Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Even IndyCar Series drivers are annoyed with the road conditions in Toronto. Kyle Kirkwood of the United States had the fastest lap in the first practice round of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Friday, completing the course around Exhibition Place in one minute 1.205 seconds. Kirkwood and Australia’s Will Power, who […]

TORONTO — A 14-year-old boy is suspected of fatally stabbing a senior in a Toronto parking lot as she loaded groceries into her car, police said Friday. The teen is still at large and considered dangerous, police said. Investigators said the attack on 71-year-old Shahnaz Pestonji appears to have started out as a robbery at […]

TORONTO — Kyle Kirkwood of the United States had the fastest lap in the first practice round of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. He went around the course at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto in one minute 1.205 seconds. Scott McLaughlin of New Zealand was second in 1:01.341 and Spain’s Alex Palou, the IndyCar […]

Durham Region police say a teenager has died after being struck by a small plane that crashed on Lake Scugog. Police say the plane crash happened this afternoon in the small community of Caesarea, north of Oshawa, Ont. They say a male in his teens died after he was struck by the plane, while the […]

A recent study has found that Toronto’s average temperature has risen the most among all Major League Baseball cities during the season over the past 40 years. Toronto’s average temperature has gone up 3 degrees Celsius when the Blue Jays are in season. The Blue Jays were atop the analysis done by United States-based science […]

TORONTO — Toronto police have identified a woman who was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as 71-year-old Shahnaz Pestonji. Police say the victim was loading her groceries in a North York parking lot on Thursday morning when a man attacked her. They say officers responded to the stabbing call in the […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a York Region police officer shot and wounded a 30-year-old man in Toronto Thursday evening. The Special Investigations Unit says officers tried to stop the driver of a car that was reported stolen at around 6:55 p.m. The SIU says the driver was travelling on Kennedy Road […]

TORONTO — Nainesh Kotak says it doesn’t matter how many of his 11-year-old son’s friends have e-scooters, he’s not letting his own child have one. The personal injury lawyer based in Mississauga, Ont., says his firm has seen several cases involving e-scooter accidents in recent years and that it’s simply too dangerous. “Their parents don’t […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto kicks off with a full day of practices and qualifying this morning. Headlined by an IndyCar Series race on Sunday, there’s a total of nine races from several series and a variety of automobile classes over the weekend. All of the races will take place around a […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it found no grounds to lay a criminal charge against a Thunder Bay officer who approved the cancellation of a domestic disturbance call hours before a woman was found dead in a home. The Special Investigations Unit has released a report on its investigation into the death of Jenna Ostberg, a […]