York Region

VARESE — Canada’s para hockey team wrapped up its pre-Paralympic schedule Friday with a 4-0 win over Italy. Dominic Cozzolino of Mississauga, Ont., and James Dunn of Wallacetown, Ont., each had a goal and an assist for Canada. Adam Dixon of Midland, Ont., and Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., also scored. Greg Westlake of Oakville, […]

A high-ranking police officer east of Toronto has been suspended after allegedly using a racially inappropriate term. Durham regional police say an unnamed deputy chief used offensive language during a meeting of the service’s Afro-Caribbean Canadian Internal Support Network. Chief Peter Moreira says the language was not directed at anyone but that they “recognize the […]

BRANTFORD — Police in Brantford, Ont. say a 39-year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a newborn baby more than 20 years ago, after she was identified using new DNA techniques. Police say the body of a full-term baby boy was found on the walking trails near Dufferin Avenue and Parkside Drive on […]

DUNEDIN — Kevin Gausman had three strikeouts in his first inning of work at spring training as the Toronto Blue Jays fell 8-7 to the visiting Miami Marlins on Thursday. The Blue Jays starter opened with a strikeout of Otto Lopez. He got into a bit of trouble after surrendering a single to Kyle Stowers […]

TORONTO — Construction is set to begin this spring on a new Ontario Science Centre on Toronto’s waterfront, at an estimated cost of just over $1 billion and a smaller footprint than the old facility. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that the contract has been awarded to build the new science centre at Ontario […]

TORONTO — The judge presiding over Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial is raising concerns over one of the complainants’ behaviour on the stand, saying the woman’s constant tangents and interruptions may reach a point where they affect the fairness of the trial. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy, a veteran judge who has presided over […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking issue with a Toronto city council report that concluded it would take upwards of 13 years and cost $52 million to build speed bumps and other traffic calming measures. The recent report came after Ford banned automated speed cameras provincewide in the fall, saying they did not […]

TORONTO — Construction is set to begin this spring on a new Ontario Science Centre on Toronto’s waterfront, at an estimated cost of just over $1 billion. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced today that the contract has been awarded to build the new science centre at Ontario Place, which the government says will be completed […]

Charges have been withdrawn against an Ontario man accused of assaulting an alleged home intruder last August in a case that attracted significant political attention. Kawartha Lakes police reported at the time that the man woke up in his Lindsay apartment in the middle of the night on Aug. 18 to find an intruder. They […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a suspect is wanted for murder in the unprovoked shooting of a 15-year-old boy last June, and two other men have been arrested in the case. Det. Sgt. Phil Campbell says 20-year-old Abdul Yeberebaba is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder and is asking anyone with information on […]