Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ottawa says it will spend nearly $9.5 million to restore parts of Canada’s first national urban park in the Toronto area. The federal government says it has awarded a contract to a construction company to revitalize sections of Rouge National Urban Park and Rouge Beach. That includes building a new and accessible 2.3-kilometre […]

TORONTO — Walker Zimmerman recalls how his wife put up balloons to celebrate him winning his first MLS Defender of the Year Award in 2020. “I couldn’t even enjoy it, because I said ‘I just want to win it again,’” Zimmerman said. “And I was able to do that the next season … That’s what […]

There’ll be no quarterback controversy in Mike Miller’s first season as the Toronto Argonauts head coach. Miller, named Toronto’s 46th head coach last month, said Monday he expects veteran Chad Kelly under centre when the Argos open training camp in May. Kelly, 31, missed the entire 2025 campaign recovering from a serious leg injury suffered […]

OTTAWA — The Winnipeg-based team skipped by Kaitlyn Lawes has claimed the final spot in the 18-team field for the upcoming Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman and Kristin Gordon received the last pre-qualification spot as the highest-ranked team that hadn’t qualified via provincial/territorial playdowns, Curling Canada said Monday. The berth became […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says the province is on track to connect all Ontarians to a primary care provider by 2029, thanks in part to mostly clearing a wait list backlog. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says about 275,000 people have been attached to primary care so far in the first year of the government’s […]

WASAGA BEACH, ONT. — Provincial police are renewing their appeal for information in the case of Elnaz Hajtamiri, four years after the Ontario woman was abducted and never heard from again. Hajtamiri was 37 years old when she was abducted by three suspects from a home on Trailwood Place in Wasaga Beach on Jan. 12, […]

OAKVILLE — Police west of Toronto say they are looking for suspects after eight high-end vehicles were stolen in an overnight break-in at an Oakville, Ont., leasing business. Halton police say they were called to Lockwood Leasing, in the area of South Service Road West and Fourth Line, around 3:35 a.m. on Sunday. They say […]

Police in Peel Region say another suspect has been arrested in the theft of more than $20 million in gold and $2.5 million in cash from Toronto’s Pearson airport in 2023. Police say a 43-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested at the airport Monday as he flew in from Dubai and was charged […]

TORONTO — An Ontario man accused of laundering funds for an international drug smuggling operation is taking the stand in a Toronto courtroom as he makes his bid for release ahead of his extradition hearing. Rolan Sokolovski was arrested last fall along with several other Canadians accused of working with former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, […]

TORONTO — A few years ago Kyle Lowry told reporters he would never accept a role as a bench warmer or an unofficial coach just to reach his 20th NBA season. Well, allegedly. “Really?” said Lowry, cursing for emphasis. “I lied.” After taking a moment for the reporters’ laughter to die down, the 39-year-old Philadelphia […]