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TORONTO — Adarius Pickett is back with the Toronto Argonauts. The standout linebacker signed a one-year deal with Toronto, the team with which he enjoyed his best CFL season in 2023. Pickett returns to Toronto after spending the past two seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks. He and the CFL club mutually agreed to part ways […]

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is slamming Canada’s new trade agreement with China, saying it’s inviting a flood of cheap Chinese electric vehicles with no guarantee of investments. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced today that Canada has agreed to slash its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese EVs for up to 49,000 vehicles per year. In […]

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Goldeneyes forward Sarah Nurse is set to return from injury against her former team this weekend. The Goldeneyes announced Thursday that the 31-year-old from Hamilton has been activated from long-term injured reserve and will be available to play when Vancouver faces the Sceptres in Toronto on Saturday. Nurse spent the first two […]

TORONTO — A police officer in Toronto has been arrested after property that was delivered to police was taken instead of logged. Police say it occurred multiple times in October. They say items that were recovered included government-issued identification, bank cards and passports. Police added that some of the items had previously been reported stolen. […]

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a City of Ottawa request to overturn a lower court decision about property payments on federally owned buildings. The decision relates to the payments in lieu of taxes the federal government pays the City of Ottawa in place of property taxes, which are known as PILT. […]

SELWYN TOWNSHIP — Ontario Provincial Police say a 72-year-old man has been charged with assault after he allegedly attacked someone for ice fishing too close to him. OPP say officers were called to Chemong Lake near Peterborough on Wednesday afternoon for a report of someone being assaulted while ice fishing. They say the complainant said […]

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to temporarily ban three major cities from requiring a certain percentage of affordable units in new buildings near transit stations, citing a downturn in the housing market. Critics say now is not the time to pull away from affordable housing, but the government argues in its proposal that the policy […]

TORONTO — The mother of a man living in a Toronto-area group home at the centre of a bitter labour dispute says she is seeking accountability after he was “savagely bitten” on the neck by another resident. Jan Beddoe says she was “absolutely furious” after the Dec. 23 attack on her 47-year-old son Chris at […]

TORONTO — AFC Toronto has extended the contract of Nigerian star forward Esther Okoronkwo and three others. Okoronkwo, who helped Nigeria to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title last July, is now under contract with the Northern Super League club through 2027. She was named player of the match after scoring a goal […]

TORONTO — A snowstorm has reintroduced southern Ontario to some severe winter weather Thursday, as well as a relatively new warning system from Environment Canada. The new system, rolled out in November, attaches a colour to every type of weather alert: warnings, advisories and watches. The yellow, orange and red alerts are intended to help […]