York Region

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general has found that the province is not properly overseeing doctors’ billings, including in a few cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day. Shelley Spence says in a series of health-related audits released today as part of her annual report that the Ministry of Health’s system […]

TORONTO — A Toronto garbage truck driver is dead after police say he was hit by his own truck. Police say they were called to the collision just after 8:30 a.m. in Scarborough. They say the man died at the scene. Police say the provincial Ministry of Labour has been notified. The ministry investigates any […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general is set to release her annual report today, with a major focus on health care. Shelley Spence’s office is publishing five audits, along with its annual reviews of government advertising and the government’s responsibilities under the Environmental Bill of Rights. Three of the audits are on health care, including examining […]

TORONTO — A residential apartment fire that displaced hundreds of people from two buildings in Toronto on Thursday was still burning slowly four days on, fire officials said Monday. Firefighters said the smouldering fire was burning through insulation trapped in the concrete walls between two Thorncliffe Park highrise towers. Fire officials wouldn’t comment on the […]

Windsor police say human remains discovered in the Detroit River earlier this year have been identified as those of a woman who was reported missing last December. Police say officers with the LaSalle Police Service found the remains in the river near Fighting Island in June. They say the deceased has been identified as 27-year-old […]

A residential apartment fire that has displaced hundreds of people from two buildings in Toronto is still burning slowly four days on, fire officials said Monday. The smouldering fire, believed to be burning through insulation trapped in the walls between two Thorncliffe Park highrise towers, was still active as crews continued working to put it […]

The Residential Construction Council of Ontario says housing starts in the Greater Toronto Area and broader Greater Golden Horseshoe region declined significantly in the first nine months of 2025 relative to recent years. A report by the University of Ottawa’s Missing Middle Initiative, which was commissioned by the council, says housing starts were down by […]

TORONTO — Coach Marko Milanovic says AFC Toronto needed some time away after its 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Rise in the Nov. 15 Northern Super League final. “We had a couple of days drinking,” he said. The line came with a belly laugh, proving that while Milanovic lost the NSL championship, his sense of […]

Fire officials in Toronto are expected to share more information today on a residential apartment fire that has displaced hundreds of people. Toronto Fire Services division commander Rob Hewson will provide an update on the fire in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood at noon. As of Sunday, a smouldering fire believed to be burning through insulation […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s education minister has appointed himself as temporary supervisor as the province takes control of another school board. Paul Calandra says the Near North District School Board is incompetent and has failed students. The province recently passed Bill 33, which gives the education minister power to more easily place school boards under supervision. […]