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TORONTO — Toronto police say a woman is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, who was a month shy of her second birthday. Det. Sgt. Henri Marsman says the “extremely tragic event” happened near Midland Avenue and Steeles Avenue East in the Scarborough area of Toronto, where first responders […]

Decades after leaving northern Ontario to conquer terrestrial radio airwaves, Shania Twain says she’s revisiting the place and person who started it all. The Canadian country-pop star has announced her seventh studio album, “Little Miss Twain,” along with its gritty lead single, “Dirty Rosie.” Out July 24, the album is described in a release as […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s minister of colleges and universities says all of the career colleges that offer commercial truck driver training will be inspected in the next six weeks. Nolan Quinn says the province has already inspected 14 colleges that offer the transport truck driver training. He says staff have been conducting inspections since Auditor General […]

ORANGEVILLE, ONT. — The family of a former Canadian Olympic figure skater killed in a 2023 car crash gave emotional victim impact statements in an Ontario court today, as a judge prepares to sentence the man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges. Sukhwinder Sidhu pleaded guilty in February to dangerous driving causing death and […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’re looking for four suspects who made off with over $500,000 worth of jewelry in an armed robbery on Sunday in the city’s downtown core. Police say four masked men approached victims who were parked in a vehicle in the Spadina Avenue and Bremner Boulevard area just before 5 a.m. […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have arrested six teenagers and a young man for their alleged involvement in a stabbing in the north end of the city. Police say a 16-year-old from Toronto is charged with attempted murder, while five other teens — ranging from 15 to 18 years old — and a 20-year-old […]

TORONTO — Education Minister Paul Calandra has denied a request to overturn a Catholic school board’s decision not to fly the Pride flag because he cannot interfere in denominational issues, even in boards under supervision. Trustees at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board voted two years ago against allowing flags marking Pride and other events. […]

The Professional Women’s Hockey League will expand to both Hamilton and Las Vegas next season. That brings the number of teams in the league to 11 after the league announced the addition of Detroit last week. The PWHL could still reveal another expansion team as the stated plan was to add two to four more […]

The PWHL delivered a double-shot of expansion news on Wednesday, announcing it is bringing women’s pro hockey to the distinctly different markets of Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario. And in now growing to 11 teams, there’s one more addition still to come to make it an even dozen for a league preparing to double in […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — PWHL adding 10th and 11th expansion teams in Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario. The Associated Press