next decade riding American Hockey League buses and NHL benches. Stolarz saw an opportunity when he signed with the Maple Leafs in free agency last summer. He’s […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they have found the two vehicles allegedly involved in the shooting that left an international student dead last week. Harsimrat Randhawa, a 21-year-old Mohawk College student from India, was shot by a stray bullet while she waited near a bus stop in the area of Upper James Street and South […]

Defence lawyers are continuing their closing arguments today in the trial of two people accused of the shooting death of a provincial police officer more than two years ago. Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022 while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., near Brantford. […]

Toronto is set to get a new area code this weekend as the region is expected to run out of new phone numbers by next year. The Telecommunications Alliance says 942 will be added for the region that currently uses area codes 416, 437 and 647. The new area code comes after a 2023 decision […]

TORONTO — A Toronto lawyer is hoping to find a way to preserve war memorials at two Hudson’s Bay stores. E. Patrick Shea, who also sits on the senate of the 48th Highlanders of Canada and is the RCAF Foundation’s secretary, said he wants the displays commemorating Bay and Simpsons workers who died in the […]

Two people accused of murder in the 2022 death of a provincial police officer intentionally killed the constable and fled from the scene in a stolen vehicle because they had “dwindling options” to avoid arrest, the Crown argued Tuesday in its closing submission to the jury. The defence lawyer for one of the accused, however, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is introducing a new program to stabilize physician staffing in rural emergency departments and putting more money toward helping people in underserved communities get access to primary care. The new commitments come out of negotiations between the government and the Ontario Medical Association for a new Physician Services Agreement. Those talks are […]

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunction handed down Tuesday was heralded as a win by the cyclist group challenging Ontario’s bid to rip up the lanes on […]

Two people accused of murder in the 2022 death of a police officer intentionally killed the constable and fled from the scene in a stolen vehicle because they had “dwindling options” to avoid arrest, the Crown argued Tuesday in its closing submission to the jury. Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot on Dec. […]