Toronto Sun

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

A soccer referee invited to work in Toronto at the World Cup by Mayor Olivia Chow was reportedly denied entry by American authorities due to “association with suspected members of terror organizations,” U.S. news outlets reported Wednesday. While U.S....

IT TIX US OFF

WALKIN' TALL

TREADING ON BROKEN GLASS

FLEECE AND FLY

Is anyone sick of this yet? For the enterprising foreign criminal, Canada's streets are paved with gold. A land filled with felonious opportunity. You slip into the country claiming asylum, refugee status, or say you've never seen Niagara Falls....

BRIDGING THE GAP

The talks between Canada and the United States in Washington this week have been bumpy at times, but there are signs of progress, according to those with knowledge of the talks. Despite expressions of frustration and irritation by the American side...

FULL STREAM AHEAD!

TREATED `AS IF WE DON'T EXIST'

Silence. That's what Zilla Parker said she has heard from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health after she went public last week in the National Post with her family's outrage at the placement of her husband's killer on the same street where close...

RED CARD!

Toronto Police have busted a multimillion-dollar counterfeit soccer merchandise ring, the largest seizure of its kind in Canadian history. “We seized more than 16,000 namebrand fake jerseys and flags, along with two counterfeit FIFA World Cup trophies...

ERRBORNE

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have been many things to many people over the years. One of the best teams in the world for precision demonstrations and a regular sight at major events from Grey Cups to Olympic Games, the Snowbirds have inspired...

`WE'RE SCARED'

These victims of extortion are so afraid of criminals from India operating in Canada that they'll only talk if their face and voice are altered to be unrecognizable. Even before they shoot up your house comes the terror of the threatening phone call...

DEATH MERCHANT

Kenneth Law wasn't an angel of mercy. He was a salesman of death who preyed on the vulnerable. It took eight long minutes for the court registrar to read his charges involving the 14 Ontarians whose lives he helped to end with deadly poison or...

ESTI'S SAFE!

The panic button gets pushed every time a kid vanishes. Kids like Esther. With good reason. Institutional memory in the Toronto Police and the public at large don't forget names like Nicole Morin, Emanuel Jaques and Sharin Morningstar...

AT IT AGAIN?

“Love conquers all.” — Retired Toronto Sun courts legend Sam Pazzano The now-retired dean of Toronto court reporters led the way in the notorious 2019 Prisoner of Love story. Former corrections officer turned stripper Sukhpreet Singh was a married...

SICK OF THE ABUSE?

Tens of thousands of people in Canada are getting taxpayerfunded health benefits despite having their refugee claim denied. That's one of the big headlines from a new report by the parliamentary budget officer. This year, the PBO revealed the cost of...

HELL TO PAY

BATTERED AND BRUISED

It could have been the most expensive inning the Blue Jays had ever endured. In the top of the fifth inning of what would become a 4-1 Pittsburgh Pirates win on Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre, Dylan Cease (he of the sevenyear $175-milllon...

OFF THE STREET

That's 17 bullets that didn't end up killing somebody, embedded in a synagogue or in the side of a moving vehicle. And thanks to Peel Regional Police, it's a handgun that won't be used in a crime in the future. But there are plenty more guns out...

ACCUSED KILLER GRILLED

A 23-year-old Ottawa man is facing extradition to the United States after being accused of involvement in massive cyberattacks that affected more than a million devices worldwide. Ontario Provincial Police said their cybercrime investigations team...

THIEVES BAGGED

This wild shopping spree went on for months with no end in sight. The thieves took whatever they wanted, whenever and wherever they wanted, and there wasn't a thing anybody could do to stop them. Until now. Turns out the booze, groceries, shoes and...

‘HE MADE SOMEONE ANGRY’

The hitter was a total pro: cool, well-prepared, neat and determined. Guided by an earphone, the triggerman wasn't deterred by the packed steak house with 150 witnesses present. Those qualities — if you can call them that — sent Toronto real estate...

