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Provincial police say they’ve seized cannabis plants worth more than $122 million as part of an investigation into illicit cannabis production sites on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police and Tyendinaga police say the production sites were controlled by non-Indigenous organized criminal networks, aided by a “limited” number of community members. OPP […]

TORONTO — The odds are good that Chad Kelly won’t play a down this season for the Toronto Argonauts. The CFL’s outstanding player in 2023 has spent the entire season on the injured list recovering from the serious leg injury he suffered in last year’s East Division final. Veteran Nick Arbuckle will start Saturday when […]

BARRIE — For the past 15 years, Shania Steeves has slept on sidewalks and stayed in overcrowded, sometimes unsafe shelters. She has been homeless off and on for nearly half of her life, and she has always preferred living in encampments, where she found community and support among people who are going through the same […]

The Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees have battled all year. Now the two division rivals will settle the score in the post-season — for the first time. Toronto opens its American League Division Series against New York on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Here’s a tale of the tape heading into the best-of-five […]

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Scott Laughton is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the team announced Friday. The 31-year-old acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers ahead of last season’s trade deadline had two goals and two assists in three exhibition games, with the NHL’s regular schedule set to kick off next week. Laughton played […]

OTTAWA — G7 foreign ministers are set to gather near Niagara Falls next month for two days of meetings. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will host her colleagues from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., the U.S. and the European Union. Global Affairs Canada says the meeting will take place “in the Niagara Region” of […]

Several Ontario municipalities are pushing back on Premier Doug Ford’s planned speed camera ban, urging him to tweak the program instead of outright cancelling it — but if he forges ahead, they say the province should foot the bill. Ford has announced that his government will introduce legislation this month to prohibit the use of […]

TORONTO — Every time Jason Miles walked out of prison, he would be bigger, stronger and meaner. Behind bars, he lifted weights all day and made connections that led him to commit more dangerous crimes for more money. The 44-year-old Toronto man said his lengthy rap sheet included fights, stabbings and car thefts. He became […]

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada’s housing affordability gap — but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques put out an updated housing report Thursday. The report gauges affordability based on the gap between average home prices and what the typical household […]

OAKVILLE — A cinema west of Toronto says it is cancelling screenings of South Asian films after an arson attempt and a shooting on its property in the past week. Film.Ca Cinemas says both incidents at its Oakville, Ont., location occurred overnight while the theatre was closed and no one was injured. It says the […]