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Enter stage right: Shaw Festival to bring productions to Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre

The Shaw Festival is hopping across the pond — just not the one you might be thinking of. The theatre festival based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., will take up a three-year artistic residency at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre next year, marking Shaw’s...

Dec 22, 2025 | Local

Woman, 60, killed in multi-vehicle crash on Eglinton Ave. near DVP

A 60-year-old woman is dead following a multi-vehicle crash in the east end. Toronto police say a woman was exiting the northbound Don Valley Parkway at Eglinton Avenue just after 4 p.m. on Sunday when “for unknown reasons,” she failed...

Dec 22, 2025 | Local

Significant increase in the circulation of counterfeit bills in retail stores

MONTREAL — The Retail Council of Canada is sounding the alarm about the significant increase in circulation of fake $20, $50, and $100 bills since November. The association reports that it has detected more counterfeit bills in one month than...

Dec 22, 2025 | Local

Australia marks Day of Reflection for Bondi Beach shooting victims

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will light candles at 6:47 p.m. on Sunday (7:47 GMT) to collectively commemorate the moment the first shots rang out a week earlier at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an attack on a Jewish festival that...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

‘Deeply disturbing’: Canadian MPs shocked at treatment by Israeli border officials

Several members of a Canadian delegation that were denied entry to the West Bank last Tuesday are now back on Canadian soil.  The group of 30 delegates, including six Members of Parliament, was sponsored by the charitable organization The Canadian-Muslim Vote. They had...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

Payton Pritchard leads undermanned Celtics past hurting Raptors

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...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

Predators add to slumping Maple Leafs struggles

 Luke Evangelista broke a tie at 9:18 of the third period to help the Nashville Predators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday night. Evangelista drove down the right side and made a move on defenceman Morgan Rielly at...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

Police investigating suspected homicide in Queen West neighbourhood

Toronto police are investigating a suspected homicide in the city’s Queen West neighbourhood. According to authorities, a person was found dead inside a residence near Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Police say the...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey...

NEW YORK (AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local

Resident’s death at Oakville group home amid staff strike not considered suspicious

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 said emergency crews responded to a medical call Friday morning...

Dec 21, 2025 | Local