Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Canada’s special envoy on antisemitism says Ontario needs to take seriously incidents of anti-Jewish bigotry targeted at students in public schools. Deborah Lyons commissioned a survey of nearly 600 Jewish parents, and found hundreds of children were subjected to incidents including antisemitic bullying and blame for the carnage of Israel’s military conduct in […]

Police say a four-year-old child is dead after drowning in a pond in Proton Station, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called to a farm in Southgate Township, northwest of Toronto, just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. They had received a report that a child went missing while swimming with family members. They say […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they’ve identified a suspect in what they’ve described as a brazen daytime shooting in the city’s downtown core. Police say a 17-year-old boy is wanted for charges of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. They allege the teen opened fire on a group of three people in the […]

PETERBOROUGH — Police in Ontario say a 21-year-old boater is facing charges after a passenger fell overboard on a lake northwest of Kingston. Officers say they were called about the incident on Weslemkoon Lake near Bon Echo Provincial Park in Addington Highlands, Ont., shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday. They say a 22-year-old man fell off […]

TORONTO — Swaths of southern Ontario could see severe thunderstorms and flash floods on Sunday amid extreme heat. Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings and thunderstorm watches for parts of the province, as well as a thunderstorm warning for Stirling, Tweed and Madoc. Forecasters say the area halfway between Toronto and Ottawa […]

MONTREAL — Police say a man in his 40s drowned Saturday in the St. Lawrence River, west of Montreal. Emergency responders were called in the afternoon to Pointe-des-Cascades, where the man went into the water in an area between two dams. Provincial police spokesperson Geneviève Bruneau says the man walked out to a rocky outcrop […]

Eric Perez brought pro rugby league to Canada in the form of the Toronto Wolfpack. Now the Toronto native is helping Truro City FC climb the ranks in English soccer. Truro City is already on the move, having won the National League South title to become the first club ever from Cornwall in the southwest […]

QUADEVILLE — Residents of a tiny rural community in eastern Ontario pressed police on Saturday for answers about a disturbing attack on a young girl that investigators believed was caused by an animal — until they arrested a teenager in the case. Nearly 100 people filled a small community centre in Quadeville, about 170 kilometres […]

TORONTO — Ivory Coast forward Emmanuel Latte Lath scored from the penalty spot in the 101st minute to lift Atlanta United into a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC on Saturday in a clash of two teams at the wrong end of the MLS Eastern Conference. Atlanta called for the penalty in stoppage time when Luke […]

AJAX — Durham police say one person is dead after a fire in Ajax, Ont. Police say officers responded to a call Friday at a home in the area of Taunton Road East and Salem Road North where a man was allegedly armed and threatening members of his family. When officers arrived, there was an […]