York Region
CALGARY — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart will be the first of five former Canadian junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault earlier this year to appear in a professional game in Canada. Hart, from Sherwood Park, Alta., is scheduled to start for the Golden Knights on Sunday against the Oilers in Edmonton. The […]
TORONTO — Payton Pritchard had a double-double with 33 points and 10 assists as the undermanned Boston Celtics topped the Toronto Raptors 112-96 on Saturday. Pritchard added eight rebounds for Boston (17-11), while Derrick White added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds. The Celtics were without all-star forward Jaylen Brown, who was sick with […]
CALGARY — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart will be the first of five former Canadian junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault earlier this year to appear in a professional game in Canada. Hart, from Sherwood Park, Alta., is scheduled to start for the Golden Knights on Sunday against the Oilers in Edmonton. The […]
A 59-year-old man suspected of shooting a police officer in a city southwest of Niagara Falls has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a nearly 24-hour standoff, police said. Niagara Regional Police said the suspect was arrested just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday and the shelter-in-place order and road closures in the area of […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say they are investigating a homicide in the city’s west end. They say in a social media post that officers attended a residence on Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West this morning. Officers found a dead person inside. Police say the homicide unit has taken over the investigation. No other information […]
TORONTO — A resident of a Greater Toronto Area group home for adults with developmental disabilities that has been at the centre of a bitter labour dispute has died. Halton regional police say emergency crews responded to a medical call Friday morning at 53 Bond Street in Oakville, Ont., a care home run by the […]
The man suspected of shooting a police officer in a city southwest of Niagara Falls remains barricaded inside a home as investigators try to coax him out. Niagara regional police say in a social media post this morning that officers are continuing to negotiate with the suspect in hopes of a “peaceful surrender.” In the […]
LONDON — Police in Ontario say a 19-year-old was killed and two others were injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday on Highway 401 near London. The Oxford Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened just after 6:30 p.m., when officers responded to the collision about 60 kilometres east of London in the highway’s eastbound lanes […]
LONDON — A London man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 47-year-old woman in the city. London police say 56-year-old Alton Farquharson was arrested at the scene of the death and remains in custody with his next court date set for Dec. 23. Authorities said earlier in the day that […]
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for two nut-related products sold in Ontario due to possible salmonella contamination. The agency says the recall covers two products, Arnie’s All Natural Raw Mix Nuts and Arnie’s Sweet and Savoury Mix, both sold from Nov. 1 to Dec. 2. The recalled products were […]