Ontario— A 22-year-old woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling off the back of a van near Exhibition Place late Saturday. According to police, a dark coloured van similar to a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van was travelling north on Ontario Place Boulevard when it came to aRead More

Toronto– The OPP is investigating after a father and son from Toronto were killed in a two-vehicle, head-on crash 35 kilometres northwest of Bracebridge Saturday afternoon. Sometime before 4:30 p.m. Saturday, police said two vehicles collided on Peninsula Road, north of Gregory Road, in Muskoka Lakes Township. The male driverRead More

PICKERING, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government will more than double its initial contribution to Rouge National Urban Park. Harper announced today in Pickering, Ont., that 21 square kilometres are being added to the park in Pickering and the township of Uxbridge, just east of Toronto.Read More

Burning trees, thick smoke and extreme heat are all part of the job for a group of Ontario firefighters battling a massive blaze in a devastated swath of forest in central British Columbia. “A lot of action; it’s very dry,” fire ranger Vincent Carriere, speaking from a fire base inRead More

PICKERING, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the government will react with “strong fiscal discipline” to the “downturn” in the Canadian economy, which he blamed on the recent downward trends in the global economy. Harper says Canada’s economy has been negatively affected by the “crisis downturn” in Europe, aRead More

TORONTO — Weeks of nonchalance gave way to excitement and pride Friday as thousands descended on downtown Toronto for the Pan American Games opening ceremony, officially kicking off the largest international multi-sport competition ever held in Canada. Hordes of people carrying — and often wearing — flags from more thanRead More

WINNIPEG — Maria Mitousis clearly remembers the explosion that almost killed her as she worked in her small family law practice — a blast from a seemingly harmless mail package that police allege was sent by an ex-husband of one of her clients. In a statement released Friday through WinnipegRead More

A coalition of advocacy groups says that the death of a 45-year-old black man suffering from mental illness at the hands of Toronto police on Sunday is proof that police practices when dealing with racialized people suffering from mental illnesses need a rethink. “There’s a dramatic overrepresentation of racialized peopleRead More

TORONTO — There may be an end in sight to a 22-month strike at a beer can manufacturing plant in Toronto. The United Steelworkers say a tentative agreement was reached late Wednesday with Crown Holdings. The union says the proposed contract will be presented to striking workers and submitted toRead More

Family members say they are searching for answers after a 14-year-old girl was fatally shot in Rexdale Thursday morning. The incident happened inside a townhouse on Jamestown Crescent near Kipling Avenue and Albion Road at around 10:30 a.m. Lecent Ross was without vital signs at the scene and was pronouncedRead More