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A sentencing hearing is scheduled today for a teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deadly group attack on a homeless Toronto man. The girl entered a surprise plea in February as she and another teen were being tried for second-degree murder in the death of Kenneth Lee. The trial continued for her […]

OSHAWA — Luca Marrelli had a goal and four assists, Owen Griffin added two goals and one assist and the Oshawa Generals topped the Barrie Colts 8-4 on Thursday to complete the sweep and advance to the Ontario Hockey League championship series. Noah Powell, Luca D’Amato, Colby Barlow, Calum Ritchie and Matthew Buckley provided the […]

TORONTO — Baseball may rely on data analytics the most of North America’s professional sports, but the Toronto Blue Jays are trying to make a case for the intangibles of the game. Toronto earned two consecutive come-from-behind victories over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday and Thursday, erasing deficits of seven runs and two runs […]

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Blue Jays rallied past the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Thursday for Toronto’s second comeback victory in a row. Daulton Varsho had a solo shot in the seventh as Toronto (15-16) won back-to-back games to take the […]

KASHECHEWAN — A fly-in First Nation on the shore of James Bay in northern Ontario has asked its community members to evacuate after spring flooding cut off the road to its airport. The Kashechewan First Nation Youth Advisory says in a social media post that flooding began to take over the airport road on Thursday […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to table its 2025-26 budget on May 15, with the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs likely to take centre stage. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the date on Thursday, saying it will be a plan that helps Ontario build more, build faster and achieve free trade across Canada. […]

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting its highest increase in measles cases since its outbreak began, with 223 new infections in the province over the past week. That brings the total number of people in the province who have fallen ill from the virus to 1,243 since October. Public Health Ontario said in a report today […]

OTTAWA — Craig Berube is standing pat — with a slight adjustment. The Maple Leafs head coach will go with the same lineup for Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators despite consecutive losses that cut Toronto’s lead to 3-2. Berube had the option to bring forwards Nick Robertson or […]

TORONTO — Public Health Ontario is reporting 223 new measles cases since last week as the spread in its southwestern region grows. That brings the total number of people infected in the province to 1,243 since an outbreak began in October. The agency said in a report today that 84 people have been hospitalized – […]

The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely. Jane Wilcox and her husband David Bennett had spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends […]