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A community leader in Windsor, Ont., is calling for calm as police investigate the killing of 45-year-old Nancy Grewal earlier this week. Mohammed Fazle Baki, president of the South Asian Centre of Windsor, says the attack on Grewal in nearby LaSalle has left the community “deeply shocked and saddened.” The LaSalle Police Service says it […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling in part of Toronto’s waterfront for a new convention centre. Ford has said several times over the past week that the city needs more convention space and that the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is a terrible site. He says a new convention centre could cost a […]

TORONTO — Police say a 40-year-old Toronto man is facing fraud charges in an alleged multi-million-dollar investment scam. York regional police say the investigation began in March 2025 after a person reported the alleged scam. Police say in February 2024 the person was promised a return on an investment made with the suspect, the owner […]

Four days before Christmas, shoppers lined up around the Bay Centre in Victoria, B.C., where a corner of the mall had been transformed into a scene reminiscent of a London high street. In the windows, animatronic bears and groundhogs in aprons and chef’s hats toddled around. Inside, Santa rode in a hot-air balloon hanging from […]

TORONTO — Lawyers are set to make legal arguments this afternoon in the Toronto sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Prosecutors finished presenting their evidence Wednesday and the court is set to address some legal issues before the defence begins its case next week. Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh has said she will seek […]

TORONTO — Another suspect has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Toronto. Police have said 15-year-old Jahkai Jack was fatally shot in June 2025 after he and some friends met with another group of people and there was a verbal exchange between him and a man. They said […]

Niagara’s regional chair has backed away from a proposal that included possible amalgamations. Bob Gale said in a letter last month that he was starting consultations on reforms including potential amalgamations and reducing the number of councillors, saying there are too many elected officials in Niagara — 126 — and tax increases are too high. […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s education minister has placed an eighth school board under supervision due to what he calls significant governance issues. Paul Calandra put the York Catholic District School Board on notice in late January that he would place it under supervision if it did not “appropriately respond” to pressing concerns within two weeks. He […]

A 20-year-old man from a central Ontario community has been charged after police allege he threatened Premier Doug Ford. Ontario Provincial Police say they started investigating a threat made against Ford on Feb. 13. They say the suspect, who is from the Alliston area of New Tecumseth, has now been arrested. He has been charged […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a shelter-in-place order remains in effect in a northern Ontario community after a person was found dead, and officers are searching for two male suspects believed to be armed. Police issued the order just before 9 p.m. Wednesday after a report of an “active incident” involving two possibly armed individuals in […]