AMBUSHED

Worried about the impact on the news brand, the CBC is pausing production of a “satirical” show that appears to have been attacking conservatives and Canadian institutions. Called Northland Tales, the show is being co-produced by the CBC and APTN,...

`SERIOUS' ALLEGATIONS

Toronto Police have confirmed three of their officers have been charged in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a prostitute in Barcelona, Spain, over the weekend. The trio were off duty at the time of the alleged incident and have been or...

CAUGHT!

An Iraqi national arrested overseas faces terrorism-related charges in the United States for allegedly plotting more than a dozen attacks targeting Jews in Europe and North America – including two in Toronto – in support of Iran-backed terrorist...

CAUGHT IN THE RUNDOWN

If baseball is a game of inches, cycling might be more like 5.5 inches. A concrete barrier not even half a foot tall is what's separating trucks and other vehicles on a stretch of Blue Jays Way from a new bike lane, which is being built amid a long...

Get a kick out of 'em

The hips don't lie when it comes to the FIFA World Cup final halftime show. Pop music superstars Shakira, Madonna and BTS are set to headline the soccer tournament's firstever halftime performance, which is slated to take place July 19 at Metlife...

DIRTY PLATES

Two Hamilton brothers are accused of running an online counterfeit licence plate operation linked to dozens of criminal investigations. Peel Regional Police alleged Wednesday that investigating officers from Road Safety Services (RSS) identified “a...

ROCKY ROAD

If it feels like the roads and highways of Ontario aren't as safe as they used to be, that's because they aren't. Two unrelated announcements from government agencies have proven that. The first was an announcement of charges for bribery to obtain...

CROSS BORDER SHOPPING?

A trio from Hamilton — including a wanted Pakistani national — were arrested in New York for allegedly trying to smuggle 89 guns into Canada. We are way beyond anecdotal evidence that the immigration policies of the last decade are a cataclysmic...

ON GUARD

When Peel Region's anti-human trafficking initiative expands its reach this week with a hub at Pearson International Airport, it will bring Timea Nagy's journey from victim to advocate full circle. The founder of Timea's Cause was trafficked through...

PACKIN' HEAT

There were enough weapons to start a small war — and maybe that was the point. The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York announced late Friday that they had smashed a massive gun smuggling ring allegedly intending to get the...

`TERRORISM'

A wild shooting of three people in front of a synagogue Thursday night is being investigated as a “hate crime” and has once again sent Toronto and its Jewish community into a state of terror and fear. This is yet another terror attack on Toronto...

FLYING ON FUMES ?

Say it ain't so, Prime Minister Mark Carney. The iconic Snowbirds are about to be grounded? If you clip the Snowbirds wings, what will be left of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' air fleet that is fit to fly? And who'll be inspired to join the...

`ANGELS TOOK MY ONLY SON'

A father's aching pain filled the courtroom as his baby son's mother was found not criminally responsible for throwing little Azuri Edwards-bacchas down an eighthfloor garbage chute to his death. Azuri was just 4 months old, court was told, when his...

GAVIN MCLEAF?

The Maple Leafs are back in business. The Leafs won the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday night. They'll have the first pick overall in the 2026 NHL draft. Wingers Gavin Mckenna and Ivar Stenberg are the top prospects, and either one would slot in nicely...

INTO THE FIRE

IT'S ALL OVER

Tied at halftime of Game 7. Even in total score through 6.5 razor-tight games with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors finally ran out of steam. Missing key starters Brandon Ingram and Immanuel Quickley again against the NBA'S highest-paid...

VALUE FOR MONEY?

Toronto's shelter and support services division had nearly $300 million worth of sole-source contracts on the books this term of council, the Toronto Sun has learned. Figures released after a freedom-of-information request show the division signed 72...

HIGH ON STUPIDITY

Just after 8:30 on Friday morning, as students and commuters near Bay St. and Avenue Rd. attempted to get their morning coffee, there was someone stopping them. A man hunched over in a zombie-like state was in the doorway swaying back and forth,...

