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Ontario’s police watchdog says it has launched an investigation after a 24-year-old man was shot dead by provincial police in a courtroom in the province’s northwest. The Special Investigations Unit says an Ontario Provincial Police officer was inside a temporary courtroom at the Youth Centre on the Wapekeka First Nation on Thursday at around noon […]

HAMILTON — Ontario’s police watchdog says it has launched an investigation after a 62-year-old man who had barricaded himself in his home during a police standoff was found dead. The Special Investigations Unit says Hamilton Police responded to a call from a person in crisis in the city on Friday morning. The SIU says the […]

Wildfire smoke from the Prairies has prompted a special air-quality statement over much of northern Ontario Saturday. Environment Canada says smoke from forest fires is causing reduced visibility and poor air quality that is expected to persist into Sunday for some areas. The statement spans the northern part of the province stretching from North Bay […]

WINNIPEG — Rookie Trey Vaval dazzled a sold-out crowd of Blue Bombers fans when he returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown and followed up with a 97-yard punt return for a major that helped Winnipeg snap a three-game losing streak with a 40-31 victory over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday. It was the […]

TORONTO — Canada’s singles hopes were dashed at the National Bank Open on Friday night when Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Taylor Fritz. The second-seeded American secured early service breaks in each set and closed out the victory in one hour 15 minutes. Diallo, the No. 27 seed, was the last […]

TORONTO — Unhappy at his contract demands, Toronto FC traded winger/wingback Tyrese Spicer to Orlando City SC on Friday in exchange for up to $550,000 (all figures in U.S. dollars) in general allocation money. The 24-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international, the first overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, scored six goals and added two […]

Provincial police say two people have been charged with murder in the death of an infant on Manitoulin Island last year. Police say they responded to a call at a Burpee Township residence on Oct. 1, 2024 about an infant without vital signs, who was later pronounced dead in hospital. Investigators say a 40-year-old man […]

DRYDEN — Provincial police say a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl drowned in northwestern Ontario on Thursday afternoon. Police say they responded to reports of two children entering the Wabigoon River in the city of Dryden shortly after 4 p.m. They say neither child resurfaced and both were located and recovered from the water […]

TORONTO — A teen girl found guilty of manslaughter in a deadly swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man will spend 16 months under probation with up to a year in an intensive support and supervision program. Ontario Superior Court Justice Philip Campbell sentenced the girl this afternoon to three years, the maximum available for […]

KINGSTON — A 22-year-old woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a newborn baby in Kingston, Ont. Kingston police say officers started investigating a suspicious death that happened on Albany Drive in the city’s west end on Sunday. Police say the suspect was arrested on Tuesday and initially charged with improperly […]