Drivers to deal with full DVP and marathon route closures on Sunday
For the second straight day, the entire Don Valley Parkway will be closed on Sunday, and drivers will have to pack a little more patience navigating their way into the city as a marathon will result in several other road...
Durham police investigate homicide in Oshawa
Police in Durham Region are investigating a homicide in the north end of Oshawa. Investigators say they were called Saturday about reports of an armed person in the area of Simcoe Street North and Winchester Road East. When they arrived,...
Iran wants team members who served in the Revolutionary Guard to get visas for the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s soccer federation said on Saturday the country “definitely” will participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and insisted that tournament hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — consider Tehran’s concerns around...
Prime Minister Mark Carney touts Canadian values in speech at global progress summit
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to build new institutions and reimagine old ones as an antidote to the anxieties that people and governments are grappling with in the modern age. Carney made the remarks in a...
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith loses nomination battle in Scarborough Southwest; leadership bid unclear
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith lost a provincial nomination race Saturday, failing to clear the first of several hurdles toward the leadership of the Ontario Liberals. Ontario Liberal members in the riding of Scarborough Southwest selected business owner Ahsanul Hafiz as...
Police search for hit-and-run driver after woman struck in south Etobicoke
Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that fled the scene of a crash in south Etobicoke on Saturday night. Investigators say a woman was struck by a vehicle in the Kipling and Horner avenues area just after...
3 Hamilton men charged with attempted smuggling of 89 firearms into Canada
Hamilton police say a man convicted in a fatal motorcycle crash five years ago is among three people accused by U.S. officials of attempting to smuggle almost 90 firearms into Canada. U.S. federal law enforcement officials announced the arrests of...
Experts understand anxiety about hantavirus, but say it’s unlikely to be next pandemic
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer has lived and worked through SARS-1 in 2003, the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic,which began in 2020. With the trauma of the COVID pandemic so fresh in people’s minds, she...
Man on scooter critically injured after being struck by vehicle in North York
A man in his 60s suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after being struck by a truck in North York. Toronto police say the man was riding a scooter on Sheppard Avenue when he was struck by a cube van east of...
Toronto FC loses to Miami at new-look BMO Field in dress rehearsal for FIFA World...
An Inter Miami-Toronto FC match at the new-look BMO Field on Saturday provided a dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup next month. A sellout crowd of 44,828 fans — including about 17,000 spectators in the new grandstand seats that...
