York Region

HAMILTON — Kris Sparre has been named head coach of Hamilton’s Professional Women’s Hockey League franchise, the league announced Wednesday. Sparre joins the expansion team after serving as head coach of the Boston Fleet, guiding the club to a 62-point season — a record 18-point improvement from 2024-25 — before losing to Ottawa in the […]

TORONTO — Community advocates allege homeless people have been facing escalating violence at the hands of security guards at Toronto’s Union Station in the run-up to the FIFA World Cup tournament. Members of the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union rallied Tuesday at Berczy Park near Canada’s largest transit hub to protest what they called a […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s solicitor general says he will review policing laws to see if changes need to be made after the Toronto police chief highlighted that he can only suspend officers charged abroad with pay. Toronto police have said that three officers were charged in Barcelona while on vacation and media outlets in Spain say […]

VAUGHAN — Police in York Region say a former community centre employee is facing multiple charges after he allegedly confined two minors in a room and sexually assaulted one of them. Police allege the victims were at a Vaughan, Ont., community centre on April 30 when they were approached by an employee. They allege the […]

HAMILTON — Head coach Scott Milanovich has plenty on his plate during the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ training camp, but he’s not worrying about the state of his kicking game. That’s because veteran Canadian Marc Liegghio has been stellar the last two seasons. “I just trust him,” said Milanovich, who’s entering his third season as Hamilton’s head […]

KELOWNA — Two of the biggest beneficiaries from junior hockey’s changing landscape are advising other prospects to follow their path through the Canadian Hockey League. Shea Busch and Jack Pridham moved from the B.C. Hockey League to major junior hockey last season after a rule change allowed CHL players to join U.S. college teams. Now […]

WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICK — When Susan Ryan tries to relax with a book on her backyard patio, she says she often reads the same page over and over again, distracted by the sounds and smells of her new neighbour. Ryan and her husband live in the western New Brunswick town of Woodstock, by the U.S. […]

After two back-to-back films with high-profile Toronto directors, British star Leo Woodall suggests he should perhaps only work with filmmakers on this side of the Atlantic. “I strictly only work with Canadian directors,” Woodall joked while promoting “Tuner,” the first feature film from Daniel Roher. “He had no fear about not knowing how it goes […]

KELOWNA — Jack Pridham and Sam O’Reilly each had a goal and an assist, Christian Kirsch made 26 saves, and the Kitchener Rangers defeated the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 3-2 at the Memorial Cup tournament on Tuesday. Luca Romano also scored for the Rangers, who improved to 3-0 at Prospera Place with earlier wins over the Kelowna […]

TORONTO — Toronto Hydro says power has been restored to hundreds of customers who were affected by an outage in the downtown core after a transmission station fire on Tuesday. The outage happened around noon and knocked out power to hospitals, a university and part of the financial district as utility crews scrambled to assess […]