Author: The Canadian Press

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 […]

TORONTO — Ontario is giving colleges and universities billions in new funding, while lifting a seven-year tuition fee freeze and cutting back on the amount of student assistance grants. The moves are in response to a post-secondary financial crisis, following years of low levels of government funding, stagnant domestic tuition levels since 2019 and sharply […]

TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach is set to begin in Toronto today after more than a week of delay. The judge-alone trial was initially scheduled to begin early last week but Stronach’s lawyer asked for more time to prepare after receiving what she described as a large […]

TORONTO — The fastest way to get into a long-term care home in Ontario is by going to the hospital first, advocates say. The situation is particularly acute in Toronto, where the combination of an increasing and aging population and the loss of nearly 700 beds due to nursing home closures has meant that many […]