York Region

Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads across the province among unvaccinated people. Public Health Ontario is reporting 372 total cases since an outbreak began on Oct. 28, 2024. That’s a jump of 195 cases since the agency’s last report on Feb. 27. More coming. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice for United States ambassador to Canada is facing tough questions in his Senate nomination hearing today, as the relationship between the two countries is strained by tariffs and threats of annexation. Pete Hoekstra, a former Michigan congressman, told the hearing Trump has a series of priorities for Canada, […]

TORONTO — Cohere Inc. says it has released a new enterprise generative artificial intelligence model that is “on par or better than” GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3. The Toronto-based tech firm says its new product Command A offers maximum performance with minimal hardware costs. Command A is well suited for agentic tasks, which tend to involve sophisticated […]

The Canadian team headed for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers has been set. Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., Toronto’s Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross of London, Ont., and Ariana Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., will compete for Canada from April 11-13 in Tokyo. Mboko, Cross, and Arseneault are all first-time selections, while […]

WASHINGTON — Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington Thursday — days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman and […]

TORONTO — CIBC says its president and chief executive Victor Dodig is set to retire this fall and will be succeeded by Harry Culham, who has also been appointed chief operating officer effective April 1. The bank says Dodig, who has led CIBC since September 2014, will continue on as a special adviser to Culham […]

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 7 to March 10, suggests that more than […]

WASHINGTON — Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today — days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman and Ontario Premier Doug Ford […]

TORONTO — In a career-best offensive night, Jared Rhoden was still focused on what he had done defensively. Rhoden hit new highs with 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 118-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday for the first double-double of his NBA career. But it was his […]

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Declan Waddick scored three goals as the Owen Sound Attack downed Flint Firebirds 6-3 on Wednesday night in the Ontario Hockey League. Pierce Mbuyi and Landen Hookey had a goal and an assist each, while Michael Dec also scored for Owen Sound. James Petrovski and Tristan Delisle pitched in with two […]