York Region

GENEVA (AP) — A major cycling race in Spain was disrupted by protests against an Israeli team. A basketball game in Poland was preceded by fans booing the Israeli national anthem. And several European countries are threatening to boycott a signature entertainment event if Israel takes part. The global backlash against Israel over the humanitarian […]

Michelin has awarded an extra star to a restaurant in the Niagara Region while a Toronto eatery earned its first. The culinary tastemaker says Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station, Ont., which offers contemporary cuisine, has been promoted to two stars. Toronto’s aKin, which features Chinese cuisine, has been awarded one star. This brings the […]

TORONTO — Hockey Canada’s third summit analyzing the game’s culture will focus on discrimination. The third edition of its “Beyond The Boards” summit will be Nov. 13 in Toronto, the country’s governing body of hockey announced Thursday. The first summit in Calgary in 2023 tackled toxic masculinity. The second in Ottawa last year examined outcomes […]

TORONTO — Morgan Rielly took a long look in the mirror over the summer. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman entered last season’s training camp feeling good. Things then started well when the puck dropped. The numbers were there. Rielly thought he was in a good spot. Something happened. He isn’t sure what exactly. The club’s […]

TORONTO — Baseball fans will now be able to watch the Toronto Blue Jays game on Friday night on the team’s regular broadcast home in Canada. Sportsnet, the club’s Canadian rights-holder, said Thursday it had struck a deal with Apple TV to simulcast the road game against the Kansas City Royals on Rogers airwaves. The […]

HAMILTON — Jim Lawson was appointed vice chair of Hamilton Sports Group Partnership (HSG) on Friday. HSG owns and operates the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Canadian Premier League’s Forge while also overseeing the Hamilton Sports Group Foundation and the master license agreement for Hamilton Stadium. Lawson is also a minority owner of HSG, an […]

TORONTO — Hundreds of public sector workers from unions representing them rallied today outside Queen’s Park to protest the province’s return-to-office mandate. The province announced its decision in August to move away from remote and hybrid work, requiring employees to work in-office five days a week by Jan. 5, 2026. Labour union AMAPCEO says more […]

TORONTO — Baseball fans will now be able to watch the Toronto Blue Jays’ potential playoff clincher Friday night in Kansas City on the team’s regular broadcast home in Canada. Sportsnet, the club’s Canadian rights-holder, said Thursday it had struck a deal with Apple TV to simulcast the game on Rogers airwaves. Entering Thursday’s games, […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s chiefs of police are coming out strongly in favour of speed cameras, after Premier Doug Ford threatened to get rid of them provincewide. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police says in a statement today that automated speed enforcement cameras are effective in reducing speeding and free up police resources to focus […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s doctors have a new, four-year agreement with the province that will give them increased general compensation and see family doctors paid for administrative work. An arbitrator had earlier awarded doctors a nearly 10 per cent compensation increase for the first year of their four-year Physician Services Agreement, and the parties went back […]