York Region
TORONTO — Don’t be disappointed if you couldn’t secure a free ticket for the World Cup fan festival in Toronto. The City of Toronto says it will release more free general admission tickets next week after the first wave sold out hours after becoming available Wednesday morning. Sharon Bollenbach, the city’s executive director of the […]
FREDERICTON — Residents of a New Brunswick town are planning to take legal action against a popular potato chip-making company they say has ruined their neighbourhood with noise, smells and traffic. The group of 17 residents allege in a statement released Wednesday by their lawyer, Basile Chiasson, that the factory opened last September has caused […]
GUELPH — Isaiah Smith has plenty to get acclimated to in his first pro football camp, but the Toronto Argonauts’ training facility isn’t one of them. The six-foot-one, 230-pound running back was among 64 players at Toronto’s rookie camp Wednesday. But Smith, of Burlington, Ont., had no trouble getting the lay of the land in […]
TORONTO — Bobby Webster is willing to wait on re-signing star Canadian guard RJ Barrett. The Toronto Raptors general manager had his season-ending news conference on Wednesday afternoon at OVO Athletic Centre, the NBA team’s practice facility. One of the first questions Webster was asked was if he was open to signing a contract extension […]
Toronto police say an 18-year-old man is facing several charges in relation to two March shootings at synagogues. Police say they found bullet holes in the doors of the Shaarei Shomayim synagogue after responding to gunshots just after midnight on March 7. Earlier that night, York Region police responded to gunfire at the Beth Avraham […]
TORONTO — Honda Motor Co. plans to more definitively halt development on its $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario, according to multiple news reports by Japanese media. The Japanese automaker paused development of the Alliston, Ont. project in May last year, saying at the time that the company would review where the EV market was […]
An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died in a highway crash while on duty is being remembered as a brave and compassionate man committed to his community. A funeral was held in Cobourg, Ont., on Wednesday for Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, who was killed in a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 401 east of […]
TORONTO — Toronto public health officials say nine cases have been confirmed in an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease. Toronto Public Health says there’s been no change in the number of confirmed cases as of Wednesday and officials are investigating the source of the outbreak. Legionnaires’ disease is a serious respiratory illness caused by legionella bacteria […]
TORONTO — The Barrie Colts have been fined $15,000 by the Ontario Hockey League for ‘conduct detrimental to the league’s public perception’ after a terse post-game press conference following the team’s conference final victory over Brantford went viral. The OHL announced the fine Wednesday, hours before the opening faceoff of Game 1 of the league […]
The chief of an Ontario First Nation pursuing legal action against Canada for its alleged underfunding of on-reserve schools told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on Wednesday that the case is an opportunity for “meaningful, lasting change.” Closing submissions began in the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation’s complaint before the tribunal accusing the federal […]