Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after an excavator crashed into a bank in North York and an ATM and cash were allegedly removed from the building. Police say they were called to the scene just before 4:30 a.m. this morning near Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West. They say there were no injuries, but […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have arrested and charged three male youths in a robbery at a mall in North York Monday night. Officers were called to Fairview Mall shortly before 9 p.m. after reports of a robbery at a jewelry store. On a post on X, police said four suspects carrying hammers all […]

UXBRIDGE, Ont. — The birds may have thought that Geoff Carpentier, or at least the sound he was making, was one of their own. Carpentier watched with his binoculars strapped to his chest as a banditry of chickadees, the collective noun for the small bird with mask-like markings, began to appear around him. Carpentier was […]

EDMONTON — Happy Birthday, Celsius! Environment Canada’s use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt every day. Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by the litre. They […]

Toronto police are investigating two separate robberies that took place in the city Monday night, in which all suspects were armed with hammers. Officers were called to Fairview Mall in North York shortly before 9 p.m. after reports of a robbery at a jewelry store. Police say four suspects carrying hammers all took off on […]

TORONTO (AP) — Two teams trying to find their stride in the Professional Women’s Hockey League have made a major trade. The Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres, tied for fifth in the six-team league with identical two-win, three-loss and one overtime loss records, pulled off a four-player swap on Monday. The Charge acquired forward Victoria […]

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Mason Wray scored in the second period and Trenten Bennett made 37 saves to post the shutout as the Owen Sound Attack edged the visiting Guelph Storm 1-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Monday night at Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Wray scored at 18:34 of the second period and […]

OTTAWA — Canada was in big trouble on an important night. It was New Year’s Eve at the 2009 world junior hockey championship. The United States had jumped out to a 3-0 lead not even 13 minutes into the first period. That’s when John Tavares took over and dragged his country back into the fight. […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Maxim Strback scored 2:55 into overtime to lead Slovakia to a 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Slovakia hled a 4-2 lead with less than five minutes remaining in regulation and Kazakh forward Asanali Sarkenov was assessed a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for […]

OTTAWA — Maxim Strback scored two minutes 55 seconds into overtime as Slovakia posted a wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Slovakia looked to have the game wrapped up when — leading 4-2 with less than five minutes to go in regulation — Kazakh forward Asanali Sarkenov was […]