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Police in Durham Region say they’ve arrested 32 people and laid 184 criminal charges after an investigation into suspected gang activity. Durham Regional Police say they began an investigation – dubbed Project Burton – in January into suspected local gang activity but uncovered alleged criminal activity that stretched as far as British Columbia. Chief Peter […]

Police say a man wanted for first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto-area woman has fled Canada. York Regional Police say border officials confirmed 47-year-old Zhixiong Marko Hu, of Markham, travelled to Hong Kong. Yuk-Ying Anita Mui, a 56-year-old woman from Markham, Ont., was reported missing by her family on Aug. 9 and her […]

TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as it set aside less money for bad loans, bucking a trend seen this quarter among other banks. CIBC said Thursday its net income totalled $1.80 billion or $1.82 per diluted share in for the quarter ended July […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 150 points in late-morning trading, helped by strength in technology, financial and energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 171.41 points at 23,298.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 278.37 points at 41,369.79. […]

SMITHS FALLS, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police are offering a $50,000 reward that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case of a fatal suspected hit and run last year. Police say 34-year-old Steven Tate was found dead beside Highway 15 north of Smiths Falls, Ont., on Nov. 8, 2023, five days after he […]

TORONTO — King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness has earned a well-deserved break. The heralded filly, named after WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, wasn’t among the horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince of Wales. The second leg of the OLG Triple Crown will be held Sept. 10 at Fort Erie Racetrack. Trainer Kevin Attard said Caitlinhergrtness has come […]

TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as it set aside less money for bad loans. CIBC says its net income totalled $1.80 billion or $1.82 per diluted share in for the quarter ended July 31, up from $1.43 billion or $1.47 per diluted share […]

TORONTO — For Jenny Heijun Wills, privacy is protection. The writer strikes a delicate balance in her two books — the most recent the essay collection “Everything and Nothing At All” — sharing deeply personal facets of her life while keeping parts of herself safe, just for her. “Despite the fact that I continue to […]

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says the federal government respects Mexican sovereignty and has no intention of intervening in that country’s internal affairs around proposed constitutional reforms. The comments come a day after Mexico’s president told reporters Tuesday he has put relations with the Canadian and U.S. embassies “on pause” because of comments from the […]

TORONTO — A teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the alleged swarming of a homeless Toronto man is seeking to have her sentence reduced after she was repeatedly made to strip naked during searches while in custody. The teen was one of eight girls – all between the ages of 13 and 16 […]