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The trial of an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used it to take their own lives has been pushed back to April 2026. Kenneth Law is set to stand trial on 14 counts each of first-degree murder and aiding suicide, with the proceedings expected to last eight weeks. […]

An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community’s past experience with Anglo American PLC’s diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between the U.K. company and Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. would benefit First Nations. Charles Hookimaw, former director of lands and resources for the Attawapiskat First Nation, detailed his […]

A man is facing criminal charges after an ambulance was allegedly set on fire in Hamilton over the weekend. Police say ambulance staff arrived at the Hamilton General Hospital and offloaded a patient around 6 a.m. on Sunday, and found the ambulance engulfed in flames when they returned. Police say an investigation led them to […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to come up with a three-year plan to balance their budgets, and service cuts and bed closures do not appear to be off the table for extreme cases. The Ontario Hospital Association has said that hospitals ended last year $360 million in the […]

TORONTO — Ontario politicians will return to Queen’s Park today for the first time in months as the legislature resumes. The province is expected to table a red tape reduction bill as its first order of business. That will include labour mobility legislation that would allow health-care professionals from other provinces to work here by […]

TORONTO — Timely hitting. Quality pitching. Stellar defence. The Toronto Blue Jays focused on the basics Sunday and it paid off with a 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 that has both teams one win away from the World Series. Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and starter Trey Yesavage went […]

TORONTO — This is exactly why the Blue Jays brought Shane Bieber to Toronto. Bieber will get the start in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners on Monday in the biggest game in Blue Jays history since they won the World Series in 1993. Bieber was traded to Toronto […]

TORONTO — Ben Flanagan, of Kitchener, Ont., captured the Canadian men’s marathon title in his debut at the distance, finishing 10th overall at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday in two hours 15 minutes 39 seconds. Flanagan, a 2024 Olympian in the 5,000 metres and the Canadian record holder in the 5-kilometre and 10-kilometre […]

MONTREAL — One of the major unions in Quebec is calling attention to an omnibus bill it says could put the health and safety of public sector workers at risk. If passed the bill would roll back previously won laws surrounding the implementation of health and safety measures in the health care, social services and […]

A 53-year-old woman has died after being hit Saturday by a driver in Quebec City. Police say the accident happened on Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard at around 8 p.m., in the northwest end of the city. Spokesperson Laurence Godbout said by time first responders arrived they found others giving the woman first aid. She was rushed to […]