Author: The Canadian Press

Rev. Maggie Helwig went into Wednesday night with a plan. The priest at Toronto’s St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church was attending the Politics and the Pen gala, an annual fundraiser attended by Ottawa’s power players where the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize is handed out. Helwig’s book, “Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community,” was among the […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a fire that tore through a historic yacht club on Wednesday is now being investigated as arson. Fire officials said they were dispatched to a three-alarm fire at Toronto Humber Yacht Club shortly before 5 a.m. and arrived to find flames coming from all sides of the building and through […]

A flotilla organizer from Montreal says two Canadians were detained by Israel after the boats they were sailing on were intercepted overnight during a mission to break the nearly 20-year naval blockade of Gaza. The Global Sumud Flotilla identified the Canadians as Marie Tota and Umir Tiar. Organizer Ehab Lotayef spoke to The Canadian Press […]

TORONTO — The body of an Ontario police officer who died in a highway crash east of Toronto this week will be taken to Oshawa this afternoon ahead of his funeral. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm died while on duty on Monday after a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 401 in Cobourg. The Ontario Provincial […]

An Anglican priest has won a top literary prize for her book about Canada’s homelessness crisis. Maggie Helwig received the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing at a ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday night. She took home the award for “Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.” The book follows Helwig’s fight to allow […]

CLEVELAND — The Toronto Raptors have played a tough, hard-hitting style of defence throughout their playoff series with the Cleveland Cavaliers. That bruising physicality has caught up with them. All-star forward Brandon Ingram made an early exit and Scottie Barnes limped through the second half as Toronto fell to the Cavaliers 125-120 on Wednesday in […]

TORONTO — In the hours and minutes leading up to the first Toronto Tempo game ever on Wednesday at Coca-Coliseum, normalcy reigned. Well before the Tempo fell 83-78 against the Connecticut Sun, fans waited in long lines for merchandise, players went through shootaround and seats slowly filled in anticipation of tip-off. Just like any old […]

TORONTO — The WNBA has officially arrived in Toronto. In their first game in franchise history, the Toronto Tempo lost 83-78 to the Connecticut Sun in pre-season action on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Fittingly, it was Hamilton’s Kia Nurse who landed the first basket in Tempo history, swishing a three-pointer and sending the crowd into […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement hit a two-run homer and Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and Brandon Valenzuela hit a solo shot and scored three times as the Blue Jays won their […]

TORONTO — Police presence in Toronto during the World Cup may be “stronger than we’ve ever seen at any event,” the force said Wednesday as the federal government announced up to $145 million for security over the upcoming soccer tournament. Canada is co-hosting the international competition with the United States and Mexico, and 13 matches […]