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Two people have been charged with murder in connection to the 2025 killing of a Toronto man. Police in York region say a 40-year-old and a 41-year-old both face first-degree murder charges in the death of Deuvane Donald Francis, and they continue to look for at least two more unidentified suspects. Police say Francis was […]

TORONTO — An Ontario woman sobbed in court this morning as she was acquitted in the death of her infant son after more than two decades labelled as his killer. Jennifer Gaskin was convicted of manslaughter in 2002 in the death of her 2 1/2-month-old son Joeseph after two medical experts testified the child had […]

VAUGHAN — Ontario and the federal government have agreed to extend the national affordable child-care program in the province for another four years, but it comes with no promises of further lowering the fees parents pay. The province is one of only two, including Alberta, that had not reached longer-term deals beyond the program’s initial […]

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in jail for sexually abusing two primary school children in Scotland in the 1990s and early 2000s. Dott, who is 49, was convicted last month of abusing a girl from 1993-96 and a boy from 2006-10, following a five-day […]

TORONTO — An Ontario woman found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her infant son more than 20 years ago is asking the province’s top court to quash her conviction. Jennifer Gaskin was convicted in 2002 in the death of her 2 1/2-month-old son Joeseph after two medical experts testified the child had died […]

LONDON — A police officer in London, Ont., has been suspended after a video that the force’s police chief says showed members entering an unmarked police vehicle with alcohol visible inside. Chief Thai Truong says a criminal investigation is also being launched as the video shows a service weapon being stored in “circumstances that raise […]

CALGARY — Ontario Premier Doug Ford, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at his side, told a Calgary audience Monday that Albertans need to stay in the Confederation fold. “I’m going to keep this real, real short,” Ford said when asked about the consequences of separation issue in Canada. “Folks, united we stand, divided we fall. […]

Stelco Holdings Inc. is laying off hundreds of workers as it moves to idle finishing operations at its plant in Hamilton, Ont. amid a production shift spurred by U.S. tariffs. In a memo to employees seen by The Canadian Press, the company says up to 500 employees could be impacted across its Hamilton and Lake […]

Lawyers for the Crown argue an Ontario woman branded a killer in the death of her infant son more than two decades ago should instead be acquitted now that expert evidence pointing to shaken baby syndrome has been “wholly undermined.” Jennifer Gaskin was found guilty of manslaughter in 2002 in the death of her 2 […]

Stelco Holdings Inc. is idling finishing operations at its plant in Hamilton, Ont., in a move that will reportedly see hundreds of workers laid off. The company says the indefinite idle is part of a plan to concentrate production at its Lake Erie facility in Nanticoke, Ont. It says a “significant” number of affected Hamilton […]