York Region

TORONTO — Ontario’s financial watchdog is projecting that the government won’t balance the budget by 2027-28, though the finance minister’s office insists it will. The financial accountability officer says in a report today that Ontario likely won’t come to balance until at least 2030. Jeffrey Novak says real GDP growth in the province is projected […]

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more authority, including allowing psychologists to prescribe anti-depressants and letting pharmacists administer strep throat tests. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says in a statement that expanding the scopes of practice for health professionals will ease pressures on other parts of the system such as […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in the city’s downtown area overnight. Police say they received reports of a crash at around 12:30 a.m. in the area of Sherbourne and Shuter Streets. They say the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead on scene, […]

Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man. Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on an extradition request from the United States, the Justice Department in Ottawa said Tuesday. The 37-year-old faces a hearing this week […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have arrested one suspect and another one is still outstanding after a man was shot dead Monday night in Scarborough. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area of Kingston and Galloway roads just after 10:20 p.m. Police say they found a man with gunshot wounds who […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says a Hamilton police officer has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with an arrest made earlier this year. The Special Investigations Unit says a 59-year-old woman sustained a serious injury during her arrest on Feb. 23. It says its investigation has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe that the […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are the strong favourite to win the American League East Division title for the first time in a decade. Canada’s lone Major League Baseball team entered play Tuesday night against Tampa Bay with a record of 88-62. The Blue Jays were five games ahead of the New York Yankees with 12 […]

Another man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a migrant family on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man., in 2022. The federal justice department says Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on an extradition request from the United States. He is facing a hearing this week in Ontario Superior Court. Police in […]

WestJet says it is starting to repair the plane that experienced a hard landing in St. Maarten and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day last week. The WestJet flight from Toronto landed roughly on its right landing gear before coming to a stop on the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport on […]

TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says engine failure is to blame for a small plane crash in Toronto on Monday night. The safety board says the Piper Cherokee aircraft was headed to Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport from Orillia, Ont., when it experienced an engine failure and crash landed in a field in […]