TOKYO — Sporting white pants, a blue jean jacket and black ballcap, decathlon champion Damian Warner proudly waved the Maple Leaf as he entered the Olympic Stadium as Canadian flag-bearer. The image was a fitting one to wrap up a very successful Olympics for Canadian athletes, who made 24 trips…

Ontario reported 423 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths on Sunday, the fifth straight day of case growth that saw positivity, active caseload and hospitalizations all start to inch upward from the lows notched last month. The seven-day rolling average of new cases now stands at 261, up from…

Two people were killed, and two others suffered critical injuries in an early morning shooting in Torontos Kensington Market area. Toronto Police reported four people were found with gunshot wounds at Spadina Ave. and Oxford St., which borders the Kensington Market and Chinatown neighbourhoods. Two were pronounced dead at the…

BARCELONA, Aug 8 (Reuters) — A tearful Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday he was leaving FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford paying the Argentine’s high wages, adding he was in negotiations with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move. French newspaper L’Equipe reported…

Two men are dead and two others are fighting for their lives in hospital after shots rang out in Torontos Kensington Market area early on Sunday morning, Toronto police say. Officers from 14 Division said they were called to the corner of Spadina Avenue and Nassau Street just before 6…

A man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in North York Saturday night. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Weston Road and Verobeach Boulevard, north of Sheppard Avenue West, just before 10 p.m. for a single-vehicle collision. Toronto paramedics say the motorcyclist, a man in his 40s,…

TORONTO – Cineplex Inc. is hoping that moviegoers who’ve missed the big screen will join the club. Canada’s largest film exhibitor has announced plans to launch a monthly subscription program on Wednesday that offers a small selection of perks and discounts at the multiplex. CineClub will cost $9.99 per month…

Brad Hunter A Hamilton Police cruiser.Photo by Brad Hunter /Toronto Sun Article content A 17-year-old boy was shot to death and two men were seriously injured in a targeted shooting at a Stoney Creek plaza. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Cops…

WASHINGTON (AP) – NASA’s newest Mars rover came up empty Friday in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth. The rover Perseverance drilled into the floor of the planet’s Jezero Crater to extract a finger-sized sample from slabs of flat rocks.…

Mayor John Tory says that there needs to be some sort of overall plan when it comes to mandating vaccinations. Calls have been growing in recent days to make vaccination mandatory for healthcare workers and education workers but the Ford government has so far indicated that it has no plans…