Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A Hamilton man faces more than 100 charges stemming from a global investigation into the livestreamed sexual abuse of children. RCMP Cpl. Philippe Gravel says customers around the world paid to watch abuse in the Philippines unfold online and direct it in real time. Police allege the accused paid for and directed the […]

TORONTO — Many parts of Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area, are under an Environment Canada air quality warning as smoke from wildfires in northwestern Ontario drift south. “Smoke from wildfires can have serious health consequences for those living nearby, but it can also affect the health of people living hundreds of kilometres away,” the […]

Forest fires in northwestern Ontario have devastated several communities, forcing widespread evacuations and destroying homes and buildings in one First Nation. The fires have prompted evacuation orders for several communities, including Armstrong, Lac La Croix First Nation, Collins First Nation, Whitesand First Nation, Gull Bay First Nation and Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation. Anishinabek […]

An Ontario Superior Court judge has handed down the maximum youth sentence of 10 years for a 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to murdering an elderly woman in Pickering, Ont., last year. The boy apologized in court on Tuesday for repeatedly stabbing Eleanor Doney, an 83-year-old grandmother and retired kindergarten teacher, in an unprovoked attack […]

Smoke from wildfires in northwestern Ontario is drifting south and choking the skies over Toronto and other regions. Environment Canada’s air quality warnings are active from Thunder Bay to Kingston and down to London as several First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario are under mandatory evacuation orders due to forest fires. Jean-Philippe Bégin, a meteorologist […]

WINDSOR — Police in Windsor, Ont., say a series of vandalism and arson incidents on railway tracks since January have created a serious risk of train derailment. Police say they’ve responded to many cases of large objects, including couches and mattresses, being intentionally placed on the tracks, causing significant train delays and raising the risk […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is looking to eliminate a rule that lets members of provincial parliament who live in and near Toronto expense hotel stays in the city. It comes after Tourism, Culture and Gaming Minister Stan Cho was heavily criticized Tuesday by opposition parties for billing taxpayers for more than $16,000 […]

Smoke from wildfires in northwestern Ontario is drifting south and choking the skies over Toronto and other regions. Environment Canada says the poor air quality may last until Thursday in some areas and warns that common symptoms of smoke inhalation include throat irritation, headache and cough. The weather agency’s air quality warnings are active from […]

Hamilton is expected to vote today on whether to become the first city in Canada to put a temporary pause on new data centres. The moratorium vote comes as local lawmakers across the country wrestle with the noise, energy and water concerns around a new wave of data centres powering the boom in artificial intelligence. […]

An Ontario Superior Court judge is expected to rule today on the sentence for a 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to murdering an elderly woman in Pickering, Ont., last year. The boy apologized in court on Tuesday for repeatedly stabbing Eleanor Doney, an 83-year-old grandmother and retired kindergarten teacher, in an unprovoked attack as she […]