York Region

Parts of southern Ontario will be hit by heavy winds and blowing snow this week, while some northern areas brace for up to 60 centimetres of snowfall. Environment Canada has issued snowstorm warnings for a stretch of the province from Wawa to Timmins, and as far north as Moosonee, warning of snowfall amounts between 30 […]

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram knew he had Pascal Siakam right where he wanted him. Ingram and Siakam had been battling one-on-one as time was winding down in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s game between the Toronto Raptors and the Indiana Pacers. With the game tied 95-95 and Siakam defending against him, Ingram drilled a […]

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram drilled a 15-foot jump shot with 0.6 seconds left to play as the Toronto Raptors came out on top in a wild 97-95 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. Toronto clinched a top-two seed and home court in the quarterfinals of the Emirates NBA Cup with the victory and the […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC GM Jason Hernandez has thrown his support behind Major League Soccer’s planned schedule change, saying MLS has to align its calendar to that of other leagues around the world. And he says TFC and its fans have handled the cold in the past and will do so again. “As far as […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after a transit worker was allegedly stabbed at a downtown subway station Wednesday afternoon. Police say they responded to a report of a stabbing at Dundas Station just after 1 p.m., and officers found a person with stab wounds. Police say they arrested a male suspect at the scene, […]

TORONTO — Police say a 27-year-old man is facing a murder charge after an early morning shooting in downtown Toronto on Tuesday. Police say officers were called to the area of King Street West and Spadina Avenue around 4:45 a.m., where they allege a group of males approached a man and started shooting. They say […]

TORONTO — Ontario grocers and The Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed role to the brewers, The Canadian Press has learned. The deal averts a potential death knell for the Ontario Deposit Return Program, as some […]

TORONTO — Young climate activists behind a landmark challenge of Ontario’s climate plan say the province’s 11th hour attempt to escape accountability by repealing its own emissions targets has only emboldened their fight. They were set to argue next week that the government’s weakened 2018 emissions targets were without scientific basis, and so out of […]

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects they allege assaulted a transgender person last month. Police say a physical altercation took place at around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 25 as the victim was leaving a bar on Hess Street South with their friends. Police say video shows […]

Ontario’s energy minister is announcing that a plan to refurbish four reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to get nearly four decades more service out of them will cost $26.8 billion. The province and Ontario Power Generation have been intending for years to do the long-term refurbishment and today Minister Stephen Lecce announced that […]