York Region

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes scored 28 points — including 13 in the second quarter — as the Toronto Raptors held off the Portland Trail Blazers 121-118 on Tuesday. Barnes, who was named the NBA Eastern Conference’s defensive player of the month before the game, also had seven rebounds, seven assists, and two blocks. Immanuel Quickley […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce clean drinking water legislation in the spring, delaying a bill that had been promised for this fall. Carney promised to revive the legislation during an address to the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa on Tuesday, saying he will host a joint meeting […]

TORONTO — Police say a tent fire in Toronto’s west end that sent a woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries appears to be suspicious. Toronto police say officers responded to a call from a passerby about a dispute between a male and a female and an assault in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard and […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government spent the highest recorded amount on advertising last year, the auditor found, a flurry of public spending the opposition parties accused the government of using to promote itself in an election year. Auditor general Shelley Spence said government spending on advertising has traditionally spiked around elections, but in the fiscal […]

Tickets to next summer’s FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver and Toronto continue to be a hot commodity, despite eye-popping resale prices. Soccer’s international governing body announced last week that more than two million tickets have been sold for the tournament’s 104 games, to be played across Canada, the United States and Mexico between June […]

TORONTO — The first three times Ravi Jain was up for Canada’s top theatre prize, the finalists found out who won ahead of the ceremony. This year, that changed, leaving the founder of Toronto’s Why Not Theatre in suspense much of Monday in the lead-up to the event where the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize would be […]

A woman has life-threatening injuries after police say she was found on fire inside a tent in Toronto’s west end. Police say an officer has minor injuries after pulling the woman from the tent. They say the officer was near Lake Shore Boulevard and Eighth Street for reports of an assault when they found the […]

KITCHENER — A 32-year-old man is dead after police say he was gunned down in a car on Monday night in Kitchener, Ont., as investigators continue their search for the shooter. Police say officers were called to reports of gunshots at around 10 p.m. in the Country Hills neighbourhood. Police say the man from Kitchener […]

Shaboozey and Russell Dickerson will headline Alberta’s first-ever Boots and Hearts music festival. A Western edition of the popular Ontario camping and country music showcase lands in Edmonton the weekend of Aug. 28 and 29, 2026. Dickerson will headline the Friday show, and Shaboozey headlines Saturday at Fan Park. Entertainment company Republic Live and OEG […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says the province has written off $1.4 billion of personal protective equipment since 2021. Shelley Spence has found the province continues to purchase masks, gowns and other protective gear at the same levels as the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, despite significantly declining demand. Ontario had […]