Author: The Canadian Press

MARKHAM — Police in York Region say a child was critically injured in a residential fire in Markham, Ont. They say first responders rushed to the scene in the area of 16th Avenue and 9th Line shortly after 12 p.m. Friday. Police initially said the home was evacuated and no injuries were reported. But in […]

MISSISSAUGA — Ontario’s police watchdog says it is no longer investigating the self-inflicted death of an 18-year-old man in Mississauga last year after determining there was no way officers could have intervened. The Special Investigations Unit was called to investigate in November after the man died at a parkade at Square One Shopping Centre. The […]

BARRIE — Police in Barrie, Ont., say they will have a “significant” presence today and tomorrow in the area of a home where a child was found dead on New Year’s Eve, as their investigation continues. They say the discovery was made after officers responded to a call for a well-being check at a house […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC bolstered its backline Friday by signing free-agent centre back Walker Zimmerman, a two-time MLS Defender of the Year, through the 2027-28 MLS season. The 32-year-old U.S. international has spent 13 years in Major League Soccer with FC Dallas, Los Angeles FC and most recently Nashville SC. Along the way, he became […]

OTTAWA — The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country — including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alberta who will soon be required back in the office full-time. As of Jan. 5, Ontario provincial government employees will be […]

TORONTO — Captain Auston Matthews registered his 14th career hat trick, including the game-winner, to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 comeback win against the struggling Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Jets netminder Eric Comrie could not freeze a loose puck at the side of his goal. It slid to a wide-open Matthews in […]

HALIFAX — Hundreds across Canada marked the start of the new year by gleefully plunging into frigid lake and ocean water, some for their first time. Alejandra Lopez, who’s visiting Nova Scotia from Mexico, said she likes to do cold dips in a tub with ice water back home, but she’d never done a polar […]

BARRIE — Police in Barrie, Ont., are investigating after a child was found dead inside a home in the city’s south end. Police say they responded to a call for a well-being check at a house on Bayview Avenue near Little Avenue around 3 p.m. on Wednesday. They say a 10-year-old child was found dead […]

Inside a large indoor space marked with metal equipment, training gear and gadgets stored in drawers and shelves, athlete Peyton Markwood uses two hands to pull on the handle of a large machine with all the strength he can muster, as it measures the power and movement of his muscles. Later, his performance director, Tyler […]

TORONTO — A man is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement after Toronto police say three people were attacked on New Year’s Eve and there may be more victims. A statement says officers were called to investigate a robbery and a break-and-enter in the Dundas Street West and Kipling […]