York Region

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 […]

BRAMPTON — An 18-year-old man is dead after a stabbing at an apartment building in Brampton, Ont., last night. Police say officers responded to reports of a stabbing in an apartment complex in the area of McMurchy Avenue and Pagebrook Court around 10 p.m. Police say the man was pronounced dead at the scene. They […]

SUDBURY — Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating a fatal police-involved shooting this morning in Sudbury, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit was called in after Sudbury police said an individual died during an “interaction” with the force. Police say officers responded to a break-and-enter report around 5:24 a.m. They say officers arrived to an address […]

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says he will make a final decision early in the new year on what changes to make to the role of trustees in the school system, but he is signalling he is inclined to largely eliminate it. Speaking at a school today in Ottawa, where he announced funding to build […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school or any place on […]