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It only took two rounds of golf for Vancouver’s Leah John to have her “welcome to the LPGA Tour” moment. John had just finished playing in Blue Bay LPGA, the first tournament of her rookie season on the top-flight women’s golf circuit, when she got approached for an autograph. And another. And another. Although John […]

TORONTO — Police say a Hamilton man wanted for the shooting deaths of two people nearly a decade ago has been arrested in Mexico. Hamilton police say Daniel Mario Tomassetti has been taken into custody and efforts are underway to extradite him to Canada. Police had issued Canada-wide arrest warrants for Tomassetti and Michael Cudmore […]

The province’s police watchdog has cleared a Niagara police officer who shot and killed a man accused of murdering a woman and abducting a child last October. The director of the Special Investigations Unit says there are no reasonable grounds to charge the officer who killed 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper after an investigation found the suspect […]

A new report says charges were tossed or evidence was excluded from Ontario court proceedings hundreds of times over the past decade due to police officers in urban areas violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Report co-author Sunil Gurmukh, an adjunct law professor at Western University, says people accused of criminal offences are frequently […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a York Region resident who shot and injured an alleged home invader “should have shot him a couple more times.” York regional police say the resident used a legally owned and properly stored gun and is not facing charges based on evidence collected at the scene. A 24-year-old man who […]

The Toronto Raptors threw a majority of sports bettors off Sunday. Toronto upset Eastern Conference-leading Detroit 119-108 at Scotiabank Arena. Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points as the Raptors not only earned a second straight victory but also handed the Pistons their first loss in four games. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming […]

TORONTO — Calum Ritchie had a goal and an assist on a pair of first-period power plays as the New York Islanders topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Tuesday. Brayden Schenn, with his first goal since being acquired from the St. Louis Blues ahead of the NHL trade deadline, and Emil Heineman provided the […]

TORONTO — An investigation by Ontario Provincial Police has cleared three Toronto police officers of lying or colluding in the case of a man accused of fatally running over their colleague, challenging some of the evidence and conclusions of a trial that captured national attention two years ago. The report released Tuesday said investigators found […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he is still keen on amalgamations in the Niagara Region despite not meeting his previously stated threshold for moving forward, though his office later poured some cold water on the idea. Niagara’s now-former regional chair Bob Gale, appointed by the Ford government, caused a stir last month […]

TORONTO — A day later, and Collin Murray-Boyles was still salty that the veteran players on the Toronto Raptors had filled his car with popcorn. And yes, it was buttered. The rookie centre had his first full practice in three weeks on Tuesday, upgrading his status on the Raptors’ personnel report to day to day […]