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VAUGHAN — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will introduce legislation next month to ban the use of speed cameras across the province. Ford has been bemoaning the cameras in recent weeks as a “cash grab,” suggesting they don’t work to slow traffic and are only used by some municipalities to generate revenue. A […]

Curling Canada is expanding regional high-performance training hubs to Victoria, Okotoks, Alta., Moose Jaw, Sask., and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. Clubs in those communities join Winnipeg, in its second year after a pilot project, and long-established training centres in Calgary and Edmonton to create a network that can mimic arena ice conditions, offer technology to enhance shotmaking […]

Mounties in Ontario have made seven arrests in what they say is one of the largest known dark web drug trafficking operations in Canadian history. The RCMP says the investigation began after a “takedown” of a dark web marketplace by German authorities, who contacted the force about several alleged Canadian-based users linked to drug trafficking. […]

Police in Peel Region say a pedestrian is dead after a crash in Brampton, Ont., early this morning. Police say they were called to the scene near McLaughlin Road and Kingknoll Drive around 1 a.m. They say the crash involved a single vehicle and a pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle remained at the […]

MONTREAL — An inmate accused of killing notorious serial killer Robert Pickton in a prison attack last year is expected to plead guilty today. Martin Charest was charged with first-degree murder in July, more than a year after Pickton died following a May 2024 assault at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary. Charest’s lawyer confirms her client […]

TORONTO — One of the Blue Jays’ worst skids of the season has come at a most inopportune time. A 7-1 loss to Boston on Wednesday night, coupled with the Yankees’ 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, left Toronto and New York tied for first place in the American League East Division standings. The […]

TORONTO — A familiar face strolled off the Toronto FC practice field Wednesday as the team continued its preparation for Saturday’s visit by Inter Miami and Lionel Messi. Sebastian Giovinco, the club’s all-time leading scorer (83 goals) and now its club ambassador/special adviser in retirement, had his boots back on. Don’t call it a comeback. […]

TORONTO — As the Toronto Blue Jays look to win it all this post-season, some fans say their nervousness and cautious excitement for the playoffs are accompanied by another win — the community and connection they’ve found amid the team’s success. Sunday saw Toronto clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Kansas City […]

TORONTO — An Ontario Catholic school board that made headlines for banning alternative flags, including those marking Pride, has been ordered by the province’s education minister to change that policy to fly orange flags on National Day of Truth And Reconciliation. Paul Calandra’s press secretary Emma Testani says the minister has directed the provincially appointed […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s patient ombudsman says in a new report that medical supply shortages last fall for palliative and home care patients were triggered by one vendor, but the actions and inactions of a government agency contributed. Patients reported they had to go to hospitals because their home care supplies ran out, and doctors and […]