Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A neurologist who examined Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s records after her death has wrapped his testimony at a coroner’s inquest. Dr. Julien Hébert was the first witness to be called at the inquest, which comes more than six years after Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death from a Toronto balcony while police were in her home. […]

TORONTO — As far as Kawhi Leonard was concerned, his first game with his new Toronto Raptors teammates felt like a seamless fit. Leonard drew the loudest cheers of the night — especially when he scored each of his game-high 21 points — in his re-debut for the Raptors as Toronto rolled past the New […]

The man who received a prison sentence for his role in the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist is expected to continue his testimony today at the trial of another man accused in the case. Arsalan Chaudhary was sentenced this spring to four years in prison after pleading guilty to theft over $5,000, and he was […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s colleges and universities minister has barred three career colleges from being able to offer publicly funded student financial assistance until at least 2030, after previously blocking them from the program just for this year. An order in May from Nolan Quinn meant that six schools, including four Academy of Learning locations, could […]

A neurologist who examined Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s records after her death is set to continue testifying today at a coroner’s inquest. Dr. Julien Hébert is the first witness to be called at the inquest, which comes more than six years after Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death from a Toronto balcony while police were in her home. […]

A man who admitted his role in the massive gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport told a Brampton, Ont., court that he melted and sold some of the gold before travelling to Pakistan, where he claims he was kidnapped and abused to give up the loot. Arsalan Chaudhary started testifying Tuesday in the trial of […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s medical regulator has approved significant changes to the way doctors prescribe safer supply drugs, in an effort to reduce the amount of opioids making their way to the streets. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s board of directors will soon implement several changes to the practice of prescribing safer supply, […]

TORONTO — Toronto has recorded the highest advance voting turnout in municipal elections held since 2010, with more than 222,000 people casting their ballots early. The city says 222,550 Torontonians went to advance polls over six days ahead of election day on Oct. 26. That’s a big jump from the nearly 130,000 advance votes cast […]

Rides at two Canadian theme parks were closed after a man in the United States fell to this death from a Six Flags roller-coaster in Georgia. Two rides at Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto and another at La Ronde in Montreal were temporarily shuttered “out of an abundance of caution,” the parks said. Six Flags owns […]

TORONTO — A Toronto woman who fell from a highrise balcony while police were in her home more than six years ago had a long history of seizures due to epilepsy and had experienced some earlier that day, a coroner’s inquest into her death heard Tuesday. Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a woman of Ukrainian, Black and Indigenous […]