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TORONTO — Scottie Barnes leaned back in his chair, ran his hands through his hair, looked around the room and grinned when asked about the 2025-26 Toronto Raptors. “My expectations for the team? I expect us to be really good,” said Barnes. “For sure getting into the playoffs and making a great run. With the […]

They’re teammates now with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but Tim White wants a lot more than just friendship from Kenny Lawler this season. Lawler signed a two-year deal with Hamilton as a free agent following four seasons with Winnipeg (2019, 2021, 2023-4) and another with Edmonton (2022). During his time with the Blue Bombers, Lawler earned […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s largest public park says its famous cherry blossom trees are showing their first signs of impending bloom. Every year, thousands of locals and visitors descend on High Park during peak cherry bloom season and the park’s nature centre says it’s almost time to make that pilgrimage again. The centre says cherry blossom […]

Police say an Ontario religious teacher has been charged in a series of sexual assaults involving two victims. York Regional Police say the 44-year-old man taught religious classes at a residential property in Pickering, Ont. They allege he assaulted a victim six times during “spiritual study sessions” that occurred in Pickering and in Markham, Ont. […]

TORONTO — The members of Ontario’s legislature have chosen Donna Skelly as the province’s first female Speaker. Skelly has represented the Hamilton-area riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook for the Progressive Conservatives since 2018 and has served as a deputy Speaker. She becomes the 43rd Speaker of Ontario, as Ted Arnott retires after nearly seven years in the […]

MISSISSAUGA — Police say a man from Mississauga, Ont., is facing animal cruelty charges after several puppies were found either dead or mutilated. Peel regional police say they responded to several incidents between December and March in which dogs between 8 to 10 weeks old were found dead or badly mutilated and left for dead. […]

Police say the body of a scuba diver who disappeared in the water in Kingston, Ont., has been found. Ontario Provincial Police say emergency crews responded on Sunday to the shore along Ontario and Lower Union streets for a scuba diver in distress on the surface of the water. Kingston firefighters pulled the diver to […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating the death of a man who was involved in an exchange of gunfire with police in cottage country. The Special Investigations Unit says police responded to a call in Minden Hills on Sunday about a man who had left his property with a firearm. The SIU says Ontario Provincial […]

TORONTO — The members of Ontario’s legislature are set to make history today by selecting the province’s first female Speaker — but just who will take up the mantle remains to be seen. Two members of provincial parliament have put their names forward to become the 43rd Speaker of Ontario, as Ted Arnott is set […]

AUGUSTA — A Canadian is in contention heading into the final round of the Masters, the first major of the men’s golf season. Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., is third at Augusta, four shots back of third-round leader Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., starts the day tied for 37th, 10 […]