2 arrested, man wanted in robbery and extortion investigation
Two people have been arrested and another is wanted in connection to a robbery and extortion investigation. Toronto police were called to an alleged assault in the area of Adelaide and Peter streets area around 4:30 p.m. on June 11....
Ron Taylor, a former major-league pitcher and longtime Blue Jays doctor, dead at 87
Dr. Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series-winning pitcher and longtime Toronto Blue Jays team physician, has died. He was 87. The Blue Jays confirmed Taylor’s death in a statement Monday. A cause of death was not provided. Taylor, who was...
Trial opens for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riot defendant over police officer’s suicide
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith shot and killed himself while driving to work. Over four years later, Smith’s widow is trying to...
Oshawa home defaced with ‘hateful’ slurs: Durham police
Durham Regional Police are asking any witnesses to come forward after an incident of hate-motivated graffiti in Oshawa on Sunday. Officers responded to a mischief call at a home in the Adelaide Avenue East and Townline Road North area at...
Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies. Christopher Hanson, a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...
Drop in Canadian tourists hurting U.S., say northeast governors
FREDERICTON — New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from north of the...
Man dead, firefighter injured in North York blaze
A man in his 60s has been pronounced dead at the scene of a two-alarm fire in North York on Sunday. Emergency crews were called to a residence at 17 Rochefort Drive in the city’s Flemingdon Park neighbourhood, near Don...
Protester shot and killed at ‘No Kings’ rally in Utah, police say
A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who...
1 man sent to hospital after alleged stabbing in Etobicoke, 1 man in custody
Police are investigating an alleged stabbing in Etobicoke that sent one man to a hospital on Sunday afternoon. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) says its officers were called to Arbor Dell Road, near Kipling Avenue, just after 3:00 p.m. for...
Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where...
