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BRAMPTON — A trial is set to begin today in Brampton, Ont., for a man accused in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history. Parmpal Sidhu is charged with theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence in the 2023 heist that took place at Toronto’s Pearson […]

The U.S. Coast Guard
says the search is ongoing for four Canadians and two Bermuda nationals who were on board an Ontario air ambulance that went missing on Saturday. The update on the search efforts comes after the coast guard said late Saturday evening it found a debris field confirmed to be from the plane. At […]

Debris from a missing Ontario air ambulance that had been carrying six people, including four Canadians,
has been spotted off the coast of the United States. The U.S. Coast Guard said search crews found a debris field roughly 150 kilometres southeast of Boston and confirmed it belonged to the missing aircraft. A statement said the search […]

TORONTO — Sean Whyte kicked a club-record eight field goals as the B.C. Lions held on for a 24-17 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon. B.C. (9-6) earned a third straight win and seventh in eight games as Whyte broke the club mark he and Lui Passaglia held jointly. The Lions also solidified […]

QUÉBEC — Quebec City police say the death of a 21-year-old man found in a home Friday is being investigated as a homicide. Police identify the victim as Gabriel-Simon Akokane and say he has a criminal record. They say officers found Akokane dead around 11 a.m. while carrying out a search at a home in […]

The U.S. Coast Guard says an Ontario air ambulance carrying six people
has gone missing. In a social media post, the agency says the Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane early Saturday as it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston. The coast guard says it has launched a search mission off the coast of […]

TORONTO — There’s something about playing with the Toronto Argonauts that agrees with Adarius Pickett. The five-foot-11, 195-pound linebacker leads the CFL in defensive tackles (92), total tackles (103, with 11 on special teams) and defensive plays (120). Pickett also has three sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and six tackles for a loss. […]

Provincial police say two people have been charged with murder after a dead man was found inside a burned vehicle last month in eastern Ontario. Police say they were called to a vehicle fire in a wooded area in Mississippi Mills, west of Ottawa, on Sept. 11. They found the body of 37-year-old Colin Campbell […]

FREDERICTON — The chief of police in Fredericton says the force has made significant changes after an investigation into an error that forced the Crown to abandon two murder trials last year. Gary Forward told a municipal public safety committee meeting Thursday that the police force had hired staff, introduced new training and implemented better […]

The president of a Belleville, Ont., synagogue targeted in a shooting last month says he woke up Thursday morning to find antisemitic flyers had been distributed to the synagogue and the surrounding neighbourhoods. Norman Weddum says four different flyers blaming Jewish people “for everything under the sun” were distributed overnight to the Sons of Jacob […]