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TORONTO — Four men are facing mischief charges after police allege they forced their way into a member of Parliament’s constituency office in northwest Toronto earlier this year. Police say the four were part of a demonstration outside an MP’s office in the area of Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue West on the evening of […]

A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after two women were found dead in a west-end home last year. Police say officers responded to a call for a well-being check in the area of Sheldon Avenue and Silvercrest Avenue in Etobicoke on Aug. 23, 2024. They found an 82-year-old woman and […]

TORONTO — The union representing hospitality workers at Toronto’s CN Tower says members have voted to ratify a tentative agreement with the employer, ending a two-week lockout. Unifor Local 4271 members voted in favour of the new agreement with Canada Lands Company, the federal Crown corporation that owns and operates the iconic tourist attraction. The […]

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government should be cautious as it considers giving mayors more power — authority that could create a “mini American presidency” in communities across the province — says a political scientist. Tom Urbaniak, a political scientist at Cape Breton University, said the province would be wise to wait and see how […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s special envoy on antisemitism says Ontario needs to take seriously incidents of anti-Jewish bigotry targeted at students in public schools. Deborah Lyons commissioned a survey of nearly 600 Jewish parents, and found hundreds of children were subjected to incidents including antisemitic bullying and blame for the carnage of Israel’s military conduct in […]

Police say a four-year-old child is dead after drowning in a pond in Proton Station, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called to a farm in Southgate Township, northwest of Toronto, just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. They had received a report that a child went missing while swimming with family members. They say […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they’ve identified a suspect in what they’ve described as a brazen daytime shooting in the city’s downtown core. Police say a 17-year-old boy is wanted for charges of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. They allege the teen opened fire on a group of three people in the […]

PETERBOROUGH — Police in Ontario say a 21-year-old boater is facing charges after a passenger fell overboard on a lake northwest of Kingston. Officers say they were called about the incident on Weslemkoon Lake near Bon Echo Provincial Park in Addington Highlands, Ont., shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday. They say a 22-year-old man fell off […]

TORONTO — Swaths of southern Ontario could see severe thunderstorms and flash floods on Sunday amid extreme heat. Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings and thunderstorm watches for parts of the province, as well as a thunderstorm warning for Stirling, Tweed and Madoc. Forecasters say the area halfway between Toronto and Ottawa […]

MONTREAL — Police say a man in his 40s drowned Saturday in the St. Lawrence River, west of Montreal. Emergency responders were called in the afternoon to Pointe-des-Cascades, where the man went into the water in an area between two dams. Provincial police spokesperson Geneviève Bruneau says the man walked out to a rocky outcrop […]