Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 16-year-old boy was grazed in the head by a bullet during a shooting in a high school parking lot and officers are searching for a teen suspect. Police say officers responded to a call for a shooting in the parking lot at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, in Toronto’s east end, […]

TORONTO (AP) — The day after the premiere of their film “Nightbitch,” Amy Adams and Marielle Heller are sitting in a Toronto restaurant reflecting on all that went into, as Heller puts it, “birthing” a movie that captures some of the truest, rawest but seldom Instagrammed things about early motherhood. Their film, which writer-director Heller […]

INGERSOLL, Ont. — Unifor says bargaining has begun with General Motors for workers at the automaker’s CAMI assembly plant and battery facility in Ingersoll, Ont. The union says the negotiations will focus on higher pay, job security and better pension plans for its unionized workers. GM is expected to match the pattern set last year […]

TORONTO — Ukrainian officials are calling on the Toronto International Film Festival to pull a documentary about Russian soldiers from its schedule. In a letter to TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey, Ukrainian Consul General Oleh Nikolenko said the film “Russians at War” attempts to absolve the soldiers in question of responsibility in the invasion of Ukraine. […]

TORONTO — Health Minister Mark Holland says his government will still work on policies it promised to pursue under its now-defunct deal with the NDP. A week ago, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ended the pact between the New Democrats and the minority Liberals, before some of the measures had come to fruition. Those include a […]

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard is a “sexual predator” who showed no empathy for his victims, an Ontario judge said Monday as he sentenced the disgraced tycoon to 11 years in prison for his crimes in Toronto. The 83-year-old’s time behind bars will work out to a little less than seven years after […]

Police in Oshawa, Ont., say a man has been charged in an alleged high-speed fiery crash last month that killed a 41-year-old woman and sent nine other people to hospital. Police say the 40-year-old man faces several charges including dangerous driving causing death and four counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Durham regional police […]

TORONTO — Health Minister Mark Holland says more than four-fifths of dental providers are now participating in his government’s dental-care program, and some 600,000 Canadians have taken advantage of it. The update comes a month after the minister touted a 75 per cent participation rate. Uptake was in doubt earlier this summer, when less than […]

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his sexual assault convictions in Toronto. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO (AP) — Mike Gartner is set to succeed Lanny McDonald as the Hockey Hall of Fame’s chairman of the board. McDonald announced Monday that Gartner will take over when his 10-year term expires in June. Gartner will become chair-elect on Oct. 1 to support the transition and serve on the search committee for a […]