Around Ontario

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard's likeness looks down from some 10 storeys high over Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of downtown Toronto. Arms crossed. Serious face. The tagline reads: "Fun Guy." Leonard looks anything but. And that's the appeal.

TORONTO — Everything seemed to be set up nicely on Victoria Day for Blue Jays fans eager to celebrate the team's star attraction on a holiday matinee against a top-flight opponent. Instead Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

TORONTO — The mayor of Markham is using a major technology conference to tell startup enterprises that his city north of Toronto is preparing a large parcel of land to be the home of a new innovation hub.

Toronto police are condemning the apparent actions of two groups of teens who allegedly shot fireworks at each other and into vehicles in the city's north end. Const.

TORONTO — Large Ontario municipalities and school boards facing hundreds of millions in funding cuts were offered financial support from the province Tuesday aimed at finding savings in their budgets, a move critics called a "public relations stunt.

TORONTO — Radio personality Dave (Bookie) Bookman, a champion of Canada's indie music scene known for his quick-witted interviews and encyclopedic knowledge of the industry, died Monday at 58.

TORONTO — Ontario has axed $24 million in artificial intelligence funding to two research institutes, amid other recent cuts to the science and tech sectors.

TORONTO — Canada will open CONCACAF Nations League play against Cuba in September before facing the U.S. in October and November. The 78th-ranked Canadian men will host No. 174 Cuba on Sept. 7 with the return away match Sept.

KENORA, Ont. — Provincial police say a man has been charged with aggravated assault in the death of a 42-year-old from northwestern Ontario. Investigators say the remains of Clayton Bob were found near a road in Onigaming First Nation on May 7.

Toronto police say a man is facing charges after he allegedly pointed a replica shotgun at paramedics on Tuesday morning. Officers allege the man walked to the front of a paramedic station shortly before 7 a.m.