York Region

TORONTO — The Ontario government has fined ticket reseller StubHub Canada Ltd. $20,000 under a recent law that caps the sale of seats at face value. The province’s Consumer Beware List on Monday showed a $10,000 fine for allegedly making a ticket available for sale above face value and another $10,000 for allegedly facilitating a […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after two people were killed in a shooting in the city’s east end this afternoon. Police say officers responded to the area of Warden Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East around 12:30 p.m. They say two people were found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead. Police say in a […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 29-year-old man allegedly opened fire at a constable stationed outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night. The resulting shootout left both the suspect and the officer with serious injuries and sparked widespread condemnation from political leaders. Police have declined to comment on a possible motive in […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government has fined ticket reseller StubHub Canada Ltd. $20,000 under a recent law that caps the sale of seats at face value. The province’s Consumer Beware List on Monday showed a $10,000 fine for allegedly making a ticket available for sale above face value and another $10,000 for allegedly facilitating a […]

An exchange of gunfire near a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., left a police officer and a man seriously injured on Sunday night, Ontario’s police watchdog said as it investigates the shooting. The Special Investigations Unit said the gunfire exchange involved a Belleville police officer and a 29-year-old man who was armed with a shotgun. The […]

TORONTO — Ontario is introducing standardized entry-level training for commercial truck drivers. The changes come after a scathing auditor general report that showed the province was not effectively monitoring commercial truck driver training and licensing regimes. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says the province is meeting one of the recommendations from the auditor general. He says […]

TORONTO — A third Ontario education union has set a strike vote for November. About 57,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Ontario School Board Council of Unions branch will be able to vote on whether to give their union a strike mandate. Their vote is set to take place between […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is expected to provide an update this morning following an exchange of gunfire near a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., that left a man and a police officer injured on Sunday night. The Special Investigations Unit says it’s investigating after the exchange of gunfire near the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville. The […]

An Ontario nuclear plant is beginning a massive refurbishment project today, as Premier Doug Ford’s government looks to lean heavily on nuclear energy to serve the province’s growing electricity needs. Four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station are starting to come off-line so they can be refurbished at an estimated cost of $26.8 billion, with […]

A peaceful Sunday night in Belleville, Ontario, was shattered by reports of multiple gunshots, followed by local police issuing a tight-lipped statement. The Belleville Police Service posted a media release on Facebook saying that around 7:10 p.m., near Bleecker Avenue and Victoria Avenue, in a mostly residential area, an officer encountered an individual. They say […]