Milton Magic FC star helps club win first national championship
Ethan Secondino put on quite the showing last month when Ontario won the U15 boys championship at Nationals in Charlottetown. Ethan was named tournament MVP after his team knocked off Quebec 1-0 in the final. It was the first time...
Canadian-born author David Szalay wins Booker Prize for ‘Flesh’
Canadian-born author David Szalay had his eye on the Booker Prize from the very early days of his latest novel, he said on stage Monday night. He recalled a conversation with his editor Hannah Westland in which they debated the...
Ontario court rejects Frank Stronach’s challenge ahead of Toronto sex assault trial
An Ontario judge has dismissed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach’s bid to quash his committal to stand trial on one of the dozen charges he faces in his Toronto sexual assault case. Stronach, 93, was committed to stand trial on 12...
Chief justice to stand in for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Remembrance Day due to...
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Rideau Hall said Monday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in...
Health officials warn this year’s flu season could be one of the worst
Cold and flu season is back, and this year, health experts say it could hit harder than usual. Early data from countries like Australia, where flu season starts earlier, show higher infection rates and more severe cases than in recent...
Hall of Famer, former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens dies at 88
SEATTLE (AP) — Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88. The family said Wilkens was surrounded by...
As U.S. wine sales in Canada plummet, local wineries look to capitalize on market gap
Over the summer, Narek Nersisyan saw more tourists and day trippers at his family’s winery, Holland Marsh Wineries in Newmarket, Ont. Nersisyan, the vice-president of sales and marketing at the winery, says there was an uptick in visitors of about...
US airlines’ daily cancellations top 2,000 for first time since shutdown cuts began
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,100 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic in the U.S. could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season....
‘They took out 4 innocent people’: National Silver Cross mom reflects on son’s life
OTTAWA — When Nancy Payne’s son was killed in Afghanistan in 2006, his superior told the Lansdowne, Ont., mother that her son should never have been there in the first place. “They knew that they had somebody good. He could...
Brampton man charged in 2 extortion-related shootings in Peel Region
A 25-year-old man is facing several charges in connection with what police say was a pair of extortion-related shootings in Peel Region in October. Police in Peel Region allege two suspects showed up at a home near Old School Road...
