Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 17-year-old boy and a woman in her 30s were injured in a shooting in the city’s west end. Police say the woman was hit in the crossfire while driving by the scene. The incident occurred Wednesday in the area of Keele Street and Donald Avenue. Police say in a […]

TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s hospital nurses pay increases of 5.25 per cent over two years, in a new contract their union calls disappointing. The terms of the contract as set by the arbitrator for about 60,000 hospital nurses include the pay increase but do not include minimum staffing levels, as requested by […]

The angel atop the Princes’ Gates will no longer overlook Turn 1 of Canada’s only NTT IndyCar Series race, with the event moving to suburban Markham, Ont. The open-wheel auto racing series announced on Wednesday that it’s moving the Grand Prix of Toronto from Exhibition Place in the city’s downtown core to the northeastern suburb […]

The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto — otherwise known as the Grand Prix of Toronto — is leaving Exhibition Place and headed to Markham, Ont., in 2026. The Canadian Press looks at some of its most memorable moments in Toronto. Inaugural Race In 1985, Molson Breweries’ in-house promotional division, Molstar Sports & Entertainment, proposed to […]

Holding American, Canadian and Jamaican passports, Atlanta United goalkeeper Jayden Hibbert has options when it comes to international play. This week, it’s Canada’s turn. The 21-year-old Hibbert is in camp with 28th-ranked Canada for games against No. 48 Romania on Friday in Bucharest and No. 31 Wales in Swansea next Tuesday. So far, so good. […]

TORONTO — Canada is making progress on “small” tariff deals with the U.S. for key sectors, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday after revealing he’d had a recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney disclosed the call during a scrum with reporters outside a cabinet retreat in Toronto. He said he spoke with […]

ST. JOHN’S — An accountant appointed to a panel reviewing a draft energy deal between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec says he resigned in May because he felt the panel’s independence was impaired. In a letter first reported by allNewfoundlandLabrador.com, Michael Wilson criticized the Churchill River Oversight Panel for doing a detailed review of […]

Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Windsor doctor and his private clinic to pay thousands of dollars in fines for privacy breaches in a case she calls a “cautionary tale” for other health startups. Commissioner Patricia Kosseim wrote in a recent decision that a doctor with privileges at Windsor Regional Hospital used his […]

The brother of a man who was fatally shot in his Vaughan, Ont., home during a home invasion described him as “a hero who died defending his family,” as he and the city’s mayor called for changes to Canada’s criminal justice system. Police said Wednesday that Abdul Aleem Farooqi, 46, died from gunshot wounds after […]

TORONTO — Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada’s newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country’s future doctors. “It’s very intentional for us to be locating the school in Brampton — a diverse community, underserved from a medical human resources standpoint,” said Dr. Dominick Shelton, interim […]