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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a police officer shot a teenager in Toronto Sunday afternoon. The Special Investigations Unit says the incident happened shortly before 3 p.m. at a plaza in the city’s north end. The watchdog says officers attempted to arrest a 17-year-old boy, who was an occupant in a car. It says […]

TORONTO — Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. surged higher in late-morning trading after reports that a new round of U.S. tariffs scheduled to be implemented on April 2 might be narrower than first expected. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 361.20 points at 25,329.69 as markets have been volatile amid the uncertainty regarding […]

A 19-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in a Toronto condo over the weekend. Toronto police say emergency crews responded just before 6 p.m. Sunday to a condo in the area of York Street and Lakeshore Boulevard West. Det. Sgt. Michael Taylor says officers found a […]

TORONTO — Canadian folk legend Sylvia Tyson spent more than half a century in the music business, but lately, she’s felt a growing distance from the community she loves. It’s a sentiment the 84-year-old musician said crept into her consciousness last month as she drifted through a Toronto soiree thrown by the Juno Awards to […]

TORONTO — A new study suggests AI can predict premature death among people who have inflammatory bowel disease, also known as Crohn’s and colitis. Researchers used machine learning to analyze data from more than 9,000 people in Ontario who had IBD and died between 2010 and 2020. The study, published today in the Canadian Medical […]

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to inject some Canadian symbolism and pride to his election campaign today with a stop in Gander, Nfld. The town in northeastern Newfoundland famously fed and housed thousands of passengers — most of them Americans — when flights were grounded after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks […]

TORONTO — Canada’s oldest company will begin liquidating most of its stores this morning. Hudson’s Bay says all but six of its locations will be selling off their inventory. The company is aiming to wrap up the liquidation by June 15. Gift cards will be accepted until April 6, but loyalty points cannot be used. […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court will hear arguments Monday from a Toronto supervised consumption site challenging the legality of a new provincial law that will soon shut down 10 such sites and prevent new ones from opening. The province passed legislation last year that banned consumption sites deemed too close to schools or daycares. The […]

TORONTO — The rigours of an 82-game season and all the travel that comes with it are catching up to the Toronto Raptors. Scottie Barnes had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists as Toronto came out flat in a 123-89 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. The Raptors had just returned from […]

NORTH WOOLWICH, Ont. — Gabrielle Santerre had a goal and two assists to lead the Bishop’s Gaiters to a 3-0 victory over the host Waterloo Warriors in Sunday’s gold-medal final of the U Sports Women’s Hockey Championship at Woolwich Memorial Centre. Santerre snapped a scoreless tie with a goal at 11:29 of the second period. […]