Author: The Canadian Press

Canadian border officials say two brothers have pleaded guilty to several charges after attempting to smuggle large amounts of tobacco into the country. Investigators with the Canada Border Services Agency in Niagara Falls say James and Jason McDuffie attempted to smuggle a total of 45,620 kilograms of contraband tobacco in a commercial truck. CBSA officers […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s environment minister has apologized to First Nation chiefs for any “confusion” his letter caused when he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law. But many First Nations are not accepting what they call a meaningless apology and still want Todd McCarthy […]

Health officials say a salmonella outbreak linked to deli meats sold at grocery stores and in prepared sandwiches has expanded. The Public Health Agency of Canada says 84 people have gotten sick since April, and there have now been nine hospitalizations. That’s about a dozen more illnesses and two more hospitalizations since the agency’s last […]

TORONTO — Tsubasa Endoh comes full circle Saturday when he retires as a Toronto FC player. After being diagnosed with acute undifferentiated leukemia in December 2021, the 31-year-old winger from Japan had a dream. “Every step of the treatment, every setback, the time that I had to spend in the hospital, I always dreamed of […]

TORONTO — As a major funding shortfall looms over Pride Toronto, some prominent LGBTQ+ advocates say it’s high time to rethink the organization’s corporate partnerships and return to its political grassroots. Ahead of last month’s Pride parade, organizers sounded the alarm over Pride Toronto’s $900,000 shortfall after sponsors such as Google, Nissan, Home Depot and […]

Robert Wickens’s promising racing career seemed like it was cut tragically short after a 2018 crash left him paralyzed from the chest down. But almost seven years later, Wickens is racing in the headline event of the Chevrolet Grand Prix, competing at the highest levels of his sport in Canada for the first time since […]

AURORA — York Regional Police say they’ve charged a 37-year-old man with multiple offences after he was caught speeding down an Ontario highway at more than 200 kilometres an hour. Police say officers were patrolling near Bloomington Road and Highway 404 in Aurora on July 4 when they saw a man on a black Yamaha […]

QUADEVILLE, ONT. — The secretary of a community centre in Quadeville says the tight-knit village in eastern Ontario is shaken after learning that a teenager has been arrested in an alleged attack on an eight-year-old child. Wanda Resmer says she felt “a sense of shock” after police announced charges in the case that was initially […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on Saturday night in the city’s east end. Police say the suspect turned himself in on Monday and has since been charged with first-degree murder. They say paramedics responded to reports of a stabbing shortly […]

A hospital in southwestern Ontario is suing five of its former executives, alleging two of them were involved in a “fraudulent scheme” involving improper procurements, while the others knew about the alleged fraud and failed to act. The London Health Sciences Centre says police began investigating the hospital’s past financial practices late last year, while […]