York Region

TORONTO — Allen Graves stopped and shook every reporter’s hand before he stepped into his post-practice media scrum on Monday. When he had answered all their questions, he shook everyone’s hand again, thanking them for their time. It’s rare for any professional athlete to be so formal, but Graves is dedicated to doing all the […]

A man who received a prison sentence for his role in the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist told a Brampton, Ont., court that on the day of the theft, he communicated with the man currently on trial but cannot remember what he said. Arsalan Chaudhary returned to the witness stand Monday in the trial of […]

TORONTO — There was no reason to fear for Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s safety until she suddenly walked out onto her 24th-floor apartment’s balcony, a Toronto police officer told an inquest into the 29-year-old woman’s death Monday. Const. Shane Beaudoin said he had allowed Korchinski-Paquet to go into her home because she needed to use the bathroom, […]

A man who received a prison sentence for his role in the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist has told a Brampton, Ont., court that on the day of the theft, he communicated with the man currently on trial in the case. Arsalan Chaudhary returned to the witness stand today in the trial of Parmpal Sidhu, […]

VAUGHAN — Police say they have identified and charged the alleged driver of a van that struck a woman whose body went undiscovered on the roadside for two days in Vaughan, Ont. York regional police say the woman was walking on Pine Valley Drive around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 when she was hit by […]

TORONTO — Stellantis workers in Canada have voted to give their union a mandate to strike. Unifor says 97.3 per cent of members who took part in the vote over the weekend were in favour of authorizing a potential strike. The union is not yet in a legal strike position as neither it nor Stellantis […]

TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Toronto woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home is hearing from one of the officers called to the incident. Const. Shane Beaudoin told the inquest into Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s death that he volunteered to serve as backup when dispatch put […]

HALIFAX — Chorus Aviation Inc. has signed a deal to buy SkyCare Air Ambulance for $40 million. The company says SkyCare is the largest private fixed-wing air ambulance operator in northern Ontario. It employs about 220 people across bases in Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay and Kitchener in Ontario, as well as St. Andrews, Man. SkyCare […]

TORONTO — Music blasted through speakers as people chatted enthusiastically outside a Toronto venue, moving between tents, a hotdog cart and an ice cream truck on a sunny October day. What looked like an outdoor festival at Lawrence Heights Community Centre was a fair held to raise civic engagement and encourage the city’s residents to […]

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium says a beluga rescued from Marineland in Ontario has died, adding to the number of deaths of animals relocated over the summer from the now-closed Canadian facility. SeaWorld San Diego says in a Facebook post that Cyprus, a nine-year-old male beluga that arrived at the park on Aug. 22 […]