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KINGSEY FALLS — Cascades Inc. says it’s permanently closing its manufacturing facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y., after almost four decades. The decision has led to the loss of 123 jobs and closure costs are estimated at $5 million. Production is to end no later than Sept. 3. Cascades makes cardboard packaging, toilet paper, paper towels […]

TORONTO — Defensive end Andrew Chatfield Jr. has been a bright light in what’s been a tough start for the Toronto Argonauts. Chatfield has posted a CFL-leading five sacks for Toronto (1-4), which acquired the 26-year-old Florida native from the Ottawa Redblacks on Feb. 10 for defensive back Craig James. The six-foot-two, 254-pound Chatfield anchors […]

LONDON — Public health officials in London, Ont., say one person has died and more than 40 have become sick in an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease. The Middlesex-London Health Unit says most of the 43 cases were reported over the last week and are within six kilometres of each other in the southeast side of […]

A newly released survey shows the number of homeless people in Toronto has more than doubled between the spring of 2021 and last fall. Toronto’s Street Needs Assessment survey estimates that 15,400 people were homeless in Toronto last October, up from about 7,300 in April 2021.  The report says the spike is a result of […]

Provincial police say four people are facing charges after they allegedly cut down more than 30 hydro poles and stole copper wire from them in a remote area in northern Ontario. Police allege the thefts happened during the first week of May in Coleman Township, with the suspects stealing copper from 33 hydro poles. They […]

TORONTO — Thousands of fans are flooding through the gates of Rogers Stadium for the first of four shows by British rock band Coldplay, as organizers say they are “making adjustments” to improve crowd control at Toronto’s newest outdoor music venue. Transit and venue staff were directing fans getting off the subway at nearby Downsview […]

Police say a youth has died after an ATV crash that occurred last week in southwestern Ontario. Chatham-Kent police say they responded to an ATV collision on private property last Thursday. They say the crash involved three youths and one of them was found unresponsive. Police say the young person, whose age was not released, […]

CALGARY — Alberta plans to hold public consultations this fall on adding nuclear power to the province’s energy mix, Premier Danielle Smith said Monday. There have long been discussions about building reactors in Alberta — including ones that could power oilsands operations — but the province is currently reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting natural gas for […]

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned their season around with a scorching-hot stretch. On May 28, the Blue Jays were under .500 and trailed the New York Yankees by eight games for first in the American League East. A little more than a month later, Toronto topped the division with a three-game lead over the […]

Hamilton police say a 10-year-old child was killed and six others were injured in a three-vehicle collision over the weekend. Police say officers responded to the crash in the area of Trinity Church Road and Guyatt Road around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. They say a preliminary investigation indicates that a GMC Sierra travelling southbound on […]