Mississauga man facing almost 40 charges related to theft of clothes and accessories
A 49-year-old Mississauga man is facing almost 40 charges following a multi-jurisdictional organized retail theft investigation. Police in Peel Region say they started an investigation in April targeting a prolific offender believed to be responsible for at least 38 theft-related...
Milton man facing multiple charges in GTA human trafficking investigation
A Milton man is facing numerous charges in connection with a human trafficking investigation in the Greater Toronto Area. Police began the investigation in June and say that the accused “procured and trafficked” a female victim through a combination of...
Ontario’s top court rejects developer’s constitutional challenge over Greenbelt law
The Ontario Court of Appeal has sided with a lower court in rejecting a developer’s constitutional challenge of a 2023 law that returned 15 parcels of land to the Greenbelt. The provincial legislation at the centre of the legal dispute reversed Premier...
Buck Martinez reflects on Blue Jays career ahead of Hall of Excellence induction
When Buck Martinez goes into the new Toronto Blue Jays Hall of Excellence at Rogers Centre on Saturday, it will be a celebration of over 40 years with the organization. Thanks to his time with the Blue Jays as a...
Caglianone drives in 6 runs as Royals wallop Blue Jays
Jac Caglianone drove in six runs and Bobby Witt Jr. scored three times as the Kansas City Royals walloped the Toronto Blue Jays 13-2 on Thursday night. Caglianone had a two-run single in the second inning and had another in...
Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.
VANCOUVER — Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract world-leading academics. The hiring of the 64 new recruits is being...
‘My output to America is close to zero’: Toronto business facing impacts of tariff uncertainty
David Paul Vella has been at Crown Cookware since the beginning. The family-run manufacturing business has been making pots, pans and tins for over four decades. After watching the business almost close in 2023, he knows all to well the...
Concerns raised over Metrolinx decision to close elevators at Danforth GO station for 3 months
A decision by Metrolinx to close all elevators at Danforth GO station for three months while “major repairs and upgrades” are carried out is raising accessibility concerns among riders and advocates. According to notices posted online and at Danforth station,...
Police search for vehicle in fatal hit-and-run in Burlington
Police in Halton Region are searching for a vehicle after a woman was struck and killed in Burlington on Thursday. Investigators say the woman was in the area of Maple Avenue and Richmond Road when she was struck around 3:45...
Anti-immigrant speaker blocked from entering Canada in time for Hamilton event
OTTAWA — Austrian anti-immigrant speaker Martin Sellner says he was not granted an electronic travel authorization in time for a trip to Hamilton to speak at a nationalist conference. In a video posted on X, Sellner says Canada not granting...
