York Region

Violent coyote encounters across the Greater Toronto Area have left some residents on edge and sparked debate among wildlife experts on municipalities’ responses to aggressive animals. Increased coyote sightings and a string of attacks on children in the Toronto area in recent months raised alarms and questions about encounters with the wild canines. In July, […]

TORONTO — Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts are playoff bound. Kelly threw two touchdown passes as Toronto held on for a 24-19 win over the Edmonton Elks on Saturday afternoon. The Argonauts clinched a post-season berth and home playoff game. Edmonton (10-4) threatened to take the late lead, driving to the Toronto 21-yard line. […]

TORONTO — Cuban-Canadian director Rodrigo Barriuso says he decided years ago he needed to draw attention to the difficulties some LGBTQ+ residents face as they enter long-term care homes, including examples he found “devastating and enraging.” He was seeing a number of media reports abroad about cases of long-term care homes that weren’t equipped to […]

TORONTO — The 51st Toronto International Film Festival arrived with tensions flaring between Canada and the United States, concerns about artificial intelligence in filmmaking and a massive evolution in how the arts organization courts industry members. With the festival set to wind up Sunday, here’s a look at how some aspects of it fared. HITS […]

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal won’t order Cycling Canada to enter a women’s pursuit team in October’s world track championship, but left the door open for a hearing to determine whether there’s been discrimination. Cycling Canada intends to enter a men’s pursuit team in the world championship in Shanghai, which is the first qualifier for […]

A man convicted of murdering his three sisters and another woman more than 17 years ago has been granted an escorted absence from the medium-security prison where he is serving a life sentence. A Parole Board of Canada panel agreed Hamed Shafia should be allowed a brief visit to a minimum-security facility but rejected his […]

Provincial police say they have charged an 81-year-old man with murder more than two years after his son went missing. Police say officers started investigating on Jan. 7, 2024 after a family member reported they were unable to reach a 58-year-old man from Norland, Ont., and were concerned for his well-being. They say the man […]

TORONTO — Ontario elementary teachers are set to vote in November on whether they are willing to strike, making them the second group of teachers to plan such a vote. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says in a note to its 84,000 teacher and education worker members that it will hold an online vote […]

A third beluga that was a part of a massive move of whales from Marineland has died. Oceanografic Valencia says Jelly Bean died suddenly on Friday. The Spanish aquarium took in Jelly Bean and another beluga named Cleopatra in late August. Two Marineland belugas and a resident beluga at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium died within weeks […]

A man convicted of murdering his three sisters and another woman more than 17 years ago is set to have a parole hearing today. It wasn’t immediately clear what type of release Hamed Shafia is seeking from the Parole Board of Canada. Shafia and his parents were found guilty in January 2012 of four counts […]