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PICKERING — Police say a 16-year-old boy is facing charges after allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at a Pickering, Ont., high school and making firearm parts with a 3D printer. Durham regional police say they received reports from multiple sources, including international policing partners, about comments the suspect allegedly made online about printing […]

Neighbourly affection between Ontario’s Niagara Region and the city of Buffalo, N.Y., is once again on display amid the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. And once again, sports are a playing a big role. Niagara Falls Tourism has placed an open letter in today’s edition of the Buffalo News, inviting Americans across the border to visit […]

TORONTO — Luke Kirby arrived on the set of “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” with a new co-star to figure out, a new character to establish and a city to rediscover. So he did a little homework. Kirby, who joins the fourth season of the Toronto-set Citytv crime drama as Det.-Sgt. John Darcy, watched […]

TORONTO — Ontario government officials who inspected three career colleges found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework — sometimes entire courses in one day — and a few students who couldn’t name their school or program, they alleged in reports filed in court. Inspection reports for three Academy of Learning locations are among […]

Kyle Bekker knew this would be his last season playing professional soccer. He didn’t know that he’d spend much of it sidelined — first by a cancer diagnosis and treatment, then by a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Still, as the Forge FC captain prepared to announce his retirement on Thursday, he spoke of the campaign […]

MONTRÉAL — Women with Type 1 diabetes appear to be at greater risk of physical and psychosocial health problems after menopause and require an updated treatment plan, according to a new study. Published in September by Diabetes Research and Clinical Practices, the research found that post-menopausal women had a higher risk of retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, […]

HAMILTON — Police say a 30-year-old woman who worked in a Hamilton public school has been charged with sexually assaulting a student. Investigators say the woman was fraudulently working as an educational assistant in the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board when she met the complainant. They say the student required supports and their family believed […]

Stelco Holdings Inc.’s U.S. parent company is being “disingenuous and contradictory” by blaming its planned layoff of up to 500 workers on the trade war, the steelworkers’ union said Thursday. United Steelworkers Locals 1005 and 8782, which represent Stelco workers at steel plants in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont., said Cleveland-Cliffs chief executive Lourenco Goncalves has […]

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time. Dunn House has seen great success in the early days for its 51 residents, a model that will expand to help 300 people. Dr. […]

TORONTO — An Ontario mother’s acquittal in the death of her infant son is the latest display of medical evidence of shaken baby syndrome discredited in the courtroom. Jennifer Gaskin had been convicted of manslaughter in the death of her 2 1/2-month-old son Joeseph in 2002, after two medical experts testified the child had died […]