York Region
Provincial police say two people have died and another was injured in a crash in Lambton County near Sarnia, Ont. Police say the collision, involving a commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle, occurred in the town of Plympton-Wyoming. They say officers and fire crews responded to the crash in the area of Lakeshore Road and […]
TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say a man charged with murder in a daylight shooting in Toronto last week was a police officer in Collingwood, Ont., in the 1990s. Toronto police said they responded to a report of a shooting in North York on Thursday afternoon and they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. […]
MILTON — Two Ontario women hated and resented two young brothers they were seeking to adopt, abusing them until the older child died, a judge concluded Tuesday as he found the couple guilty of first-degree murder and other offences. Gasps could be heard in the Milton, Ont., courtroom as Ontario Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan […]
TORONTO — New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a “notable” increase in younger people diagnosed with the disease. An Ontario Health document outlining the new recommendation says the change starts on July 1. Prince Edward Island […]
TORONTO — As far as Darko Rajakovic is concerned, there is no off-season. Rajakovic had his year-end news conference Tuesday morning at OVO Athletic Centre, the Raptors’ dedicated training facility. Toronto’s head coach said he had already sketched out his players’ development plans for the summer well before the Raptors were eliminated from the NBA […]
In a story that moved on May 1, about calls for a ban in Quebec on energy drinks for children under 16, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the federal government had previously updated regulations about cautionary labels on energy drinks in 2024. In fact, the government had introduced the new regulations in 2022. The […]
TORONTO — Officials say a fire at two Toronto highrises was caused by workers doing repairs after a similar blaze that smouldered inside the walls of both buildings last year and displaced their residents. Toronto fire Chief Jim Jessop says crews responded to a call about a fire at 11 Thorncliffe Park Drive and 21 […]
MILTON — An Ontario judge is expected to deliver his ruling today in the case of two women accused of killing a boy they were trying to adopt and confining his brother. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney are charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy. The pair are also charged with […]
TORONTO — Ryan Van Horne has had season tickets for the Toronto Raptors for 12 years but for the first time, he’s considering ending his streak. That’s because Ontario legislation that came into effect last month capped the price of resale tickets at face value, plus the cost of some taxes and service fees. The […]
KITCHENER — Police in Kitchener, Ont., say a man has been charged with stealing a ceremonial gong from a cancer centre. Waterloo Regional Police say they received a report earlier Monday about a theft at Midtown hospital. It’s alleged the man stole the gong from the cancer centre, run by the Waterloo Regional Health Network, […]