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TORONTO — At a downtown Toronto park, 14 unassuming concrete pillars stand in a semicircle between an off-leash dog area, a splash pad and a walking path. Each pillar has a plaque engraved with hundreds of names. A couple of them have been vandalized. This is one of the biggest AIDS memorials in Canada. But […]

TORONTO — It’s time for the Toronto Raptors to make their drive to the playoffs. Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points as Toronto upset the Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday, the Raptors second win in a row after a 122-115 victory over the Phoenix Suns two days earlier. Ingram, who compiled 70 points in […]

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points as the Toronto Raptors upset the Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday. RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., added 27 points and six rebounds as Toronto (38-29) won back-to-back games. The win helped the Raptors hang on to sixth in the Eastern Conference. Jakob Poeltl and Scottie Barnes […]

Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was “surprised and shocked” to learn that a Waterloo Regional Police Service sniper was deployed as part of law enforcement’s efforts to manage an unsanctioned street party during St. Patrick’s Day weekend in the city’s university district. Waterloo police confirmed to The Canadian Press that a photo and video […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they arrested two counter-protesters at Saturday’s Al-Quds Day demonstration, which saw thousands of people rally in support of Palestine outside the U.S. Consulate as some counter-protesters carried the flags of Israel and pre-revolution Iran. Police allege a 56-year-old man swung his arms and fists at a protester who was holding […]

It’s a problem some condo buyers didn’t foresee when they locked in their home purchase during the pandemic, hoping that 600-square-foot space in central Toronto would be a bridge to eventually buying a house. Mortgage rates have fallen and house prices in the Greater Toronto Area have been on the decline, but for now, a […]

COCHRANE — The Ontario Provincial Police from the James Bay Detachment are investigating a fatal snowmobile collision in the Town of Cochrane, north of Timmins. Emergency crews responded around 9 a.m. on Saturday to a crash involving a snowmobile and a commercial motor vehicle at the intersection of OFSC Trail A and 2nd Street. The […]

AJ Lawson couldn’t help himself when he stepped on Raptors 905’s new practice court. Lawson, who is on a two-way contract that has him playing regularly for the G-League team in Mississauga, Ont., and the Toronto Raptors, its parent club, had to try every move he could think of on the 905’s new practice court […]

TORONTO — A Toronto pro-Palestinian demonstration is underway after an Ontario judge tossed out the government’s move to pre-emptively block it Saturday. The court dismissed the 11th hour request by Premier Doug Ford’s government less than an hour before the Al-Quds Day rally outside the U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto began. Ford on Friday said […]

TORONTO — Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored on a goalmouth scramble off a corner in the 98th minute to give New York a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC in its 20th home opener Saturday, securing a point for former captain Michael Bradley in his return to BMO Field as Red Bulls coach. Toronto (1-2-1) failed to […]