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HOOP DREAM$

A committee led by Mayor Olivia Chow is likely to sign off on a 40-year lease for Toronto's WNBA team, which would pay $1 a year for a parcel of land the city may value at $10 million — or more. A report, prepared for Chow's powerful executive...

5 YEARS FOR TEEN KILLER

Just five more years in detention for this frightening young killer. In the end, the Oshawa judge agreed to give the disturbed 15-year-old killer of great-grandmother Eleanor “Ellie” Doney a year's credit for the 13 months he has been detained in a...

MURDER ON HIS MIND

The boy who savagely murdered a Pickering grandmother gardening on her front lawn last year still has an ongoing fascination with serial killers and has no insight into the devastation he has caused. When he recently got into a fight with another...

`TARGETED'

Toronto Police have identified Cesar Vinces, 20, and Shaquan Quashie, 25, as the two men who were killed at the Salsa on St. Clair festival on Saturday night in what cops say they believe was a targeted shooting. Speaking alongside Toronto Mayor...

‘TIPPING POINT’

Move over, summer of the gun. Just call this the weekend of the gun. Whatever you call it, it was a deadly weekend from hell, which will go down in history as Toronto's dirty dozen of shootings. This is not Chicago, which often has weekends such as...

PM'S BAD BUDDIES

Our prime ministerial frequent flyer was on the road again recently. One wonders if he leafed through Dr. Martin Luther King's first book on the plane. There's a memorable passage in it: “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he...

T.O.'S ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

Welcome to Zombieland. But this is no movie being filmed in Toronto or about the city. This is Toronto. It's a non-fiction story. These fellow Torontonians swaying around in a perpetual high state or crouched head down with fentanyl in their systems...

LAWYER CLEARED TO PRACTISE

A tribunal has ruled that a Toronto lawyer originally charged with intimate partner violence and making death threats can continue to practise. The Law Society of Ontario wanted Jagdeep Sikh Virk, 47, placed on a temporary suspension — or, at least,...

`LOSS DEEPLY FELT'

The tragedy of the death of Durham Regional Police constable-in-training Tyrone Magbitang isn't just that he was about to fulfil his ambition of becoming a police officer. It's also that Durham Region won't have this brilliant 27-yearold out there...

THAT'S A RAP!

It's official: Kyle Lowry's No. 7 is going up to the rafters at Scotiabank Arena. Lowry, the Toronto Raptors legend, announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday morning, signing a one-day contract with the Raptors, as he had long said he...

END OF HIS WORLD

ARLINGTON — Substitute Mikel Merino scored a late winner to put Spain in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal and end Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career on Monday. The European champions will face the United States — the only one of...

MR. SUB

Prime Minister Mark Carney will stop in Halifax on Monday for an announcement about making Canada “more secure, resilient, and prosperous.” He will visit Canadian Forces Base Halifax, home to the Royal Canadian Navy, alongside Viceadmiral Dan...

AGONY OF DEFEAT

They began as a host nation among the largest World Cup ever, a tournament bursting with 48 countries, and resolutely determined to make an impact on their sport like never before. The magical run for Canada was brought to a halt on Saturday afternoon...

LIFE FOR KILLER COUPLE

A Burlington couple convicted of first-degree murder in the horrific abuse of their adopted son were sentenced to life in prison Friday. Numerous victim impact statements left the Milton courtroom in tears as twisted Becky Hamber, 47, and Brandy...

RONALDO!

For the better part of two days, the impassioned fans of his sport and his country paid homage to Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best to ever do it. It was like Toronto was Madeira, the extent of the love-in that stopped traffic in the city and turned...

BUDS BAG BOB

The Sergei Bobrovsky era in Toronto is about to begin. The Maple Leafs on Wednesday signed the veteran goaltender to a three-year contract, with an average annual value of $7 million US, as free agency opened in the National Hockey League. “Sergei's...

Bradford would rename Sankofa Square if elected mayor

The first shot in the upcoming battle for a dilapidated section of the city rang out loud and clear. On Monday morning, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford proposed renaming Sankofa Square to “Toronto Square.” “For a generation, this was the...

SWEET 16

They came here to Southern California, booted out of their own country despite being a World Cup host, but still driven to make a statement in the most important moment of their careers. They came ultimately to add to the history they've already made...

GAVIN HAVIN' A BALL

Good news if you were one of the fans wearing a Gavin Mckenna Maple Leafs jersey at the National Hockey League draft in Buffalo on Friday. You're not going to have to make any changes to it. Mckenna will be the third Leafs player to wear No. 72,...

GOT HIM!

FOOD FRAUD

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is abuzz about the country's food fraud. The CFIA, in its latest annual report on food fraud, says it stopped more than 150,000 kilograms “of misrepresented food from being sold in Canada,” including a whopping...

`COURAGE'

SMUT NUT?

`IT'S A NIGHTMARE'

MONTREAL — A civilian, a police officer and a suspect were killed Monday when a gunman opened fire outside a busy hotel in Montreal's Cote-desneiges neighbourhood. During an afternoon news conference, Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher said police got...

HIP HIP HOORAY

It's hard to believe it's been a decade since The Tragically Hip said goodbye to the country with their 2016 farewell tour before frontman Gord Downie's untimely death at the age of 53 from a brain tumour in 2017. The band's final show of that...

MONEY PIT

When Federal Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-masty announced $4.6 billion in new funding to eliminate all long-term unsafe drinking water advisories on reserves, she refused to set a deadline for when that will happen. “The deadline goal is...

`GROSS, DISGUSTING'

In the end, disgraced auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach, with all his wealth and power, couldn't escape the reckoning that has come decades after his “gross and disgusting” behaviour as an entitled serial womanizer. But while the married...

`URGE TO KILL'

The 14-year-old Pickering teen was obsessed with serial killers and told his gaming friend that unlike his heroes, he wouldn't get caught. Thankfully, he was wrong — but not before he took the life of a stranger who was simply outside raking...

JUST HORRIFYING

YOUNG GUNS

Toronto Police acknowledge a murky criminal network is paying young people to create terror in the city by shooting up political and religious targets. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said this deadly “shooting-forhire” enterprise that led to the...

NO KIDDING

The province's Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a youth — allegedly behind the wheel of a stolen car — ran down and seriously injured a Toronto Police officer in the city's east end on Monday. That suspect, who police say was 12...

A DON DEAL?

An agreement to end fighting between the United States and Iran is “now complete,” according to Donald Trump, with an Iranian diplomat and key mediator Pakistan backing those assertions. Trump announced what he said was the completion of the deal on...

`GUT PUNCH'

David Wilcox belongs on the Toronto Fallen Firefighter Memorial. Of course, if Wilcox had his way, he'd still be at work, knocking down fires and driving big red trucks for the City of Toronto well into his 60s. That's the sort of firefighter he was....

FAST ON THE DRAW

Anyone tuning into Canada's first 2026 FIFA World Cup match Friday afternoon at Toronto Stadium (BMO Field) would have no problem knowing the location thanks to an opening ceremony drenched in red and white colours. After Aboriginal dancers and a land...

`HEAVY SORROW'

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...