Author: The Canadian Press

Niagara regional police say they are investigating a fatal tent fire in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this week as a homicide. They say officers were patrolling when they saw a tent fire within a forested area of Mountain Locks Park early Tuesday morning. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze and a dead man was found. […]

TORONTO — A defence lawyer representing businessman Frank Stronach in his Toronto sexual assault trial is suggesting a complainant’s narrative of what happened has evolved with time. Leora Shemesh is continuing to cross-examine the first of seven complainants expected to testify in the trial, which began Thursday after more than a week of delay. The […]

DUNEDIN — Joey Loperfido will never forget his time with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Loperfido was traded back to the Houston Astros by the Blue Jays on Friday morning for fellow outfielder Jesus Sanchez. Toronto originally acquired Loperfido from Houston as part of a package for pitcher Yusei Kikuchi in July 2024. “I feel […]

TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of businessman Frank Stronach is expected to continue in Toronto today with the cross-examination of the first complainant testifying in the case. The complainant told the court Thursday she was “terrified” decades ago when she woke up in a bed in an unknown place and realized she was being […]

DUNEDIN — Jose Berrios is sorry he missed the Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series appearance last year. Berrios formally apologized to his Blue Jays teammates after arriving at spring training and was contrite Thursday in his first interview with media since last autumn. Berrios was excluded from Toronto’s playoff rosters with tendon inflammation in his […]

TORONTO — A woman testifying at Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial described feeling “terrified” decades ago when she woke up in a bed in an unknown place and realized she was being raped. The woman — who cannot be identified under a standard publication ban — says she saw her face and someone’s back reflected […]

TORONTO — Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says missing screws on a railway track just outside Toronto’s Union Station may have been the cause of a GO train derailment last week that caused commuter disruptions for days. Lindsay told a Metrolinx board meeting today that early findings in the investigation indicate screws at nine separate locations […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says no criminal charges will be laid against a provincial police officer who fatally shot a man inside a courtroom in a remote part of northern Ontario last year. But the director of the Special Investigations Unit says there is evidence to suggest the officer “unnecessarily delayed in rendering first aid” to […]

TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it’s still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, as the one-year anniversary of the incident approaches. The safety board says it’s still working on its final investigation report, and the work done so […]

TORONTO — Ontario Power Generation has signed a deal with a municipality east of Toronto to build a new, large nuclear reactor. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says the proposed nuclear project in Port Hope, Ont., would create 1,700 jobs locally and more than 10,000 jobs across the province. The OPG submitted its initial project description […]