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Missing 90-year-old found dead almost two weeks after disappearance

An almost two-week search for a missing 90-year-old man has come to a tragic end. Joseph was last seen around midnight on January 29 in the Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East area. Investigators said he may have been driving...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms. The question...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed former Olympian skater Alexandra Paul

A truck driver has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges in a crash that killed a former Canadian Olympic figure skater in Melancthon Township, north of Shelburne, Ont., nearly three years ago. Court staff in Orangeville, Ont., confirm Sukhwinder Sidhu...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

‘Fake billionaire boyfriend’ who scammed victims out of thousands sentenced in fraud case

A Toronto man whose exploits were exposed in a Citytv documentary was sentenced to almost six years in jail for his role in romance-type scams that bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims. Steve Coelho pleaded guilty last...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

1 person located in vehicle found submerged near Ashbridges Bay

Toronto police have provided very few details after a partially submerged vehicle was found in Lake Ontario near Ashbridges Bay. Toronto Fire say they were called just after 2 p.m. for a water rescue near the water treatment plant at...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni go to New York in required effort to...

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni came to a New York courthouse on Wednesday to see if her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 romantic drama “It Ends With Us” could...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Ontario long-term care homes seek more money for home care and supportive housing

The fastest way to get into a long-term care home in Ontario is by going to the hospital first, advocates say. The situation is particularly acute in Toronto, where the combination of an increasing and aging population and the loss...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Toys “R” Us Canada on cusp of closing more locations: court filings

TORONTO — New court documents show Toys “R” Us Canada is on the cusp of closing more locations. In filings related to its creditor protection case, the retailer says it will shutter its location at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket,...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

Gilles and Poirier win Canada’s fourth medal at the Winter Olympics

Canada got its storybook finish in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier secured a place on the podium in ice dance. Gilles and Poirier earned their long-awaited Olympic medal, capturing...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local

U.S. House passes symbolic vote to end Trump’s fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took aim at Canada Wednesday evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against his tariffs on America’s northern neighbour — a largely symbolic move that shows some wavering Republican support for the president’s massive...

Feb 12, 2026 | Local