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The province’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a 44-year-old man was shot and killed by police in Mississauga. The Special Investigations Unit says police were called to the scene after a woman reported her husband had left their home with a gun following a domestic incident. They say Peel Regional Police located the […]

DUNEDIN — Dylan Cease was solid in his first spring training and the Toronto Blue Jays had mixed results in a pair of split-squad games Saturday. Cease, who signed a seven-year, US$210 million contract with Toronto in the off-season, struck out three and gave up a solo homer over 1 2/3 innings in Toronto’s 7-5 […]

QUÉBEC — Several thousand protesters in Quebec City are demanding the provincial government withdraw from a federal gun buyback program. Chanting a message that their “guns are not for sale,” the demonstrators accuse Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding firearms owners. Sophie Béland, who heads the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, says […]

TORONTO — The University of Toronto says its dean of dentistry is on leave as the school investigates the use of images with “antisemitic and discriminatory meanings” in his course materials. The university’s vice-president and provost, Trevor Young, says dean Anil Kishen will participate “fully” in the investigation. Jewish advocacy organization B’nai Brith Canada shared […]

TORONTO — Residents of a west-end Toronto apartment building say they will be going on a rent strike to protest the landlord’s application for a retroactive 2025 rent increase that would amount to more than five per cent. Luz Flores, who lives at 75 Spencer Avenue in the Parkdale neighbourhood, said tenants cannot afford a […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are well aware that they need to find a way to play a consistent 48 minutes and hold on to leads against the NBA’s best teams. The only question is: how? “I think we have to be better at communicating when we have the momentum to keep the momentum, not […]

A move by the Niagara regional chair to review municipal governance with an eye to possible amalgamations appears to have hit a snag after an at-times testy council meeting. A letter earlier this month from provincial appointee Bob Gale to mayors of the region said there are too many elected officials in Niagara — 126 […]

First Nations leaders and police in northern Ontario say they have seen an increase in violence and arrests related to drug trafficking as Toronto-area gangs exploit vulnerable community members and youth recruited from southern parts of the province. While gangs from the south have long cashed in on the illicit drug market in northern Ontario, […]

Ontario Provincial Police say seven people are facing multiple charges in a drug-trafficking investigation that stretched from the Toronto area to Napenee. OPP and Durham regional police executed search warrants at homes in Whitby and Napanee, where they say they found drugs and cash. Police say they found 16 grams of suspected fentanyl, one kilogram […]

VARESE — Canada’s para hockey team wrapped up its pre-Paralympic schedule Friday with a 4-0 win over Italy. Dominic Cozzolino of Mississauga, Ont., and James Dunn of Wallacetown, Ont., each had a goal and an assist for Canada. Adam Dixon of Midland, Ont., and Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., also scored. Greg Westlake of Oakville, […]