York Region

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs hired Craig Berube as their coach on Friday, bringing in someone with Stanley Cup-winning experience to try to end the longest championship drought in the most intense hockey market in the NHL. Berube coached the St. Louis Blues to the Cup in 2019. The Maple Leafs have not […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Craig Berube as their new head coach. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Toronto police hate crimes unit is investigating after a local synagogue was vandalized for the second time in four weeks. Rabbi Joe Kanofsky says windows and glass doors at the Kehillat Shaarei Torah Synagogue in the city’s north end were smashed in the early hours of Friday morning. Kanofsky says the synagogue […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose on Friday, helped by gains in energy and base metal stocks as the prices of oil and copper climbed, while U.S. markets were mixed.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 165.54 points at 22,465.37. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 134.21 points at 40,003.59. […]

Toronto FC fullback/wingback Richie Laryea and New York City FC defender Strahinja Tanasijevic have both been fined and handed an additional one-game suspension for their role in an ugly-post-game melee at BMO Field last Saturday. The league had announced one-games for both players ahead of midweek play. Toronto coach John Herdman and goalkeeper Sean Johnson […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped by gains in base metal stocks as the price of copper climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 78.03 points at 22,377.86. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 23.88 points at 39,893.26. The S&P 500 index was up […]

TORONTO — The father of an 11-year-old boy with autism and the daughter of a senior with Alzheimer’s disease, who both died after going missing, are among those urging the Ontario government to create a new alert to keep people like them safe. An NDP private member’s bill that would implement an alert system for […]

TORONTO — The Teranet-National Bank composite house price index which tracks home prices in 11 of Canada’s largest cities remained stable from March to April. National Bank Financial Markets economist Daren King says the stabilization comes as resale market activity remains sluggish, with first-time homebuyers on the sidelines awaiting interest rate cuts from the Bank […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has asked the federal government to put a pin in approving new sites that supply safe opioids. Ford has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to review the Health Canada-approved safe supply sites across the country. The letter comes a day after the […]

Public Health Ontario says a young child has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade. A report published Thursday says the child was under five years old and not immunized against the virus. The report shows there were no other measles-related deaths recorded in the province […]