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The chief of an Ontario First Nation pursuing legal action against Canada for its alleged underfunding of on-reserve schools told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on Wednesday that the case is an opportunity for “meaningful, lasting change.” Closing submissions began in the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation’s complaint before the tribunal accusing the federal […]

TORONTO — Tickets for the World Cup fan festival in Toronto are now available, more than a month before the tournament officially kicks off. The fan festival is set to be held at Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway park between June 11 and July 19, timed to coincide with match days. The […]

COBOURG — An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died in a highway crash while on duty is being remembered as a brave and compassionate man committed to his community. A funeral is being held in Cobourg, Ont., on Wednesday for Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, who was killed in a single-vehicle involving a motorcycle on Highway 401 […]

TORONTO — “Endling” author Maria Reva and “Small Ceremonies” writer Kyle Edwards are among the finalists for this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Last year, Reva took home the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for her novel about the Ukrainian bride business and Russia’s invasion of that country, and Edwards won the Governor […]

COBOURG — The funeral service for an Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in a highway crash while on duty is taking place this morning in Cobourg. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, who joined the force six years ago, was killed in a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 401 east of Toronto on April 27. The […]

Closing submissions are set to begin today in a First Nation’s complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal accusing the federal government of systemically underfunding and neglecting on-reserve education in Ontario. The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation alleges the education funding formula implemented by the federal government in 2019 substantially underfunds on-reserve schools, fails […]

Provincial police say two people have died and another was injured in a crash in Lambton County near Sarnia, Ont. Police say the collision, involving a commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle, occurred in the town of Plympton-Wyoming. They say officers and fire crews responded to the crash in the area of Lakeshore Road and […]

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say a man charged with murder in a daylight shooting in Toronto last week was a police officer in Collingwood, Ont., in the 1990s. Toronto police said they responded to a report of a shooting in North York on Thursday afternoon and they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. […]

MILTON — Two Ontario women hated and resented two young brothers they were seeking to adopt, abusing them until the older child died, a judge concluded Tuesday as he found the couple guilty of first-degree murder and other offences. Gasps could be heard in the Milton, Ont., courtroom as Ontario Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan […]

TORONTO — New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a “notable” increase in younger people diagnosed with the disease. An Ontario Health document outlining the new recommendation says the change starts on July 1. Prince Edward Island […]