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Man, 20, arrested for allegedly exposing himself to four children under 16: Toronto police

A 20-year-old man has been charged with allegedly exposing himself to four children under the age of 16. Toronto police say on Nov. 11, officers responded to a call for an indecent act in the Sumach and Wellesley streets area...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Peel police allege driver removed rear license plate after fatal hit-and-run in Mississauga

Peel police say the driver allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Mississauga last week removed his rear license plate moments after the crash that killed a 56-year-old man. The crash happened just after 9 p.m. in the city’s East...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Peel police searching for missing 11-year-old boy, last seen boarding Durham Transit bus

Peel police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who was last seen boarding a Durham Region Transit bus in Scarborough Monday afternoon. Officers say he was reported missing by his school principal at 11 a.m. Surveillance footage obtained by police...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Actor Richard Gere receives standing ovation from Canadian MPs during Parliament visit

Hollywood star Richard Gere received a standing ovation from Canadian politicians during a planned appearance in the House of Commons on Monday. The outspoken actor arrived in Ottawa for a parliamentary hearing where MPs delivered an official statement on the...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Mississauga man, 34, accused of trafficking a minor, sex assault and forced marriage

A man from Mississauga has been charged with more than a dozen offences in connection with a year-long human trafficking investigation dubbed “Project Magnolia.” According to York Regional Police, the suspect procured and trafficked victims across Ontario between March 2017...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Man stabbed during North York altercation, suspect wanted: police

A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in North York, police say. Toronto police say they were called to Dufferin Street and Ranee Avenue just after 1:30 p.m. for reports of an altercation. The victim was found...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Death of 84-year old woman in fire being considered a homicide: Toronto police

The fire that killed an 84-year-old woman in Toronto on Saturday night is being treated as a homicide after Toronto police determined the blaze was deliberately set. The two-alarm blaze broke out at home on Boswell Avenue in the Avenue...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author upset with use of its title in immigration crackdown

The Trump administration is calling its new immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” But the granddaughter of E.B. White, the author of the classic 1952 children’s tale “Charlotte’s Web,” said the wave of immigration arrests goes...

Nov 18, 2025 | Local

Premiers say they had positive meeting with PM, hint that tariff relief is coming

OTTAWA — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt said premiers had a “productive” meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, mainly to discuss the federal budget and progress on tariff talks with the United States. Noting the impact of U.S....

Nov 18, 2025 | Local