York Region

The picturesque Ontario community Catherine O’Hara spent long days shooting in for her role as the eccentric and stylish matriarch in the sitcom “Schitt’s Creek” is fondly remembering the comedy legend. The co-owner of a Goodwood, Ont., business that was a key set location in the hit CBC series says the show put his community […]

TORONTO — Thousands gathered in Toronto on Sunday to show support for the Iranian people as a deadly uprising sweeps through the Middle Eastern country. Protesters took to Sankofa Square to demand the fall of the Islamic regime, one of multiple protests in Toronto and across the country over the past several weeks. Countrywide protests […]

TORONTO — Toronto cyclists are voicing their frustrations over bike lanes still blocked by snow and ice a week after a historic storm blanketed the city. Uber worker Karan Singh says he’s been cycling in the street alongside cars to deliver food to Torontonians because most bike lanes in the city are unrideable due to […]

Demonstrators are gathering in downtown Montreal to protest against the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and other American cities. Protesters are assembling outside the U.S. Consulate on Saint-Catherine Street in the wake of the killing of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis in the past few weeks. The […]

EDMONTON — Jo-Anne Henry says her mother never described herself as a rebel. “I don’t ever remember my mom saying, ‘I was the first Black woman lawyer in all of Canada,’” Henry said in a phone interview from her home in New York. Violet King, who later married and became Violet King Henry, was also […]

NIPIGON — A woman has been charged in northwestern Ontario with two counts of cruelty to animals after a pair of dogs were left for hours in a freezing cold vehicle. Ontario Provincial Police say they got a tip early Saturday that a person in the township of Nipigon, northeast of Thunder Bay, was violating […]

CRAIGLEITH — A food delivery driver is in hospital after a hit-and-run near a popular Ontario ski resort community. Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called around 8:30 p.m. Saturday for a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle in Craigleith, about 160 kilometres north of Toronto, near the Blue Mountains. Police say the driver was […]

VANCOUVER — Given a second chance Auston Matthews wasn’t going to miss. Matthews and William Nylander, returning from injury, scored in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Saturday night to snap a six-game NHL losing streak. Matthews had a chance to win the game with 1:54 remaining in the […]

LONDON — James MacDonald was named Canadian harness racing’s top driver for a historic fifth straight year Saturday at the O’Brien Awards. MacDonald, a resident of Guelph, Ont., posted 369 wins and $9.2 million in purse money in 2025 and also added a second world driving title. MacDonald was the regular driver for two O’Brien […]

TORONTO — The Liberal Party of Canada has announced a Toronto doctor will run as its candidate in University-Rosedale, a riding Chrystia Freeland represented for over a decade before the former Liberal MP resigned from office earlier this month. Danielle Martin, a family physician who heads the University of Toronto’s department of family and community […]