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Commissioner Lisa King wants to bring the Women’s Football Alliance to Canada. The WFA has partnered with Cosmos Sports & Entertainment, a sports-marketing firm based in Mississauga, Ont., to search for ownership groups in Canada for teams to play in the league’s pro division starting next season. “The WFA has spent over 15 years building […]

OTTAWA — A regional chief for Anishinabek Nation says he briefed Ontario Provincial Police yesterday on what to expect when First Nations take to the streets to protest provincial and federal legislation aimed at fast-tracking major projects. Scott McLeod says he was invited by an Indigenous relations coordinator to brief officers at the OPP’s Orillia […]

The province’s police watchdog says a 34-year-old man shot by police in Markham, Ont., earlier this week has died in hospital. The Special Investigations Unit has been looking into the shooting that took place early Wednesday morning in a condominium complex on Buchanan Drive. York Region police have said that officers responding to a welfare […]

Leadership at a Treaty 9 First Nation set fire to documents about a proposed road to the Ring of Fire this week, sending a message of resistance to the Doug Ford government about its plans to kick-start mining in the region by pushing through Bill 5 without Indigenous consultation. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Coun. Sam […]

A provincial legislator says a massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of two northern Ontario First Nations is like a “sleeping giant” at the moment. Sol Mamakwa, the New Democrat representative for Kiiwetinoong, visited Sandy Lake First Nation on Thursday. Much of the community of 2,000 people has been forced to leave for different […]

TORONTO — Cut the red tape and cue the white dress. Two Ontario Progressive Conservative members of provincial parliament are proposing to remove a layer of bureaucracy and let MPPs such as themselves more easily officiate weddings. A private member’s bill from Matthew Rae and Dave Smith would automatically grant an MPP the authority to […]

MILTON — Dale Hunter has a shot at a rare championship double. Two weeks ago, the former NHL star coached the OHL’s London Knights to a Memorial Cup title. On Saturday night, he’ll look to add the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup to his impressive sports resume. Hunter is the co-owner of Crack Shot, an […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say a 20-year-old man is facing multiple charges after a deadly October collision on the Lincoln Alexander Parkway that was believed to be connected to a dispute between high school students. Police say the crash occurred on Oct. 11, 2024, and witnesses reported that two or three vehicles were racing on […]

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 74 new measles cases over the last week, bringing the total number of people in the province who have fallen ill to 2,083 since October. That’s lower than the number of new cases reported over the last several weeks, but includes an uptick in northern Ontario. Public Health Ontario data […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner says Premier Doug Ford’s government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing. As part of Commissioner Patricia Kosseim’s annual report, she says that a number of freedom-of-information appeals her office received on Greenbelt-related requests revealed […]