York Region

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is earmarking $210 million for municipalities to implement traffic-calming measures as its ban on speed cameras is set to take effect. Ford spent weeks railing against speed cameras, calling them a “cash grab” because of the revenue they generate for municipalities, then his government passed last month a […]

TORONTO — The Art Gallery of Ontario says it has received a significant gift of more than 450 pieces of art, including works by pop titans Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and David Hockney. The trove of modern and contemporary works comes from the family of late Toronto art patrons Carol and Morton Rapp. It consists […]

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has announced that the province is establishing offices within school boards for parents to escalate issues beyond their school — starting with five boards currently under supervision. Calandra says the Student and Family Support Offices will give families clear answers and timely solutions for their children’s education. The […]

TORONTO — A growing number of people are filing complaints to Ontario’s patient ombudsman office, which says it wrapped a record number of investigations last year including a case where a person was discharged by a hospital without being told they had cancer. The Patient Ombudsman’s annual report released Thursday says there were 4,886 new […]

The Curling Group is walking back some of its initial travel plans for the professional Rock League that’s set to debut this spring. TCG, which also owns the Grand Slam of Curling circuit, has decided it will not hold events in Europe as originally planned when its six-week debut season begins in April. “We’re going […]

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in the Niagara region this week to discuss global crises — but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she did not broach stalled trade negotiations between Ottawa and the United States. Anand and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on the margins of […]

Police in Windsor, Ont., say a man has been charged with first-degree murder in a case of intimate partner violence. They say the 29-year-old suspect was arrested for stunt driving in the Chatham Street East and Goyeau Street area shortly after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, and officers noticed a large amount of dried blood on […]

TORONTO — Five people have been arrested in connection with an August home invasion in Vaughan, Ont., that left a father dead, including a man who’s been charged with first-degree murder, police said Wednesday. A 16-year-old boy is also wanted in the case on multiple charges, including first-degree murder, York regional police told a news […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court says provincially regulated online gaming and sports betting sites could legally allow users to play with – and bet against – people in other countries. The Court of Appeal for Ontario gave its opinion in a 4-1 split decision released today, more than a year after the Ontario government asked […]

TORONTO — Several war memorials previously on display at Hudson’s Bay stores are getting new homes. Plaques from the department store’s Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver locations have all been donated to local branches of the Royal Canadian Legion, said Franco Perugini, a senior vice-president of real estate and legal at the defunct retailer, in a […]