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TORONTO — The fledgling Northern Super League has scored a win on the international stage with AFC Toronto forward Esther Okoronkwo helping Nigeria to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. With Nigeria trailing host Morocco 2-0 in the final last Saturday, Okoronkwo scored from the penalty spot in the 60th minute before setting […]

Police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after one horse was killed and several others were injured in Niagara Region. Niagara regional police say the “disturbing act” occurred at a horse boarding farm near Buchner Road and Highway 140 in Welland. Police were called Thursday after farm staff found eight horses with injuries and cuts […]

Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges related to sexual assault, is now also facing a civil lawsuit from a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her decades ago when she was a student sponsored by Magna, the auto parts company he founded. In a statement of claim […]

TORONTO — Historians are warning that valuable artifacts in Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe could be lost after a recent decision by a regional council to shutter its heritage services and rehome nearly 35,000 artifacts. On July 9, Halton Regional Council voted in closed session to “cease delivering heritage services” by the end of the year and […]

A family spokesperson says Cécile Dionne, one of the world-famous Dionne quintuplets, died earlier this week at the age of 91 following a long illness. Cécile and her sisters became an instant global sensation from the moment of their birth in Callander, Ont., on May 28, 1934 as they became the first quintuplets known to […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge is set to deliver his sentence this afternoon in the case of a teen girl found guilty of manslaughter in a deadly swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man. The girl was 14 when she and seven other teens attacked Kenneth Lee in a downtown Toronto parkette in December 2022. […]

On the shores of Lake Huron, Harry Stewart and his husband Chris Southin sway back and forth in their rocking chairs on a wooden deck, watching dozens of youth play and laugh around them at Rainbow Camp. “People say that we’re the two old guys from the balcony of the Muppet Show, and that is […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating a report that a provincial police officer fatally shot a man inside a courthouse in a remote part of northern Ontario. The Special Investigations Unit says a team of investigators is heading to the scene in Wapekeka First Nation. It says preliminary information indicates that an Ontario Provincial […]

WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea will field a revamped roster when the Blue Bombers host the Toronto Argonauts and try to end a three-game losing skid Friday. Injuries factored into some changes, including one that has some fans scratching their heads. Others, particularly in the secondary, are aimed at boosting performance after Winnipeg (3-3) lost 31-17 […]

TORONTO — CPP Investments says it will help fund an expansion to a data center project in Cambridge, Ont. The pension fund says it will invest $225 million in the project through a 50 per cent interest in a construction loan. Deutsche Bank Private Credit and Infrastructure will provide funding for the other half of […]