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WINDSOR — A Canada-only ceremony took place Friday to mark the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, as the Liberal government faces more questions about a new revenue-sharing deal with the U.S. A joint celebration with the U.S. on the bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan was cancelled earlier this week. President Donald Trump said […]

TORONTO — First Nation chiefs and community members are highlighting the dangers that follow evacuees after they have fled northern Ontario wildfires, as they say those sheltering in Toronto hotels are facing elevated safety risks linked to drugs, alcohol and human trafficking. Cat Lake First Nation Chief Russell Wesley says he worked with the province […]

WINDSOR — A Canada-only ceremony is taking place Friday to mark the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge after a joint celebration with the U.S. was cancelled earlier this week. The federal government said Tuesday that in light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, Canada would not be celebrating the opening of […]

A new cross-border bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit is set to open Monday, with a Canada-only celebration today marking the end of a project mired by lengthy delays and political tension. The Canadian ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge comes after the federal government cancelled a joint event with the United States in […]

TORONTO — Police say a woman was shot and killed in northwest Toronto this morning. They say it happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the area of Humberwood and Rexdale boulevards. Police received reports of a woman with gunshot wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene. They say the suspect fled before officers […]

There are 177 active wildfires still burning in Ontario, but the Ministry of Natural Resources has reported no new blaze in the last 24 hours. Still, more than 1,800 people have been forced from their homes as the province grapples with what early estimates suggest is its most devastating wildfire season on record. Indigenous communities […]

TORONTO — A Toronto bar has lost its liquor licence after an Ontario tribunal found its owner and manager knowingly bought alcohol stolen by people connected to a nearby homeless encampment. A Licence Appeal Tribunal ruling released last week found that John Theodorakakis, the owner of Southside Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Toronto’s Etobicoke area, […]

PETERBOROUGH — Police say a 63-year-old man is dead after a propane explosion inside a residential trailer on a golf resort east of Peterborough, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the reported explosion on the Bellmere Winds Golf Resort property around 3 p.m. Wednesday. OPP say the 63-year-old was airlifted to a Toronto-area […]

WINDSOR — Police say they have seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of drugs that alleged criminal groups were attempting to smuggle across the Canada-United States border. Ontario Provincial Police say the investigation centred in the border city of Windsor led to one of the single largest drug busts in the province’s history. Investigators allege a criminal […]

CHARLOTTETOWN — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and his counterparts are united ahead of a face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers Thursday amid fresh tariff threats from the U.S. “We have different areas that we want to focus on but our No. 1 focus is Team Canada led by the […]