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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire has grown as firefighters continue to deal with stronger winds forecast for the province’s Annapolis Valley. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources said wind shifts that resulted late Friday as Hurricane Erin passed well off the coast of the province, saw the Long Lake fire spread west. The […]

TORONTO — Nick Arbuckle threw for a career-high 430 yards with three touchdowns while rushing for another to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 52-34 shoutout victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday afternoon. Toronto (3-8) won for the first time in three games and improved to 2-4 at BMO Field. B.C. (5-6) suffered its […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared two Peel Regional Police officers of wrongdoing in a shooting outside Toronto’s Pearson airport in April that left a 30-year-old man dead. A report from the Special Investigations Unit says the officers fired their weapons to “protect themselves and others” after a man in mental distress pulled out […]

BRAMPTON — Police in Brampton, Ont., say they’ve arrested a man in an alleged abduction that led to an Amber Alert on Thursday. Peel Regional Police issued the Amber Alert for an eight-month-old baby boy shortly after 6:04 p.m., after a 30-year-old man allegedly abducted the child. They say the child was in a vehicle […]

TORONTO — Cameron Judge and the Toronto Argonauts’ defence figure to be busy Saturday afternoon. Toronto (2-8) hosts B.C. (5-5) at BMO Field. The Lions’ offence led by quarterback Nathan Rourke presents no shortage of challenges for a defence. The unit leads the CFL in net offensive (427.1) and passing (325.3) yards per game and […]

WINNIPEG — RCMP say an Ontario truck driver accused of evading police for nine months has been arrested in a Manitoba crash that killed a woman and her eight-year-old daughter. Navjeet Singh was taken into custody Thursday at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport by Peel Regional Police and officers with Canada Border Services Agency. Mounties say […]

An Ontario family is calling on the provincial government to introduce legislation that would set maximum emergency room wait times for children after their teenage son died following an eight-hour wait for a doctor in a hospital last year. GJ and Hazel van der Werken, of Burlington, Ont., said their 16-year-old son, Finlay, had a […]

TORONTO — Dozens of people gathered this morning at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square, demanding politicians take gun violence more seriously after an eight-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet while in bed last weekend. JahVai Roy, who has been described by friends and family as a compassionate and kind child, was killed in his […]

TORONTO — Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges related to sexual assault, is denying the allegations contained in a civil lawsuit from a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her decades ago. The woman has alleged Stronach assaulted her when she was a student sponsored by Magna, […]

The stakes are high Saturday when unbeaten Canadian (Prince) Lucas Bahdi faces former world champion Roger (The Kid) Gutierrez in a 12-round WBA lightweight title elimination bout in Orlando, Fla. The winner will become the mandatory challenger for WBA 135-pound champion Gervonta (Tank) Davis. First, Bahdi (19-0-0 with 15 knockouts) has to get past Gutierrez […]