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BRAMPTON, ONT. — Peel Region police say they have arrested 18 people, including three teens, as part of an investigation into an organized crime network linked to multiple violent home invasions, armed robberies and carjackings. Police say the months-long investigation, dubbed Project Warlock, began after a series of home invasion-style robberies and carjackings in Peel […]

A New Zealand coroner has found links between four deaths in that country and Kenneth Law, who is facing murder charges in Ontario for allegedly selling substances that could be used for self-harm. According to the coroner’s reports, four people who died by suicide in 2022 and 2023 had ordered items online from a business […]

TORONTO — Freedom Mobile is launching in 50 cities across B.C. and Alberta as part of its parent company’s aggressive expansion since acquiring the carrier last year. Quebecor Inc. says Freedom Mobile, a subsidiary of its Videotron brand, is now available to residents in areas such as Chilliwack, Hope, Revelstoke and Salmon Arm, B.C., as […]

TORONTO — Losses in the energy sector led Canada’s main stock index lower in late-morning trading on Tuesday, while U.S. stock markets rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 50.37 points at 22,822.28. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 29.98 points at 40,445.42. The S&P 500 index was up 16.88 points […]

TORONTO — Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo’s sci-fi romance “Daniela Forever” will open the competitive Platform program at the Toronto International Film Festival, with Toronto-based director Atom Egoyan leading the jury. The film stars “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding as a grieving man who participates in a clinical trial for a drug that lets him […]

TORONTO — Toronto city councillors, who presided last week over a city of inundated transit stations, roadways and basements, are set to discuss how to make the metropolis more resilient to climate-fuelled floods. Mayor Olivia Chow’s motion, to be tabled at Wednesday’s city council meeting, is expected to stir discussion on flood mitigation efforts. The […]

TORONTO — Hundreds of Ontario’s liquor stores will reopen today following a strike that saw their doors close in early July. About 10,000 Liquor Control Board of Ontario workers returned Monday to prepare for the opening of nearly 700 stores after they walked off the job on July 5. In addition to reopened retail stores, […]

TORONTO — Gains in the financial, industrial and utilities sectors led Canada’s main stock index higher on Monday, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 182.26 points at 22,872.65. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 127.91 points at 40,415.44. The S&P 500 index was up 59.41 […]

OTTAWA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control will not require onerous forms for dog owners crossing the border from Canada this summer. The agency had announced new rules in May that were aimed at keeping rabies out of the country. They stated dogs needed to be microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, and accompanied by two […]

TORONTO — Peter Martin, a former Toronto Argonauts linebacker who later became a Hall of Fame broadcaster, has died. He was 83. The Argonauts announced the news Monday morning on X, formerly known as Twitter. A cause of death was not released. Born and raised in Toronto, Martin played 104 games for the Argos from […]