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The Toronto Raptors officially waived centre Aron Baynes after just one season, the team announced on Wednesday.The Australian’s $7.35-million deal was set to become a guaranteed contract at 5 p.m. on Thursday.Toronto makes it official on the Aron Baynes waiver.The Baynes $7.35M contract was set to become guaranteed on Thursday.$9.3M below the tax...

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says he respects the advice of Alberta's top doctor to lift all COVID-19 public health orders, as local leaders and health-care experts from across the country continue to condemn the province's plans. In defence of Alberta's move to end isolation requirements, contact tracing and asymptomatic...

OTTAWA -- Canadians may have to wait a few days to find out the final results of a federal election called in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's chief electoral officer warns. And they may find themselves voting in unusual places or having to go a bit further afield...

Four members of Team Canada's swim team are back on Canadian soil after picking up a heap of medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Speaking to CP24 on Wednesday morning, swimmers Maggie Mac Neil, Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck, and Kayla Sanchez described the "crazy whirlwind" trip to Tokyo amid a global...

Brampton is commemorating a major COVID-19 milestone with no virus-related patients in intensive care units (ICU) for the first time in the pandemic, Mayor Patrick Brown says. While speaking at the city’s weekly coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, Brown said that there are currently zero patients with the deadly virus...

A male pedestrian has been rushed to hospital in critical condition following a hit-and-run in Etobicoke’s Richview neighbourhood. It happened at around 10:30 a.m. near Wincott Drive and Strathdee Drive, which is in the vicinity of Kipling and Eglinton avenues. Police say that the suspect vehicle fled the scene. No...

Cleaning has become the leading cause of TTC bus delays during the COVID-19 pandemic but the transit agency insists that its decision to frequently disinfect its vehicles is not contributing to overcrowding. According to figures uploaded to the city’s open data portal, cleaning accounted for nearly 46 per cent (7,499)...

TOKYO - Canada's Andre De Grasse has raced to a gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Tokyo Olympics. De Grasse roared to the finish line in a Canadian-record time of 19.62 seconds. Kenneth Bednarek took silver in 19.68 seconds and fellow American Noah Lyles earned bronze in...

Ontario officials reported 139 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, along with 11 new deaths, seven of which became known by investigations into deaths that occurred during the pandemic's second wave. Wednesday’s count is the third straight decline in cases since a stretch where 200 or more per day were reported...

A 30-year-old Wasaga Beach woman stopped by police near Lake Simcoe last Friday was driving under the influence with five children inside her minivan, Durham Regional Police allege. Officers say that at 9:30 p.m. on July 30, they stopped minivan at Highway 12 and Regional Road 23, north of Beaverton...

Elementary and secondary school students will both return to the classroom five days a week in the fall and they will be greeted by an environment that more closely resembles the pre-pandemic normal with the return of field trips, school assemblies, music programming and extracurricular activities. The Ministry of Education...

TORONTO -- No winning ticket was sold for the $26 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on August 6 will be at an estimated $34 million.

TORONTO -- Police and politicians' efforts to limit public access to recent events in Toronto and Vancouver Island have cast a spotlight on the role of journalists and spurred concerns over freedom of the press. The decision by authorities in Toronto to fence off public parks last month as municipal...

Peel police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate what they allege are two “similar” sexual assaults at a Mississauga shopping centre.The first alleged incident occurred on July 17 at a shopping centre in the area of City Centre Drive and Robert Speck Parkway.Police allege the victim was...

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney offloaded responsibility on Alberta's top doctor for lifting all COVID-19 public health orders, as local leaders and health-care experts from across the country continue to condemn the province's plans. In defence of Alberta's move to end isolation requirements, contact tracing and asymptomatic testing, Kenney said...

OTTAWA - Fear and frustration are mounting over the scope and pace of Ottawa's plan to rescue potentially thousands of Afghans from the threat of Taliban retaliation for their past associations with Canada. The Liberal government announced last month that immigration officials would expedite the resettlement of Afghans who had...

Teachers’ unions in Ontario say they are concerned about the lack of cohorting and the missing guidance on how to handle a COVID-19 outbreak in the province’s newly released back-to-school plans for the fall. On Tuesday, the Progressive Conservative government released a 26-page document outlining what classrooms are going to...

Toronto police were called to Sugar Beach in Toronto on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a man jumped into the water and failed to surface.It happened just before 2 p.m.The Marine Unit responded and found a man in his 40s unconscious.He’s been rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition.No further details...

Peel Regional Police are looking for suspects allegedly responsible for stealing a five-week-old puppy during a home invasion in Brampton.On July 12, police say armed suspects broke into a residence near Great Lakes Drive and Sandalwood Parkway. There were three adults and four children present in the home at the time...

A serious collision has closed all lanes of the Fort Erie-bound QEW at Victoria Street in Jordan. The OPP says a car rear-ended a minivan. Six people were in the minivan, and one was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The other occupants in the van were taken to local...