Author: The Canadian Press

WALKERTON — Ontario farmers are looking for help as the cost of diesel hits record levels. Farmers say they have been struggling this year as the price of diesel skyrocketed after the Iran war disrupted oil supplies, with effects felt around the world. Provincial politicians gathered en masse at the annual International Plowing Match and […]

SAULT STE. MARIE — Police in Ontario say two men who allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old were caught after making a wrong turn onto a border bridge. Sault Ste. Marie police say the 40-year-old and 29-year-old both face kidnapping charges. Police say they were called at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday after Canadian border officials detained the […]

Toronto police are investigating whether two deaths are connected after bodies were found inside burning vehicles at separate late-night scenes. Police say the first vehicle was found on fire just before 11:30 p.m. Monday in the city’s northeast corner at Reesor Road and Steeles Avenue, an area surrounded by the Rouge National Urban Park. The […]

TORONTO — A fourth whale that was moved out of Marineland in July has died. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago says Osiris, a 26-year-old beluga, that was part of a pod of 30 belugas that experts moved out of the closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction over the course of six weeks in the summer. Marineland […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they believe a man and a woman killed in a shooting outside an east-end hospital Monday afternoon were married. Duty senior officer Scott Shutt says the woman was a patient at the hospital, Providence Healthcare, and the shooting took place in the parking lot. He says the shooting is being […]

BELLEVILLE — A man armed with a shotgun allegedly opened fire at a police officer stationed outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night, triggering a shootout that left him and the officer seriously injured, Ontario’s police watchdog said Monday. The shooting took place at the start of Yom Kippur as people gathered inside […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government has fined ticket reseller StubHub Canada Ltd. $20,000 under a recent law that caps the sale of seats at face value. The province’s Consumer Beware List on Monday showed a $10,000 fine for allegedly making a ticket available for sale above face value and another $10,000 for allegedly facilitating a […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after two people were killed in a shooting in the city’s east end this afternoon. Police say officers responded to the area of Warden Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East around 12:30 p.m. They say two people were found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead. Police say in a […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 29-year-old man allegedly opened fire at a constable stationed outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night. The resulting shootout left both the suspect and the officer with serious injuries and sparked widespread condemnation from political leaders. Police have declined to comment on a possible motive in […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government has fined ticket reseller StubHub Canada Ltd. $20,000 under a recent law that caps the sale of seats at face value. The province’s Consumer Beware List on Monday showed a $10,000 fine for allegedly making a ticket available for sale above face value and another $10,000 for allegedly facilitating a […]