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TORONTO — Ottawa’s PWHL team acquired forward Tereza Vanisova from Montreal in exchange for defender Amanda Boulier in the new league’s lone trade-deadline transaction Monday.  Vanisova scored twice and had eight assists in 17 games with Montreal before she was sent to Ottawa. The 28-year-old Czech was drafted in the seventh round by Montreal in […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index crept lower on Monday even as the price of oil rose, while U.S. markets were led higher by the Nasdaq.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 11.97 points at 21,837.18. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 75.66 points at 38,790.43.The S&P 500 index was up […]

TORONTO — The number of calls reporting hate crimes in Toronto has surged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the city’s police chief told a board meeting on Monday, adding that more than half of hate crimes this year have targeted the Jewish community.  Chief Myron Demkiw said officers have responded to 989 hate-crime […]

TORONTO — Residents on the Toronto Islands are processing a significant loss after a fire destroyed a beloved clubhouse and café over the weekend.  A fire broke out at the Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse around 2 a.m. on Sunday and gutted the building that also housed a popular café.  Anne Barber, who lives nearby, said […]

Toronto Public Health is investigating the second lab-confirmed case of measles in the city this year. The department says this case is an infant who was travelling and is now recovering at home.  Public Health says other people may have been exposed to measles at a magic show at Agincourt Public Library on March 11 […]

TORONTO — A neighbor of a beloved clubhouse and cafe on one of the Toronto Islands says local residents are processing a significant loss after a fire destroyed the community hub over the weekend.  A fire broke out at the Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse and cafe around 2 a.m. on Sunday and destroyed the building. […]

Toronto’s police chief says more than 12,000 vehicles were stolen across the city last year, a figure that equates to a car theft every 40 minutes.  Chief Myron Demkiw says the stolen cars have a value of $790 million. There have also been 68 carjackings so far in 2024, which is a 106 per cent […]

TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie said Monday that if she is premier after the 2026 election, she will not introduce a provincial carbon tax. It’s a position that comes after the Tories have for months tied Crombie to the federal carbon price, trying to define her in the public eye in her first […]

Toronto’s police chief says the number of calls reporting hate crimes has surged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war and that more than half of hate crimes this year have targeted the Jewish community. Chief Myron Demkiw says officers have responded to 989 hate crime calls since Oct. 7, 2023, which is a 93 […]

TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards have announced finalists for their annual journalism honours, which include four nominations for the national news agency The Canadian Press. Here’s look at all the categories and the nominees:  Arts and Entertainment: Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail, for her stories on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s celebrated Group of Seven […]