Author: The Canadian Press

Former Vancouver Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini is back in football, this time on the East Coast. The 49-year-old Italian, fired by the Whitecaps in November 2024, resurfaced Wednesday as head coach and general manager of the Canadian Premier League’s Halifax Wanderers. “I was very eager to come back — 2025 has been the first year […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to open an interim science centre next summer on Toronto’s waterfront, two years after the province abruptly closed the old location in the city’s east end. A press release today from Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the temporary location will be at the Harbourfront Centre, which has been hosting one […]

WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS — This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. — I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. They knew it would come in waves, sometimes slow, sometimes fast. Those ancestors told their kids, who told theirs, and so on until today. […]

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION — This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. — The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation’s nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. Diesel wafted from the flooded basement, a stench so strong it made people sick with headaches and nausea, residents said. After they […]

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Police in Niagara-on-the-Lake say human remains found over the summer belong to a Toronto man who went missing three years earlier. Niagara Regional Police say the victim is a 24-year-old Black man from Toronto who was last seen and reported missing in May 2022. They say they are not naming the victim at […]

VANCOUVER — A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, should legal justification exist. Have they engaged in threats? Has violence involved choking or strangulation? Have they discussed or attempted suicide? […]

TORONTO — Jalen Brunson had 35 points, including 20 in the first quarter, as the New York Knicks routed the undermanned Toronto Raptors 117-101 on Tuesday in an Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinal. New York advances to Las Vegas where it will face the Orlando Magic on Saturday. Karl-Anthony Towns, who was a game-time decision, had […]

OTTAWA — Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. Gould began exploring the possibility of a run after Bonnie Crombie said she would resign from the party’s top job in September following a leadership review. Gould finished third in the federal […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’ve charged one of their officers with theft after they allegedly stole property at a downtown police office. Police allege the constable was working at the 52 Division front desk on Sept. 4 when they took found property instead of logging it and arranging for its return to the owner. […]

BRANTFORD — Police in a city west of Toronto say they were flooded with complaints from upset residents the day of their annual Christmas parade, after one person bound for Santa’s naughty list tried to spoil the magic of the season. Thousands of people gathered in Brantford, Ont., on Nov. 29 for the city’s annual […]