OUT WITH THE OLD

Toronto is a city in decline, we see it everywhere we look every day of the year. It's the pothole at the end of your street that isn't being fixed, it's the overflowing public garbage cans on every street corner, it's a TTC that doesn't work except...

BOO!

A Toronto man faces 20 firearms-related charges — including the new offence of possession of data for the purpose of manufacturing a firearm — after police seized 3D-printed handguns also known as “ghost guns.” On Wednesday, Toronto Police also...

PM'S `NEW WORLD ORDER'

OTTAWA — A stronger, more resilient Canada. That was what the government promised Tuesday as the Carney Liberals tabled their spring economic update in the House of Commons, describing the intra-budget statement as a “clear update” on their plans to...

ICED OUT?

A Montreal-based security firm with ties to Donald Trump, ICE and the infamous Alligator Alcatraz prison is using Liberal ties in Canada to screw over our veterans. Security firm Gardaworld used well-connected Liberal lobbyists to convince the Carney...

BARNES STORMING

THE EQUALIZER

CITY HALL GIVEAWAY

The City of Toronto bought a five-storey building from an organization co-founded by a top bureaucrat — and it appears it may already be planning to give it away. Just months after last year's $16-million purchase of 720 Bathurst St., City Hall has...

SYMPATHY COST HER HER LIFE

Julia Macisaac was a gentle and compassionate soul. Even though she had moved on years earlier to a new relationship, she allowed her troubled ex-boyfriend to live in her Scarborough home because he had nowhere else to go. But for safety, the medical...

HEY, BIG SPENDERS!

Call them Toronto's million-dollar councillors. Five of Toronto's ward representatives cost taxpayers more than $1 million in total remuneration and expenses in 2025, according to a recent city document. Those five — Alejandra Bravo, Ausma Malik,...

MERCY FOR A MONSTER

After almost half a century in prison, sadistic child killer Saul Betesh has just won his first step toward freedom. Following a parole board hearing at the Pacific Institution, the Toronto man who raped and killed 12-year-old Emanuel Jaques in 1977...

MANHUNT

Police are on the hunt for a 53-year-old Montreal man after they said a security guard was shot in Fairview Mall during a jewelry store robbery Tuesday morning. Kyle Douglas Prouse is wanted by Toronto Police, who said in an update Tuesday afternoon...

`A BAD THING HAPPENED'

He helped set in motion the devastating gunfight on a clear summer's day in Leslieville that ended the life of a beloved mother, daughter, wife and friend. In a downtown courtroom Monday, as widower Adrian Makurat watched on Zoom from his family's new...

WINGS CLIPPED

This may have been the shortest airplane trip in Ontario history. In fact, Air Ford One has been grounded before it ever even took off. On Friday, Premier Doug Ford was defending the purchase of a second-hand 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 “private”...

UGLY START

Raptors All-star Scottie Barnes wants Bill Simmons to pay up after he lost a bet with former Nba-player-turned-analyst Kendrick Perkins as to where Toronto would finish the 2025-26 season. Following the club's dismal 30-52 record last year, Simmons,...

WINGIN' IT

They're already calling the Ontario premier's new “private” jet purchase Air Ford One. But Doug Ford calls the purchase of a plane for use by the government an investment in the province that will help it grow. At an initial cost of more than $28...

FUTURE TENSE

■ Captain Matthews says he can't `predict' his fate with a retooling club ■ Rumoured Leafs GM target Mehta gets deal with Devils ■ Job of running Buds too big for just one person

CANADA JOINING EUROPEAN UNION A HORRIBLE IDEA

It feels like there is a campaign underway to get Canada to join the European Union. We have polls and news stories pushing the idea, and politicians seemingly regularly commenting on how or if it could happen. It's an utterly ridiculous idea that...

WOKEY IN THE POKEY

Federal Court Judge Sebastien Grammond seems to like foreign-born criminals a lot. In breathless prose as part of a heavy-duty media push to bring sympathy to those Canada wants to boot, the Toronto Star cites the big-hearted judge for staying the...

