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Korie Heartz grew up with the Family Channel just like her mother, who also watched the iconic station’s shows during her own childhood. She said she hoped her own children would be the third generation in the family to enjoy the series, dramas, and programs that the television channel aired for Canadian teens and children […]

RICHMOND HILL — Authorities say five people were rushed to hospital after a residential fire in Richmond Hill north of Toronto. York Region Paramedic Services says it received a call about the fire in the area of Skywood Drive and Rollinghill Road shortly after 3 a.m. Monday. Paramedics say they assessed all five patients, four […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s provincial government says it will remove interprovincial barriers for workers in regulated professions, allowing them greater mobility when searching for work across the country. The Labour Day announcement says the province has signed 10 agreements with provinces and territories to remove barriers to let workers come to Ontario to find work in […]

TOWNSHIP OF MUSKOKA — Ontario Provincial Police say one person is dead after a motorcycle crash in the Township of Muskoka Lakes. Police say officers of the Bracebridge OPP detachment were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Windermere Road shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. They say the lone rider — a 45-year-old […]

Police say a man is dead after a home invasion in the northwest of Toronto. York Regional Police say they responded to a report of the invasion in Vaughan, Ont., at around 1 a.m. Saturday. Police say officers located a man with traumatic injuries, and he later died at the scene. The 46-year-old man was […]

KINGSTON — Brothers Cory and Chris Johnston went wire-to-wire to capture the Canadian International Sport Fishing (CISA) Kingston Open on Sunday. Cory Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., and Chris Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., captured the $50,000 winner’s prize with a total weight of 83 pounds, 14 ounces. The Elite Series veterans finished the three-day event with […]

TORONTO — A defensive miscue, a couple of choppy hits and it looked like the Toronto Blue Jays were going to let another game slip between their fingers. But reliever Tommy Nance came to the mound with the bases loaded and one out, got his two outs, and turned the game around. Nance’s gutsy performance […]

HAMILTON — Labour Day has a much different feel for DaShaun Amos. On Monday, the veteran defensive back will play his first Labour Day contest with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when they host archrival Toronto. The previous three years, Amos was with the Argonauts. Labour Day definitely matters in Hamilton as many Ticats supporters consider beating […]

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the fourth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays held on for an 8-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Tyler Heineman had an RBI double in the fifth immediately followed by Myles Straw’s two-run single to save Toronto (79-58) from […]

MISSISSAUGA — Police say one person died after a single-vehicle collision in Mississauga, Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened on Highway 410 near Courtneypark Drive East at around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. They say officers responded to a report of a passenger vehicle hitting the center median of the highway. Investigators say a 22-year-old […]