York Region
TORONTO — The body of an Ontario police officer who died in a highway crash east of Toronto this week will be taken to Oshawa this afternoon ahead of his funeral. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm died while on duty on Monday after a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 401 in Cobourg. The Ontario Provincial […]
An Anglican priest has won a top literary prize for her book about Canada’s homelessness crisis. Maggie Helwig received the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing at a ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday night. She took home the award for “Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.” The book follows Helwig’s fight to allow […]
CLEVELAND — The Toronto Raptors have played a tough, hard-hitting style of defence throughout their playoff series with the Cleveland Cavaliers. That bruising physicality has caught up with them. All-star forward Brandon Ingram made an early exit and Scottie Barnes limped through the second half as Toronto fell to the Cavaliers 125-120 on Wednesday in […]
TORONTO — In the hours and minutes leading up to the first Toronto Tempo game ever on Wednesday at Coca-Coliseum, normalcy reigned. Well before the Tempo fell 83-78 against the Connecticut Sun, fans waited in long lines for merchandise, players went through shootaround and seats slowly filled in anticipation of tip-off. Just like any old […]
TORONTO — The WNBA has officially arrived in Toronto. In their first game in franchise history, the Toronto Tempo lost 83-78 to the Connecticut Sun in pre-season action on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Fittingly, it was Hamilton’s Kia Nurse who landed the first basket in Tempo history, swishing a three-pointer and sending the crowd into […]
TORONTO — Ernie Clement hit a two-run homer and Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and Brandon Valenzuela hit a solo shot and scored three times as the Blue Jays won their […]
TORONTO — Police presence in Toronto during the World Cup may be “stronger than we’ve ever seen at any event,” the force said Wednesday as the federal government announced up to $145 million for security over the upcoming soccer tournament. Canada is co-hosting the international competition with the United States and Mexico, and 13 matches […]
HAMILTON — Public health officials say a Hamilton restaurant linked to a salmonella outbreak has been allowed to reopen after passing a re-inspection of food safety standards with no new illnesses reported. Hamilton Public Health says there were 29 confirmed cases of salmonella linked to the Piper Arms Stoney Creek restaurant, with 57 probable cases […]
TORONTO — An early morning blaze has left the historic Toronto Humber Yacht Club in ruins in the city’s west end. Firefighters were dispatched to a three-alarm fire shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday and arrived to find flames coming from all sides of the building and through the roof, fire officials said. No one was […]
As floodwaters begin to recede in some hard-hit parts of Ontario, warnings remain in place with rain forecasted for already inundated regions. Melting snow and rain have swollen Ontario’s lakes and rivers, sending water rushing into basements, businesses and boat houses. Greater Sudbury, which declared a state of emergency last week, came into the spring […]