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The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says a home-built plane that failed to return to Oshawa, Ont., last week was found but the 73-year-old pilot who flew it is still missing. The search-and-rescue team says the plane was found on Wolf Lake in Queen Elizabeth II Provincial Park in the Kawartha Lakes region. It says […]

TORONTO — Hand-painted beaver statues representing different countries in the FIFA World Cup that were sprawled across the eastern downtown neighbourhood of Old Town Toronto are now up for auction. The Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area, which is behind the project, says the auction began on Friday and online bidding on 50 beaver installations […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says a provincial police officer has been charged with sexual assault in separate incidents involving a total of three women. The Special Investigations Unit says Ontario Provincial Police reported an allegation involving the officer and a woman in February, and the other allegations emerged during its investigation. The SIU says the alleged […]

BRAMPTON — Five suspects, including two youths, are facing charges in relation to a shooting that left two dead near a school in Brampton, Ont., earlier this year. Peel regional police say officers responded to the shooting on the grounds of a school near Rutherford and Kennedy roads on the night of April 3. They […]

TORONTO — Public health officials in Toronto say they are investigating another outbreak of legionnaires’ disease. They say the outbreak of six confirmed cases spans about a one-kilometre radius of the intersection of Bathurst and Dupont streets. Officials say the cases involve people who live, work in or have visited the area and they developed […]

TORONTO — Mike Layton is looking to reclaim his seat on Toronto city council after stepping away from municipal politics four years ago. Layton is running in the Oct. 26 municipal election for the University-Rosedale seat, which he held from 2010 to 2022 before stepping away to prioritize time with his family. He says in […]

TORONTO — Ben Rice slammed a monster 438-foot, two-run homer to right-centre field in the 10th inning to salvage a 4-3 win for the New York Yankees in the three-game series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The deciding blow was Rice’s 33rd homer of the season, but only his second in August. […]

MARKHAM — Marcus Ericsson has won the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. Ericsson passed Romain Grosjean with four laps to go for the fifth win of his IndyCar career. Grosjean was second, Will Power placed third and season-leader Alex Palou finished fourth. It’s the first year Markham, Ont., has hosted the race after […]

MARKHAM — Marcus Ericsson wins the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. More coming. The Canadian Press

HAMILTON — Keric Wheatfall wanted to do something special on Saturday night. So when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 27-year-old wide receiver had an opportunity to haul in a slightly overthrown pass midway through the fourth quarter, he stretched out his 6-foot-1, 187-pound frame to make a remarkable go-ahead touchdown catch that sparked Hamilton to a 26-19 […]