Author: The Canadian Press

Growing up, Sofia DelGiudice never imagined her father’s annual back-to-school tradition would be a pivotal moment in her social media career. Before starting university two years ago, the 19-year-old content creator from Toronto had the idea to stitch together all the videos her dad filmed of her descending the stairs in the family’s home on […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will ban testing on dogs and cats. Ford says the upcoming legislation will be simple: no more experimenting on cats and dogs because they are part of people’s families. Two whistleblowers came forward to Animal Justice with concerns about dogs undergoing tests for cardiac research at the Lawson Research […]

TORONTO — The family of an Ontario father of three killed earlier this month by an alleged dangerous driver, who was already facing charges in a collision involving the premier, is trying to channel some of their grief and pain into pushing for stronger laws. Andrew Cristillo, 35, was killed Aug. 3 in a head-on […]

THUNDER BAY — Ontario Provincial Police say a motorcyclist from Thunder Bay has been found dead. OPP in Thunder Bay say they received a report of an overdue motorist on Saturday just after 2 p.m. They say the rider’s last known whereabouts were along Highway 589 between Moving Post Road and Old Hall Road. They […]

CALEDON — Ontario Provincial Police say three people are injured and four are in custody after an early morning shooting in Caledon. Police say officers arrived at a residence on Finnerty Side Road after getting reports of gunshots fired at approximately 5:15 a.m. on Saturday. They say a shelter-in-place advisory was issued and roads were […]

TORONTO — For Nick Arbuckle, the score overshadowed the individual accomplishments. Arbuckle threw for a career-high 430 yards with three touchdowns while rushing for another to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 52-34 victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday afternoon. That pushed Arbuckle atop the CFL passing ranks with 3,463 yards, another career milestone. […]

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province’s Annapolis Valley. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources said wind shifts that resulted late Friday as Hurricane Erin passed well off the coast of the province, saw the Long Lake fire spread west. The […]

TORONTO — Nick Arbuckle threw for a career-high 430 yards with three touchdowns while rushing for another to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 52-34 shoutout victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday afternoon. Toronto (3-8) won for the first time in three games and improved to 2-4 at BMO Field. B.C. (5-6) suffered its […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared two Peel Regional Police officers of wrongdoing in a shooting outside Toronto’s Pearson airport in April that left a 30-year-old man dead. A report from the Special Investigations Unit says the officers fired their weapons to “protect themselves and others” after a man in mental distress pulled out […]

BRAMPTON — Police in Brampton, Ont., say they’ve arrested a man in an alleged abduction that led to an Amber Alert on Thursday. Peel Regional Police issued the Amber Alert for an eight-month-old baby boy shortly after 6:04 p.m., after a 30-year-old man allegedly abducted the child. They say the child was in a vehicle […]