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TORONTO — Ontario’s legislature is set to resume sitting Monday after a 14-week break that ended in a veritable deluge of news, partial proposals and headline-grabbing musings from Premier Doug Ford and his government. It is a flood-the-zone strategy, opposition parties say, in an attempt to drown out criticism over a government plan to keep […]
CRAIGLEITH — Ottawa siblings Hannah and Jared Schmidt captured silver medals Saturday in a World Cup ski cross event at Ontario’s Craigleith Ski Club. It was the first podium finish this season for both athletes. Hannah Schmidt earned her 10th career medal, while Jared Schmidt captured his seventh. Switzerland’s Fanny Smith won the women’s big […]
BRADENTON — Oneil Cruz and Spencer Horwitz homered to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in spring-training action Saturday. Horwitz belted a solo homer against his former team off Toronto starter Kevin Gausman in the fourth inning. Cruz added a two-run shot in the sixth for Pittsburgh (16-11). […]
Canadians are planning to sail to Gaza again as part of a flotilla that aims to deliver aid and break a nearly 20-year naval blockade months after six Canadians were detained by Israel for attempting a similar mission. Safa Chebbi, spokesperson for the Canadian arm of the Global Sumud Flotilla, said more than 100 boats […]
TORONTO — Joseph Woll didn’t expect to be in this position. The Maple Leafs goaltender — like the rest of his teammates — thought the Original Six club would be in the thick of a playoff race down the stretch. Toronto’s season all but lost after a disastrous stretch coming out of the Olympic break, […]
Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating a multi-vehicle collision that left two people, including a teenager, dead and five others hurt in Brant County near Brantford. Police say first responders rushed to the scene of a crash involving a pickup truck, an SUV and a minivan on Colborne Street East between McBay Road and […]
The criminal case against former Ontario legislator Randy Hillier over his participation in the Freedom Convoy protests is back on after the province’s top court overturned a decision to stay the charges. The charges were stayed in late 2024 after a lower court judge ruled that the case had stretched too long, taking it past […]
TORONTO — Experts say the Ontario government’s push to cap the prices of resale tickets for events across the province might not be much help to fans. They worry capping resale ticket prices at face value will drive up the original price of tickets and lure people into riskier transactions outside more regulated sales channels. […]
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — An Ontario border officer has been arrested in a drug trafficking investigation. The officer and a driver who allegedly brought a truck load of drugs and tobacco across the border are facing the same charges, including for drug trafficking and import. RCMP say the border officer was arrested in January after he allegedly […]
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is planning to amend ticket sales legislation to cap resale prices, seven years after it cancelled similar planned changes. The legislature is set to resume sitting Monday after a 14-week break and the government says it plans to table proposed changes to the Ticket Sales Act in the […]