Tag: Ontario

ONTARIO — A Canadian man accused of murdering four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario, has pleaded not guilty.Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is accused of intentionally targeting the family because of their faith, running them over in 2021.He has been charged with four counts of ...

A report about a conference in Toronto on Sikh terrorism was posted in May on the website of a now defunct Canadian-based think tank.The problem? There’s no evidence the Star could find that the conference took place or that the listed speakers even exist. But multiple Indian news outlets ...

Known as the Big Smoke, Toronto’s nickname was especially fitting on Tuesday.As forest fires raged in Quebec and northeastern Ontario, a yellow-tinted smoke settled upon Toronto. By evening, the city’s air quality ranked among the world’s worst, at times ahead of even Lahore, Pakistan, which was labelled the planet’s ...

Former attorney general Yasir Naqvi says he is actively considering a bid for the leadership of the Ontario Liberals.Naqvi, currently the Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre, was at the Ontario legislature on Wednesday assessing the lay of the land.“I’m seriously exploring it,” he said in an interview in the ...

For four years straight, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown has applied to get one of the limited residency spots in Canada for internationally-trained doctors.And each year, the Toronto resident has been turned down, a refusal which means she can’t get the Canadian clinical experience she needs to get licensed in Ontario.“It’s ...

A "renowned" Ontario doctor, who worked until the age of 102 – marking him as one of the oldest people to ever practice medicine in North America – has died. Dr. Charles Godfrey died at his home in Madoc, Ont. on July 24 just weeks short of his 105th ...

Daycare providers and parents in Ontario are welcoming a new deal that would lower the cost of child care in the province, but say the inked agreement with the federal government does not adequately address staffing problems faced by the sector. On Monday, Ontario finally joined other provinces that ...

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.12:41 p.m. With masks becoming optional in most public settings, Monday, Ontario students are staging a walkout across the province, calling for mandates to ...

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Thursday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.10:15 a.m. Ontario is reporting 834 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 267 in ICU and 19 new deaths due to the virus. There are ...

On first hearing, a declaration that cricket can be the pathway back to healthy lifestyles for Ontario’s schoolchildren may sound far-fetched. Out near the boundary, if you like. But it’s worth bearing with Martin Buckle and Ranil Mendis.The game, after all, is Canada’s forgotten national sport. And after two-plus ...