York Region
HAMILTON — Premier Doug Ford unveiled a Lake Ontario sign at a park on the shores of the Great Lake on Saturday, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change its name to Lake America. The words “Now and Always” feature below the lake’s name on the large blue sign […]
TORONTO — The association representing career colleges in Ontario began warning the government about possible “suspicious” student financial aid activity at a few campuses three years ago, documents show. Career Colleges Ontario also asked the government to refer certain related concerns to police, though the details of those concerns and whether they apply to any […]
TORONTO — Surveillance video released by police of an arson at a Toronto MP’s home shows a lone suspect pouring fuel on five vehicles and setting two on fire before abandoning the lit-up gas can in the driveway. Liberal MP Salma Zahid says her car and another vehicle were set on fire early Thursday outside […]
TORONTO — The Ontario Court of Appeal has sided with a lower court in rejecting a developer’s constitutional challenge of a 2023 law that returned 15 parcels of land to the Greenbelt. The provincial legislation at the centre of the legal dispute reversed Premier Doug Ford’s plan at the time to open up protected land […]
LONDON — Police in London, Ont., say a 73-year-old woman has died after she was stabbed during a weekend home invasion. Police allege a man broke into a London home on Saturday morning and then stabbed and assaulted the woman. Before he was arrested, police say the man allegedly threw broken glass at responding police, […]
TORONTO — The Rogers Centre scoreboard malfunctioned in the sixth inning on Thursday shortly after the Kansas City offence started to pour it on. It was probably best the Toronto Blue Jays and the sellout crowd of 42,621 were spared from seeing the gory details. The Royals scored six times in the frame and piled […]
TORONTO — Jac Caglianone drove in six runs and Bobby Witt Jr. scored three times as the Kansas City Royals walloped the Toronto Blue Jays 13-2 on Thursday night. Caglianone had a two-run single in the second inning and had another in Kansas City’s six-run sixth inning. He tacked on a two-run homer in the […]
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians know Lake Ontario will always be known by its original name, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change it to Lake America earlier today. In a post on social media, Carney says the lake’s name is more than 400 years old, predating both […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the U.S. as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order updating the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot, however, force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention. […]
The name of one of the Great Lakes has become the latest target of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire after trade talks with Canada broke down less than a week ago. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move came two days after he […]