Author: The Canadian Press

BRAMPTON — Peel police say one person is dead and another is injured following a shooting last night in Brampton, Ont. Police responded to reports of gunshots at around 8:40 p.m. on Bayhampton Drive and located two victims with gunshot wounds. They say one victim was pronounced dead on the scene while the other person […]

Noha Zaher and Ibraheem Sabry still hadn’t made it home to Ottawa despite enduring nearly 60 hours of travel chaos and confusion after their vacation abroad. The couple and their two kids spent Tuesday at Toronto’s Pearson airport after they were denied boarding twice in Cairo because their flights with two different airlines were overbooked […]

EDMONTON — Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of “distraction” thefts across Canada. Edmonton police say officers have received at least 63 reports since May of people having belongings stolen while being distracted by thieves. Three women […]

The lawyer representing a father charged with murdering his nine-year-old Canadian daughter in Upstate New York said his client will ask for bail. Luciano Frattolin appeared Tuesday in Essex County court in Elizabethtown, N.Y., for a hearing to provide updates on his upcoming murder trial. Assistant public defender Eric Weyand told Judge Tatiana Coffinger that […]

Noha Zaher and Ibraheem Sabry still hadn’t made it home to Ottawa despite enduring nearly 60 hours of travel chaos and confusion after their vacation abroad. The couple and their two kids spent Tuesday at Toronto’s Pearson airport after they were denied boarding twice in Cairo because their flights with two different airlines were overbooked […]

Ontario’s housing minister says he will be making changes to a housing fund for municipalities that many have said unfairly measures their progress on building. Rob Flack is signalling in a speech to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa that he will “extend and improve” the Building Faster Fund but says details […]

TORONTO — An eight-year-old Toronto boy killed by a stray bullet while he was in bed with his family is being remembered as a compassionate and fearless child as the community prepares to hold a vigil in his memory later this week. JahVai Roy was killed in his home in the city’s north end early […]

OTTAWA — Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel is partnering with a Swedish steel company so it can produce ballistic-protection steel domestically for the first time. Roshel, which manufactures vehicles, will now be able to use Swebor’s intellectual property to produce ballistic steel in Canada. The agreement comes as Canada is looking to boost domestic steel consumption […]

TORONTO — A vigil is set to take place Thursday evening for an eight-year-old Toronto boy who was killed this weekend by a stray bullet while he was in bed with his family. JahVai Roy was killed in his home in the city’s north end early Saturday morning in what police are calling a “cowardly […]

NORFOLK COUNTY — A string of alleged cemetery thefts in southwestern Ontario has police appealing for help. Ontario Provincial Police say thefts have been reported at four cemeteries in Norfolk County since last week. Police say the suspects appeared to be looking for items with brass and bronze, including nameplates and screws. They say in […]