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TORONTO — Achini Perera gets to tick a few boxes Saturday, playing cricket and helping raise money for a good cause. The Canadian international cricketer is taking part in the inaugural Cricket to Conquer Cancer, a street cricket fundraiser for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. More than 40 teams will be participating at Celebration Square […]

TORONTO — The CFL and its nine member clubs invested over $4.5 million into amateur football last year. The league announced Friday that it and the nine franchises combined to donate $4,518,900 to grassroots football initiatives, projects and programs throughout Canada in 2024. “The community involvement of the CFL, its clubs and players is something […]

TORONTO — Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations across the province. Only about 70 grocery stores — ones that are more than five kilometres away from a Beer Store […]

TORONTO — Toronto landlords are trying to lure in tenants with rent-free months, complimentary Wi-Fi and $500 gift cards amid an unprecedented supply of condos and lower rents. Real-estate market experts say the fierce competition – which extends beyond the Greater Toronto Area – is giving renters more negotiating power, echoing trends last seen during […]

PICKERING — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in what police called a “sadistic,” unprovoked fatal attack on an elderly woman outside her home in Pickering, Ont. Durham Regional Police announced the arrest Thursday night, hours after an emergency alert was issued warning nearby residents not to leave their homes while the search for the […]

TORONTO — Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit homers in Toronto’s eight-run second inning to help power the Blue Jays to a 12-0 rout of the Athletics on Thursday night at Rogers Centre. Clement smacked a three-run shot and added a two-run double later in the frame as the Blue Jays batted around. Guerrero […]

PICKERING — Police in Durham Region are searching for a suspect in what’s been described as a “sadistic,” unprovoked fatal attack on an elderly woman outside her home in Pickering, Ont. Police issued an emergency alert late Thursday afternoon asking residents to shelter in place after the woman was stabbed. Durham Regional Police Chief Peter […]

RIMOUSKI — Austin Elliott couldn’t have imagined suiting up for the London Knights in the Memorial Cup earlier this season. Back in October, the overage goaltender was manning the crease for a different junior team — in another league. “Crazy how it’s worked out for me,” Elliott said Thursday at Colisée Financière Sun Life. “If […]

Police in Durham Region are asking residents to shelter in place after a woman was fatally assaulted in Pickering, Ont. An emergency alert has been issued, saying police are now searching for a homicide suspect. More to come. The Canadian Press

A new poll suggests nearly 70 per cent of Canadians support mandatory childhood vaccinations, but at least one public health official says she’s uncomfortable with the idea of forcing parents to immunize their kids. The Angus Reid Institute survey landed Thursday as Public Health Ontario said 93 new measles cases have emerged in the province […]