Author: The Canadian Press

ORILLIA — Ontario’s police watchdog says it has launched an investigation after a 44-year-old man died in police custody in Orillia. The Special Investigation Unit says Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a disturbance Sunday shortly after 6:45 p.m. The SIU says three man were arrested and taken to the OPP’s Orillia detachment and lodged […]

The Grand Slam of Curling will kick off Tuesday with a new-look broadcast booth after an off-season overhaul. Longtime Sportsnet curling host Rob Faulds retired last summer and veteran analysts Kevin Martin and Mike Harris are not returning to their previous roles. The Curling Group brought in relative curling newcomer Darren Dupont to join John […]

TORONTO — As Toronto’s leading mayoral candidates criss-cross the city, pitching their vision ahead of this month’s municipal elections, voters say affordability, housing, public safety and transit are the top issues they want to see addressed. More than 50 people are vying to lead Canada’s largest city for the next four years, but polls suggest […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say one individual died and two others were seriously injured in a collision in the city’s east end. Police say officers responded to a call about a collision in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Scarborough Gold Club Road on Sunday shortly after 9:50 p.m. Officers say a BMW sedan […]

TORONTO — Hit ’90s boyband The Backstreet Boys are adding more tour dates to their Toronto residency. What was first announced as a four-night run at Rogers Centre has swelled to 11 shows, with the band’s recent announcement they’re adding concerts on March 5 and 6. The band says on its website the new dates […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Roots vote Shareholders of Roots Corp. will vote on Tuesday on a deal that will see the retailer taken private by Marquee Brands, the firm behind Martha Stewart, Laura Ashley and Roberto Cavalli. Marquee plans to partner with Joseph […]

VANCOUVER — Gradey Dick repeated one word to describe the feeling ahead of his first game against the team that drafted him in 2023 — “bittersweet.” Part of a package deal sent from the Toronto Raptors to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for aging superstar Kawhi Leonard, Dick suited up against the Raptors in […]

FERGUS — Ontario Provincial Police have revealed that two people died in a fiery plane crash near Fergus, Ont., on Friday. Police say they responded to the scene Friday morning near the intersection of Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17, north of Guelph, where the plane had crashed into a field. The aircraft was on […]

TORONTO — Remarks made by a member of Parliament, who is also a doctor, suggesting illicit drugs such as fentanyl are a “painless” and “readily available” option to end one’s life are now the subject of a complaint filed to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The complainant, Claire Brosseau, a 49-year-old woman […]

TORONTO — When tents started popping up on the lawn in front of a sprawling provincial property in Cobourg, Ont., television producer Linda Schuyler wondered who the people living in the encampment were. “I started to go in and get to know them,” said Schuyler, a filmmaker and producer who is best known as the […]