York Region

GUELPH — Greg Quick is the definition of a football lifer. He played centre at Ohio’s Baldwin-Wallace College before entering the coaching ranks in 1979 at Emporia State University in Kansas. In a career that’s spanned four-plus decades at the high school, NCAA and Canadian professional levels, Quick has held numerous coaching positions — on […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say three of their officers facing charges in Spain have returned to Canada and have been suspended with pay. The Mossos d’Esquadra police force in Barcelona confirmed Tuesday that three men were arrested for sexual assault and injuries after an incident in a taxi last week. Several Spanish media sites had […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Port Authority says the proposed island airport expansion will cost up to $5 billion. Port authority CEO RJ Steenstra has told a committee at Queen’s Park that the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport will cost between $4 and $5 billion over 25 years. Premier Doug Ford’s government held […]

Ontario will ban the use and purchase of Chinese-made drones by the government and provincial police amid “growing security and privacy concerns” with foreign-made technology. The province says Chinese law may require companies incorporated in China to disclose data even if it’s stored abroad, and drones could access or store sensitive information. Ontario says it […]

Marineland says it is moving its complement of bears to a sanctuary in the United States as the park slowly winds down its operations.
 Marineland says the 12 bears are going to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, a charity that sits on a massive property for nearly 1,000 large carnivores including bears, lions and […]

When Emerson Prior works a nursing shift at Victoria’s Royal Jubilee hospital, patients comment on what a big guy he is, see his cauliflower ear and then ask if he plays rugby. “I don’t look like the standard nurse on my floor,” Prior said. The six-foot-two, 269-pound prop from Brockville, Ont., made his international debut […]

Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of Ontario customers after powerful thunderstorms downed trees and prompted tornado warnings. Hydro One says about 2,700 customers are without power as of 8:30 a.m. in southwestern Ontario after last night’s storm. Another 3,000 customers were also in the dark in central Ontario, the focus of […]

VANCOUVER — Chris Van Brockhoven booked his trip to Vancouver last summer in the hopes of attending a World Cup match, but after learning the cost of admission, his group felt forced to pivot. “We were flabbergasted at how expensive the tickets are and how much people are seemingly paying for them,” he said in […]

TORONTO — The chair of the Toronto Police Service board says reports of criminal charges against Toronto officers in Spain are troubling and must be dealt with “swiftly and seriously” by the force. The Mossos d’Esquadra police force in Barcelona confirmed Tuesday that three men were arrested for sexual assault and injuries after an incident […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s waterfront secretariat says the province’s plans to redevelop Ontario Place and expand the airport on the Toronto Islands will create severe traffic and transit congestion and could lead to degradation of the water quality in the harbour. The comments were made today in a committee hearing on the government’s proposed legislation that […]