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LONDON — James MacDonald was named Canadian harness racing’s top driver for a historic fifth straight year Saturday at the O’Brien Awards. MacDonald, a resident of Guelph, Ont., posted 369 wins and $9.2 million in purse money in 2025 and also added a second world driving title. MacDonald was the regular driver for two O’Brien […]

TORONTO — The Liberal Party of Canada has announced a Toronto doctor will run as its candidate in University-Rosedale, a riding Chrystia Freeland represented for over a decade before the former Liberal MP resigned from office earlier this month. Danielle Martin, a family physician who heads the University of Toronto’s department of family and community […]

TORONTO — Cold weather alerts that have gripped most of southern Ontario since Thursday could break by Sunday morning as Environment and Climate Change Canada predicts sunshine on the horizon. However, the current frigid temperatures Ontarians are experiencing likely aren’t going away any time soon. Environment Canada meteorologist Mitchell Meredith says cold warnings could return […]

TORONTO — Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the rise as older adults struggle with issues ranging from no heat in their homes to loneliness amid brutal cold and impassable snow-covered sidewalks. “(Many) seniors do face isolation anyway, but when it’s particularly cold and there’s more fear of going out or other people coming […]

TORONTO — Susan Cook was holding a shovel in her hands and carving out the edges of a snowbank by her driveway in Toronto’s east end on Friday afternoon. She said chipping away at the pile has become a daily routine for her since Fallingbrook, the Scarborough neighbourhood she lives in, was buried under more […]

TORONTO — An Ontario man who was a member of a neo-Nazi group and has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges told a Toronto judge today that he was a “complete monster at times,” but has turned over a new leaf since his arrest in 2023. Matthew Althorpe said he regrets his past actions and extremist […]

Durham regional police say they have referred allegations that officers assaulted a lawyer at an Oshawa, Ont., courthouse to York regional police for a criminal investigation. The police force says it has been advised that the allegations made by Sudine Riley extend “beyond claims of misconduct.” A statement issued by Riley’s counsel alleges the defence […]

The chair of a school board recently taken over by Ontario’s minister of education is defending the management and finances of the board, saying the supervision is a “smokescreen” to distract from provincial underfunding. Education Minister Paul Calandra announced Wednesday that he was putting Peel District School Board under supervision due to a plan to […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with an insurance company in a dispute over coverage for a family whose home on the Ottawa River was declared a total loss due to flooding. Trillium Mutual Insurance Co. acknowledged that the loss of Stephen and Claudette Emond’s house in April 2019 was covered under […]

TORONTO — Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has reversed course on a media ban at its upcoming convention. The party was set to bar journalists from accessing the event for the first time since Ford became premier in 2018. PC Party spokesman Peter Turkington says reporters will be allowed in for Ford’s speech […]