Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Pension fund manager OMERS says it earned a six per cent return for 2025, helped by the strength of its public equities and private credit investments. The Ontario fund manager says its net assets grew to $145.2 billion at Dec. 31, up from $138.2 billion a year earlier. OMERS chief financial and strategy […]

TORONTO — A woman broke into tears on the stand this morning as she described Frank Stronach allegedly forcing himself on her in a hotel suite more than 30 years ago. The woman, who is the fifth complainant to testify in the case, says she first encountered Stronach through a friend in the early ’80s […]

Ontario Provincial Police say eight people were injured after a bus rollover on Highway 401 east of Napanee, Ont., on Sunday. Police say the injuries were non-life-threatening and include cuts, broken bones and dislocations. OPP say emergency crews responded after a bus entered the ditch and rolled over in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 […]

NAPANEE — Provincial police in Ontario say a bus went off Highway 401 on Sunday evening, ending up on its side in the ditch. OPP Sgt. Erin Cranton says police were alerted about the crash, which happened east of Napanee, Ont., at around 7:15 p.m. Cranton says approximately 50 people were on board the coach […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after police shot and killed a suspect in Kincardine on Saturday. Police say members of the South Bruce Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police attempted to arrest the person at approximately 5:50 p.m. Police say the person was located at a residence by a police emergency response team and a […]

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Joe Scott is out as the Air Force basketball coach, the academy said on Friday, a month after he was suspended pending an investigation into his treatment of cadets. The school said it was “a mutual parting of ways.” Assistant coach Jon Jordan had been serving as the interim […]

TORONTO — An Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in assets for an international drug smuggling ring allegedly led by former Olympian Ryan Wedding has been denied bail. Rolan Sokolovski sought to be released ahead of a hearing that will determine whether he’ll be extradited to the United States, where he […]

TORONTO — A defence lawyer for Frank Stronach is suggesting one of his accusers regrets engaging in a sexual encounter with the billionaire businessman in the early 1980s. Leora Shemesh suggested in cross-examination that the woman, who is the fourth complainant to testify in the case, does in fact remember how things happened that night […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Catholic District School Board says it has placed two Toronto high school teachers on leave following allegations they exchanged racist messages using a school social media page. Advocacy group Parents of Black Children says messages between the two James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School teachers were found on a student athletics […]

TORONTO — An Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in assets for an international drug smuggling ring allegedly led by former Olympian Ryan Wedding has been denied bail. Rolan Sokolovski sought to be released ahead of a hearing that will determine whether he’ll be extradited to the United States, where he […]