York Region
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Carla Leite had 27 points and 11 assists and the Portland Fire snapped a five-game skid with a 97-83 win over Toronto on Thursday night, sending the Tempo to their eighth straight loss. Leite made 5 of 12 shots with two 3-pointers and 15 of 17 free throws for Portland (11-19), […]
TORONTO — Brady Lidster’s 11-yard field goal with 11 seconds remaining capped a wild fourth quarter and earned the Toronto Argonauts a 33-30 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday night. Lidster’s boot came after Toronto’s defence stopped Dedrick Mills on third-and-one, giving the offence the ball at its 54-yard line with 1:32 remaining. From […]
TORONTO — With her regular doubles partner nursing an injury and current partner primarily focused on singles, Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski kept her expectations in check at the National Bank Open. The doubles star from Ottawa still nearly pulled out a win with Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova on Thursday but the American duo of Coco Gauff and […]
MISSISSAUGA — Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating after a 19-year-old man was fatally shot by Toronto police early Thursday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says the man was driving a vehicle tracked by police to Mississauga as part of an investigation. The SIU initially said the vehicle had been reported stolen, but in an […]
Ontario’s police watchdog says a former Durham police officer has been charged in a second historic sexual assault. The Special Investigations Unit says the latest sexual assault charge relates to alleged conduct between May 1999 and December 2009. The SIU says the former officer was initially arrested in May in connection to the alleged 2003 […]
TORONTO — Toronto’s police chief says officers have made arrests in a shooting that killed two people and sent thousands running for cover at a weekend street festival in the city last month. Police Chief Myron Demkiw was asked about the investigation into the shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival during an unrelated […]
Owning a home comes with a long list of expenses that go beyond a monthly mortgage, whether that’s replacing an old roof, paying for home insurance or keeping up with climbing property taxes. While many costs are fixed, experts say there might be some wiggle room on property taxes to get the amount lowered or […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say two suspects, one of them a minor, have been arrested and charged in last week’s shooting at the U.S. consulate, which was the second such incident at the building this year. Police Chief Myron Demkiw says a 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy are facing more than a dozen charges […]
European soccer’s governing body has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologizing for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. UEFA on Thursday reiterated that it had lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino and said conditions to withdraw its boycott threat had not been met. “UEFA’s associations were […]
MISSISSAUGA — Ontario’s police watchdog says a Toronto officer fatally shot the driver of an alleged stolen vehicle early this morning. The Special Investigations Unit says Toronto police were investigating the theft of a vehicle from Toronto and tracked it to Mississauga. The SIU says the officers arrived at the vehicle’s location a little after […]