York Region

OTTAWA — Toronto-area MP Michael Ma is leaving the Conservatives to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals. Ma, who represents Markham-Unionville, said in a statement released Thursday that he made the decision after listening “carefully” to the people in his riding in recent weeks and reflecting with his family on the direction of the country. […]

Peel Region Police say one suspect is dead after a shooting involving an officer in Mississauga. Police say the Special Investigation Unit, the watchdog which investigates incidents involving death, serious injury, sexual assault, or firearm discharge involving police, has been notified. Investigators initially said officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the area […]

MONTREAL — The mayor of Longueuil, Que., is asking the Quebec government to investigate police actions in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting involving a 15-year-old boy. Mayor Catherine Fournier says she took the exceptional decision to ask Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière to step in after letters from the police watchdog to Longueuil’s […]

TORONTO — An Ontario lawyer accused of being deeply embedded in a violent transnational drug smuggling ring has “extraordinary” incentive to flee and may have access to hidden resources that would help him evade law enforcement, federal prosecutors argued Thursday in opposing his release. Deepak Paradkar faces multiple life sentences in the U.S., where he […]

A 26-year-old is facing murder charges after a police investigation into the death of an infant in northern Ontario back in May. Ontario Provincial Police say Sioux Lookout detachment officers responded to a call on Sturgeon River Road about an unresponsive five-month-old child on May 9. Police say they conducted a thorough investigation with the […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police are investigating after a child was fatally struck by a public transit bus on Thursday. Police say the crash happened near Emerald Street and Wilson Street and it involved a Hamilton Street Railway bus. They say the child has died from their injuries. Police did not immediately provide further details on […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who died in 2019 has been identified as the killer in three cold case homicides, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Police say recent forensic testing conclusively identified Kenneth Smith of Windsor, Ont., who died at 72, as the person who killed two women in the […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break. Members of provincial parliament typically resume sitting at Queen’s Park after the holidays in mid-February, following Family Day. Today, on the last day of sitting this year, government House leader Steve Clark […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who died in 2019 has been identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Police say recent forensic testing has conclusively identified Kenneth Smith, 72, of Windsor, Ont., as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and […]

TORONTO — The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing today she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together. Federal prosecutors are asking Mandy Paradkar about the couple’s finances, assets and work as she […]