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The ringleader of the spectacular Toronto Pearson Airport gold heist that made off with more than $22 million in gold and cash that had just arrived on a flight from Switzerland has been sentenced to four years for his daring snatch. Arsalan Chaudhary, a 43-year-old man formerly of Mississauga, Ont., had already pleaded guilty for…

Ruby Penney went to the RCMP on Dec. 2, 2016, and told them about a strange phone call she overheard between Jennifer Hillier-Penney and her cousin Derick Hillier. Ruby Penney is not alive to testify, and Derick Hillier is not alive to defend himself.

Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams donated more than $46,000 to the Progressive Conservatives ahead of last year’s election in a province where corporations and individuals can make political contributions as large as they want.

Many of Canada’s small businesses are witnessing an increase in crime as the cost of living climbs. Only two per cent of small business owners say crime has declined in their community in the past year, compared to the 50 per cent who say it has increased, according to a new survey by the Canadian…

The Competition Bureau has taken a step forward in its investigation into whether a natural gas acquisition by Calgary-based Keyera Corp. will substantially lessen competition or raise barriers to entry in Canada’s oil and gas industry . The bureau obtained a federal court order to gather information from a third player in Canada’s oil and…

The city has budgeted $16.2 million for the upgrades, and is seeking public feedback on how they will look in an online survey.

Three months before Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crossed the floor to the Liberals, she backed a call for an automatic byelection when an MP defects. Gladu said she decided to join the Liberals because she has “heard clearly from constituents that (they) want serious leadership,” in a statement released today . But in January the…

A Toronto man found not criminally responsible six years ago for killing his grandmother and trying to kill a health-care worker has been granted an absolute discharge by the Ontario Review Board, despite his psychiatrist’s reservations about his patient’s ability to manage his condition and his future plans to attend law school. A judge found…

Canadians who receive the quarterly GST/HST credit, or those who qualify for it, could receive an extra payment ranging from $267 to $717 in the coming weeks. In January, Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to put “more money back in Canadians’ pockets” with the announcement of a new GST rebate. Formerly known as the Goods…

Heather Winterstein didn’t show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.