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BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the six people who were on board a Canadian air ambulance flying from Bermuda to Boston when it went down off the coast of Nantucket. A news release from the coast guard says the two Bermudians aboard the Gulfstream jet were Marilyn Lavonne Bean and Sergio Wayne […]
TORONTO — A senior Toronto police officer has been charged with impaired driving over the weekend. Toronto police say officers responded to a call about a person who was reportedly asleep behind the wheel of a stopped vehicle in the city’s east end around 6 a.m. on Sunday. Police say Insp. Michael Hayles, of 55 […]
BRAMPTON — Prosecutors allege an Air Canada employee provided a doctored waybill that allowed another man to pick up more than $22 million in gold and currency from a Toronto Pearson airport cargo bay in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history. Parmpal Sidhu was one of the “inside […]
TORONTO — The Department of National Defence says two members of the Canadian Armed Forces were arrested by Toronto police on charges related to organized crime, kidnapping and firearms theft. The department says Sachintha Fernando and James Moreau, both members of the 7th Toronto Regiment, have been removed from duties and their access to military […]
TORONTO — A blind voter told an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal hearing on Monday that Elections Ontario has failed to ensure he can mark and cast his ballot independently and privately. Accessibility advocate David Lepofsky filed a human rights complaint more than seven years ago, following an incident during the 2018 Ontario election. He said […]
TORONTO — Toronto public health officials say they are seeing a rise in mpox infections in the city and are urging eligible residents to get vaccinated. Toronto Public Health says 14 cases of the viral illness have been confirmed since September, and wastewater monitoring by the Public Health Agency of Canada has also “consistently detected […]
TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals are asking the auditor general to investigate provincial student financial aid spending at private career colleges. The request from colleges and universities critic Tyler Watt comes after reporting by The Canadian Press showed that a rapid increase in Ontario Student Assistance Program spending was concentrated within a small number of […]
TORONTO — A hearing before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has begun for a blind accessibility advocate who is arguing Elections Ontario failed to ensure he can consistently and reliably mark, verify and cast his ballot independently and in private. David Lepofsky filed a human rights complaint more than seven years ago after an incident […]
BRAMPTON — A man accused in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history has pleaded not guilty to two charges as his trial begins in Brampton, Ont. Parmpal Sidhu is charged with theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence in the 2023 heist that took place […]
The University of Toronto says it’s launching a new $100 million scholarship program designed to attract PhD talent to Canada. The institution says the Presidents’ Impact Scholarship Program will provide $80,000 funding per year for 50 scholars for a total of $320,000 of funding over four years. The school says the program is the largest […]