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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a police-involved shooting in Niagara Falls that left a man dead Wednesday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says the shooting happened around 11:15 a.m. in the area of Stanley Avenue and Peer Street and a man was later pronounced dead in hospital. It says the incident involved officers with the […]

TORONTO — Thousands of young people lined up for interviews at the Canadian National Exhibition job fair on Wednesday amid a high level of youth unemployment in Ontario. The CNE said it received more than 54,000 online job applications for more than 5,000 seasonal positions at the two-week fair, including cashiers, retail associates, game attendants, […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will appeal a court decision that found a new law to remove three Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional, after a judge ruled the lane removals would put people at an “increased risk of harm and death.” Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas found the province’s plan to remove bike […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Authors: Jay R. Malcolm, Professor Emeritus, Forestry, University of Toronto and Justina C. Ray, Adjunct professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Toronto Forest […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court has found Premier Doug Ford’s law to remove three Toronto bicycle lanes violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas says any removal or reconfiguration that takes away the physical separation of the bike lanes violates the Charter. Cycle Toronto, the group leading the legal […]

OTTAWA — The president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association says “attacks” launched by “politicians, media and members of the public” in response to two high-profile criminal cases amount to “affronts to the rule of law.” Donna Kellway cites what she calls attacks on the Crown over its sentencing proposals in the cases of two […]

They’ve cooled down, but last week Proline players were firmly behind the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto entered its game Wednesday versus the Baltimore Orioles having lost four straight. But last week the Jays went 5-2 to extend their lead atop the American League East Division standings. Toronto took two of three games against the New […]

TORONTO — JP Saxe is telling fans his upcoming concert tour may be cancelled due to slow ticket sales. The Toronto singer-songwriter took to his social media platforms this week with a direct plea to listeners, offering rare insight into the touring economics for some musicians who aren’t at the superstar heights of fame. Saxe […]

TORONTO — A teen girl found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal swarming of a homeless Toronto man broke into tears as she apologized for her role in the attack during her sentencing hearing today. Standing before the judge, the girl apologized to Kenneth Lee’s family and friends while acknowledging that it wouldn’t “make anything […]

Toronto police are offering a $50,000 reward for information in the cold case of an eight-year-old girl who disappeared 40 years ago. Police announced the reward outside the same apartment building where Nicole Morin went missing on July 30, 1985. Police say she was last seen around 11 a.m. after leaving her apartment in Etobicoke […]