Author: The Canadian Press

A chunk of Ontario’s northern boreal forest bigger than Toronto is set to be protected from industrial development. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has acquired 814 square kilometres of boreal forest and peatlands south of Kapuskasing, previously owned by a company selling carbon offset credits. The non-profit says where the landscape is healthy […]

TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest has begun to examine the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a Toronto woman who fell from a highrise balcony while police were in her home more than six years ago. Korchinski-Paquet, a woman of Ukrainian, Black and Indigenous ancestry, died on May 27, 2020 after police responded to calls about a […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to move parts of the province’s northwest region to permanent daylight time in order to align with Manitoba. Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford says there is overwhelming consensus among municipalities, First Nations and businesses to make the time change permanent. Rickford says the province intends to make a regulatory change […]

TORONTO — Cyclists challenging Ontario’s plan to remove major Toronto bike lanes are asking Canada’s top court to hear their appeal. The cyclists said today they will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, the same day as Ontario said it would start taking out more bike lanes along parts of Bloor […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to move parts of the province’s northwest region to permanent daylight time in order to align with Manitoba. More to come. Liam Casey, The Canadian Press

A man who admitted his role in the massive gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport is testifying 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 given 40 years to pay back […]

Rides at two Canadian theme parks have been closed after a man in the United States reportedly fell to this death from a Six Flags roller-coaster in Georgia. A spokesperson for Six Flags says the Leviathan and Behemoth coasters at Canada’s Wonderland north of Toronto were closed Monday out of an abundance of caution and […]

TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest is scheduled to start Tuesday in the case of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old Afro-Indigenous woman who fell from a Toronto highrise balcony while police were in her home in 2020. Here is a timeline of key events in the case: May 27, 2020: The Special Investigations Unit says it is […]

TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest is set to begin today to examine the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a Toronto woman who fell from a highrise balcony while police were in her home more than six years ago. Korchinski-Paquet, a woman of Ukrainian, Black and Indigenous ancestry, died on May 27, 2020 after police responded to […]

TORONTO — Head coach Casey Stoney has preached the need for more clinical finishing from the Canadian women’s soccer team. Defensive lapses might be the more pressing area of concern. Olivia Holdt scored twice and had an assist to lead Denmark to a 4-3 victory over Canada in an international friendly on Monday at BMO […]