Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario’s legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break. Members of provincial parliament typically resume sitting at Queen’s Park after the holidays in mid-February, following Family Day. Today, on the last day of sitting this year, government House leader Steve Clark […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who died in 2019 has been identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Police say recent forensic testing has conclusively identified Kenneth Smith, 72, of Windsor, Ont., as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and […]

TORONTO — The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing today she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together. Federal prosecutors are asking Mandy Paradkar about the couple’s finances, assets and work as she […]

TORONTO — AFC Toronto forward Jade Kovacevic, the first player signing announced by the Northern Super League, is calling time on her professional career. The 31-year-old from Acton, Ont., played professionally in Hungary and Italy before returning home to star in League1 Ontario and then sign with her hometown club. Kovacevic called the decision to […]

TORONTO — Researchers say there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of people going on medications to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ontario, suggesting factors such as more time spent online and the rise of private assessments for the mental condition could be behind the increase. A study published Thursday in JAMA Network Open […]

VANCOUVER — An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of “uncertainty” caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property. Court documents show that the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberals are pushing Doug Ford’s government to sell the province’s stockpile of U.S. booze that is sitting in storage. Liberal parliamentary Leader John Fraser says Ford should tell the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to sell the booze and donate the proceeds to food banks. Ford pulled American alcohol off LCBO shelves […]

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a wide-ranging public security bill that would forbid criminal groups from displaying their colours, create a sex offender registry and forbid protests near the homes of elected officials. Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière says Bill 13 aims to foster a sense of security among the public. In his […]

TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer charged for extradition for his alleged role in an intercontinental drug smuggling ring is proposing to place himself under what he calls the “most stringent” conditions he’s seen in his decades-long career if released on bail. Deepak Paradkar is proposing to remain on 24/7 house arrest without leaving home unless […]

TORONTO — Ontario is expanding rules intended to place seniors in culturally appropriate long-term care homes. The government found that their 2022 law known as Bill 7, which was criticized for allowing people to be placed in a long-term care home not of their choosing, also led to declining and mismatched admissions to the province’s […]