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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that while his government could appropriate one third of a waterfront park under legislation to enable expansion of Toronto’s island airport, it will remain as a park. A bill is before the legislature that would allow the province to take over the City of Toronto’s role in Billy […]

Ontario’s highest court has ruled that a dog walker who was bitten while working cannot seek damages from her clients since provincial law defines her as the animal’s “owner” at that time. The Court of Appeal decision says the dog walker had been working part-time for two clients for a few months by March 2022 […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to give special constables on some transit systems the power to arrest people using drugs on public transit. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says it’s about making people feel safe on their commutes, as interactions with people using illegal drugs in enclosed spaces like buses, streetcars, subways or trains can be […]

TORONTO — Results of a math test teacher candidates in Ontario must pass in order to be certified show striking disparities across language, age and racial groups, the province’s teachers’ federation says. The Ontario Teachers’ Federation, which advocates for more than 160,000 teachers in the province, requested roughly a year’s worth of success rates for […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott never before had won two Cup races this early in a NASCAR season. After first winning at Martinsville at the end of March, the most popular driver in the series opened May in Victory Lane at Texas. That 1 1/2-mile track is growing on Elliott after he had […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Court of Appeal is set to hear Peter Nygard’s appeal of his sexual assault convictions and prison sentence today, with his lawyers arguing the Toronto trial judge made errors including admitting the testimony of an expert on trauma. The former fashion mogul was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in […]

CLEVELAND — The Toronto Raptors have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs. Jarrett Allen had a double-double with 22 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers past Toronto 114-102 in Game 7 of their first-round series. The Cavaliers will travel to Detroit on Tuesday for Game 1 of their second-round series against the […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have landed on a new brain trust. The Original Six franchise looked both forward and back Sunday, naming ex-captain Mats Sundin as its senior executive adviser of hockey operations and John Chayka as general manager. The moves mark a reset of the club’s front office after a season that […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they have charged a man with 19 counts after he allegedly shot himself during a botched home invasion. Police say they responded to reports of a shooting near the city’s centre on Saturday night and found a man with serious gunshot injuries. At the scene, police say they found a […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have charged a 67-year-old man with second-degree murder after a fatal daylight shooting in the north end of the city. Police identified the shooting victim as Daniel Stopnicki, a 47-year-old from Toronto. They say Stopnicki was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene after life-saving measures […]