York Region

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry, who died Friday at age 96, was known for designing some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed. Over the course of his career, he was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer — including the field’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been […]

DAVIE — Maria Sanchez scored a hat trick to lift Mexico’s Tigres Femenil to a 3-2 win over AFC Toronto at the World Sevens Football seven-a-side tournament Friday. Tigres rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits. Nigerian international Esther Okoronkwo and Nikki Small had the Toronto goals. It’s the inaugural North American edition of the seven-a-side […]

TORONTO — The mayors of Ontario’s 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a “community safety and humanitarian crisis” created by homelessness, mental health and addiction. Ontario Big City Mayors urges the province to provide more funding and engage more actively […]

A video posted to social media in December appeared to show a Brampton, Ont. man filming the chained-up bumper of his Mustang — the only part of the vehicle that remained after a supposed theft. While some users who reposted the video took it at face value, the video is actually a skit, produced by […]

A video posted to social media in December appeared to show a Brampton, Ont. man filming the chained-up bumper of his Mustang — the only part of the vehicle that remained after a supposed theft. While some users who reposted the video took it at face value, the video is actually a skit, produced by […]

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health is urging doctors to prioritize vaccinating patients against the flu over the next week. It takes about two weeks for protection against the flu to kick in after getting vaccinated. In its weekly e-newsletter to doctors on Friday, the public health unit says the number of flu cases is rising […]

TORONTO — A man has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was killed in a Toronto house fire last month. Toronto police allege the suspect went to a house in the Avenue Road and Boswell Avenue area on Nov. 15 and set it on fire. A woman was found inside by firefighters […]

TORONTO — As artificial intelligence makes it easier for anyone to doctor – or even fabricate – videos, photos and other types of evidence, a group of researchers in Canada is aiming to help the courts sort through what’s real or fake. The team, which includes technologists and legal scholars based in universities in Ontario […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP. Gehry won every major prize that architecture has to offer. Gehry’s fascination with […]

TORONTO — There is light at the end of the tunnel for a years-delayed light rail transit line in Toronto. The provincial government says its last stage of the Eglinton Crosstown is now complete and it is transferring operational control to the Toronto Transit Commission. Ontario says the major milestone means the LRT should open […]