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UCLA and UConn, which won the past two national championships, will both play in the third annual Coretta Scott King Classic this year. The Bruins, who won the the NCAA title last season, will face Oklahoma in the opener on Jan. 18. The 2025 champion Huskies will face Seton Hall in a Big East matchup […]

Four people have been charged in an alleged fraud scheme that Peel regional police say has been linked to more than $100,000 in unpaid Highway 407 ETR tolls. Police say they have also recovered 10 stolen vehicles in the investigation dubbed Project Octane. Investigators say the case examined allegations involving vehicle registrations, licence plates and […]

Police say a man previously charged in an alleged arson outside the Toronto home of Liberal MP Salma Zahid is now also facing charges in a fire that took place days earlier at a vacant home in Ajax, Ont. Investigators say a home in the city east of Toronto was set on fire in the […]

TORONTO — Morgan Rielly and Jake McCabe were riding stationary bikes late Wednesday night. The conversation between the Maple Leafs defencemen pivoted to a player both have watched grow in the NHL. Easton Cowan has undoubtedly arrived. The 21-year-old winger helped set up his team’s opening goal and then bagged the eventual game-winner to help […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Region Board of Trade is urging the province to amend zoning and building code rules as it says Ontario is on pace to fall well short of its goal of getting at least 1.5 million new homes built by 2031. In a report published Thursday, the board said the target is […]

Advocates are calling for Quebec politicians to reform voting rules that they say make it difficult for homeless people to cast their ballots. They say Quebec’s rules are more restrictive than the rules at the federal level Scarlett Martinez is a community organizer in Quebec who says there are barriers for many unhoused people to […]

The minimum wage is going up in five provinces. The bumps of between 25 and 40 cents come in Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Like other government announcements, Ontario has tied the increase to the rising cost of living. It’s moving its minimum wage up to $17.95 an hour, while P.E.I. […]

TORONTO — There are four people left in the running to lead Ontario’s Liberal party. Eric Lombardi ended his campaign on Wednesday and endorsed legislature member Lee Fairclough, whom he called substantive and pragmatic. Lombardi says he knew running as a young, unelected candidate would be a “tough sell,” and that he did not have […]

GUELPH — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify people seen in videos of a rowdy homecoming celebration near the University of Guelph that investigators said led to vandalism and put others in danger. Guelph police have posted on their website images of seven people who appeared in social media videos of the […]

MONTRÉAL — Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organization. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued its final report Wednesday, saying that the residential schools posed “widespread, systematic and most serious human rights violations.” Released […]