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TORONTO — The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto’s midtown on Wednesday was released from hospital the next day, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association confirmed Friday. The shooting in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood fuelled concerns about a recent spate of Toronto gun violence and recharged political debates about […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 100 points in late-morning trading, boosted by strength in the base metal and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 136.18 points at 24,104.68. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 17.13 points at […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has begun delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay is laying out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. Jurors are […]

A third man has been charged with murder in connection to a fatal stabbing in Toronto over the weekend. Police say officers responded to a call about a stabbing in the area of Finch Avenue East and Brimley Road on Saturday at around 6:45 p.m. They say a man was found with stabbing injuries and […]

TORONTO — The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto’s midtown on Wednesday has been released from hospital. A spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association says the 29-year-old officer was sent home on Thursday. The shooting in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood happened at around 5:30 p.m. when police who were conducting […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to begin delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay will lay out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference plans to hear from senior Global Affairs Canada officials today. A slate of department representatives will testify as the commission of inquiry looks at ways of detecting and countering foreign meddling. Early next week the inquiry expects to hear from officials of the Privy Council Office, Canadian […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ethan Procyszyn scored the go-ahead goal at 7:56 of the third period to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 5-3 comeback win over the Peterborough Petes in Ontario Hockey League action on Thursday. Anthony Romani, with a goal and an assist, Kent Greer, Jacob LeBlanc and Lirim Amidovski also chipped in […]

Defence lawyers for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard attacked the credibility of his accuser Thursday as they made their final pitch to jurors in the singer’s sexual assault trial, suggesting the woman lied about the encounter to cover up her infidelity and changed details of her account over time. Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued the woman remained “unshaken” […]

TORONTO — A man accused of shooting a Toronto police officer in the city’s busy midtown neighbourhood was charged with attempted murder Thursday, as the force and the province’s police watchdog conducted parallel investigations. Court documents indicate a man with the same name as the suspect was out on bail at the time of Wednesday’s […]