FULL MARKS

It's a massive shakeup of the way Ontario's education system runs, and a long overdue one. The Ford government at Queen's Park has introduced new legislation tackling everything from teacher training to student performance to trustee roles. Despite...

THE TRUMP EFFECT

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GRITS WON'T BACK DOWN

It's easy to see why the Carney government wants to overturn the unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeal condemning the Trudeau government's use of the Emergencies Act (EA) during the trucker convoy demonstrations in...

TAKE NO PRISONERS!

For young criminals in this country, there really isn't a lot to lose. Older gangbangers love the kids. Like 21st century Fagins, they recruit the kids and then have them do their dirty work. Tasks like taking some rogue dope dealer off the board. Or...

HE’S GOLDEN

One of the key masterminds behind Canada's largest gold heist — the brazen theft of $22.5 million in gold and cash from Toronto's Pearson airport three years ago — has been sentenced to just four years behind bars. Less credit for pre-sentence...

HEAVY WAIT

For more than two days and two nights, Eva Samonas left her poor 96-year-old mother — who was naked and covered in her own urine and feces, something Samonas denied knowing — on the floor of their filthy, junkfilled home on Broadview Ave. By the time...

APOCALYPSE SOON?

OTTAWA — Militarily, this was one of America's better Easters. Speaking to reporters early Monday afternoon from the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a successful end to what he described as one of the largest, most complex and...

BELITTLED

Whether it amounts to a World Series hangover, casualties of the injury bug or simply chalk it up to bad baseball. Suffice to say the Blue Jays' earlyseason start has not gone according to plan, especially compared to the way the club ended last...

TOP COP$

You may think the top cop in a big city like Toronto would be the highest paid police chief in Canada, but you'd be wrong. Turns out it's Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah who takes that honour — by a lot — even though he oversees a service...

`THEY BULLIED ME'

B.E.A.R. TRAP

What was with the frequency, Kenneth? And was it that frequency that finally landed you in handcuffs? Or was it just the skills of Peel Regional Police's famous BEAR unit that had your scent and relentlessly hunted you down? Maybe it was a little bit...

TRE CHOPPED

Brad Treliving's tenure as Maple Leafs general manager is over. The Leafs announced on Monday night that Treliving has been fired. “Throughout the course of this season, there has been deep analysis into both the current state of the Maple Leafs...

THE BIG DIPPER

Can Avi Lewis' brand of leftwing populism win over Canadian voters? It's what he and the NDP are hoping will happen, but as Lewis takes the reins of his party, he's already causing division. He's fighting with two of the provincial wings of his party...

CHINA'S LAPDOG

While Liberal MP Michael Ma has belatedly apologized for questioning the veracity of expert testimony at a Commons committee hearing that China uses forced labour — claiming that wasn't his intent — cosying up to China has been mainstream Liberal...

NOT CREDIBLE

Michael Ma says he was misunderstood, but you shouldn't believe him. The Conservative MP who crossed the floor and joined the Liberals last December has not only had a change of heart politically but he also now appears to be speaking up for China. At...

WHO'S YOUR VLADDY?

They're two of the biggest hockey fans among the Blue Jays — one of them a former high school all star, the other a diehard Hartford Whalers backer. But when Ernie Clement and George Springer attended Wednesday's Leafs-new York Rangers game at...

KICK IN THE JEWELS

Diamonds may be forever, but that life is over for this Mississauga store that's famous for selling them. Robbers didn't just get six figures worth of this store's jewelry, but they put them out of business, too. The masked bandits weren't only...

COME RIGHT IN!

BILLY CLUB

In Doug Ford's world, expanding Billy Bishop airport on Toronto's waterfront is about driving dynamic economic growth. Ford announced on Monday that his government will introduce legislation this week to take over the city's role and portion of the...

PAIN REMAINS

For Davis Schneider, there was only one way to escape the ache, a bruising so deep he couldn't stand being in Toronto a minute longer. The wound from that harrowing loss in the seventh and deciding game of the 121st World Series was so acute, the...