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TORONTO — Toronto police say they’ve laid charges against nine people after making arrests at a weekend demonstration in a city park. A rally at Christie Pits Park on Saturday calling for deportations and an end to mass immigration was met by a counter-demonstration, which led to several arrests. Police say some of the participants […]

South Simcoe police say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman who allegedly took her infant daughter to Russia and refused to return despite a family court order. Police say the baby had been living with both parents in Innisfil, just south of Barrie, Ont., when the child abduction was reported […]

Waterloo Regional Police say they have launched a homicide investigation after a man died at a home in Kitchener, Ont. Police say officers responded to a home in the area of Cameron Street North and Weber Street East on Monday at 9:30 a.m. for a well-being check. They say officers located a man inside with […]

Ontario’s education minister is telling licensed daycare providers to immediately prevent the use of parking spaces directly adjacent to child-care facilities, after a toddler was killed when an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto. In a memo to daycares obtained by The Canadian Press, Paul Calandra — who first proposed the measures several […]

HAMILTON — It’s not necessarily as exciting as long downfield completions, but Scott Milanovich is making no apologies for the emergence of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ ground game. The Ticats (8-5) have cracked the 160-yard rushing plateau in each of their last two games, both wins. Hamilton ran for 234 yards on 28 attempts (8.4-yard average) […]

TORONTO — In the wake of a resignation announcement from Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, the party must now set about organizing another leadership race and caucus member John Fraser says he believes there will be a lot of interest. This will be the third leadership race since 2020 after Crombie, who was chosen as […]

OTTAWA — Ottawa police say they are investigating the death of a person found in a parking garage lobby this weekend as suspicious. Police say they were called to the scene shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday. They say a deceased male was found in the garage lobby of a building on Scott Street. No […]

Toronto police say a 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man are facing charges including second-degree murder after a homeless man died as a result of several violent attacks on people in the city’s downtown core. Det. Sgt. Stacey McCabe says the attacks targeted vulnerable people and took place between 5:45 a.m. and 8:07 a.m. on […]

Bartenders at a local Cambridge pub and billiards lounge were left starstruck after Justin Bieber made an unexpected visit on Sept. 10. Chicago Pub & Billiards said they had no idea the singer-songwriter was coming by but were happy to host him for his evening out with a friend playing pool, singing karaoke and posing […]

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie says she will resign as Ontario Liberal leader. More to come. The Canadian Press