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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking issue with a Toronto city council report that concluded it would take upwards of 13 years and cost $52 million to build speed bumps and other traffic calming measures. The recent report came after Ford banned automated speed cameras provincewide in the fall, saying they did not […]

TORONTO — Construction is set to begin this spring on a new Ontario Science Centre on Toronto’s waterfront, at an estimated cost of just over $1 billion. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced today that the contract has been awarded to build the new science centre at Ontario Place, which the government says will be completed […]

Charges have been withdrawn against an Ontario man accused of assaulting an alleged home intruder last August in a case that attracted significant political attention. Kawartha Lakes police reported at the time that the man woke up in his Lindsay apartment in the middle of the night on Aug. 18 to find an intruder. They […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a suspect is wanted for murder in the unprovoked shooting of a 15-year-old boy last June, and two other men have been arrested in the case. Det. Sgt. Phil Campbell says 20-year-old Abdul Yeberebaba is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder and is asking anyone with information on […]

A Lindsay, Ont., man accused of assaulting an alleged home intruder last August has had his charges withdrawn. The Crown says that after reviewing the circumstances of the case and requirements for self-defence under the Criminal Code, there is no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — When the Toronto Raptors announced their starting lineup against the San Antonio Spurs, there was a small surprise at centre with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles taking the tipoff instead of veteran Jakob Poeltl. The seven-foot, 253-pound Poeltl is the tallest player on the Raptors by three inches and the heaviest by eight pounds. He’s […]

TORONTO — One of the complainants in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial is set to continue testifying today after an emotional first day on the stand. The woman is the sixth of seven complainants expected to testify in the trial, which began early this month after some delay. Her testimony Wednesday was interspersed with tears […]

TORONTO — One of the complainants in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial is set to continue testifying today after an emotional first day on the stand. The woman is the sixth of seven complainants expected to testify in the trial, which began early this month after some delay. Her testimony Wednesday was interspersed with tears […]

TORONTO — Devin Vassell led all scorers with 21 points as the San Antonio Spurs rallied to a 110-107 win over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. De’Aaron Fox added 20 points as San Antonio (42-16) extended its win streak to 10. Star centre Victor Wembanyama was limited to 12 points but had seven rebounds. Dylan […]

LAKELAND — Cody Ponce struck out two in his Toronto spring training debut, Ernie Clement went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in and the Toronto Blue Jays tied a Detroit Tigers split squad 4-4 on Wednesday. Ponce, signed by Toronto in the off-season after an MVP campaign in South Korea, pitched the opening inning for […]