York Region

TORONTO — RJ Barrett drilled a 29-foot three-pointer in the dying seconds of overtime as the undermanned Toronto Raptors staved off playoff elimination with a 112-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Barrett released the shot with three seconds left on the clock but after a high bounce it swished through the net with […]

A spokesperson for a group trying to break the Israeli navy blockade of Gaza to deliver aid says two Canadians who were detained by Israel in the Mediterranean Sea have been released. Safa Chebbi says she has been told by Global Sumud Canada’s organizer on the ground in Greece that both Canadians were in hospital […]

WINNIPEG — A policing expert recommended Friday that Winnipeg police factor in age and someone’s cultural background when responding to high-risk situations. Peter Rampat, a former Toronto officer and an instructor at the Ontario Police College, testified at an ongoing fatality inquest into the police-shooting death of a 16-year-old First Nations girl. Rampat said the […]

Police in eastern Ontario say a youth has been charged with indignity to a dead body and multiple other offences in the death of another youth two months ago. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to a school in Bath, near Kingston, for a medical emergency on March 9. They say one youth was […]

James Chiu, the president and co-founder of Mandarin who turned a humble Brampton restaurant into Ontario’s most popular all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet chain, has died. Chiu died on Wednesday, just days after his 78th birthday, after battling pulmonary fibrosis, his family said. “He lived with positivity and gratitude until his peaceful passing,” the family wrote in […]

Police in Toronto and York Region are asking for the public’s help in identifying a young suspect in two synagogue shootings that happened in March. Police say they obtained a court order to release photos of the suspect because he is believed to be a youth, and the images will be removed from circulation on […]

TORONTO — The president and co-founder of Mandarin, Ontario’s most popular all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, has died. The family of James Chiu says he died on Wednesday, just days after his 78th birthday, after battling pulmonary fibrosis. His family says in an online tribute that Chiu and his parents immigrated to Montreal from Taiwan in 1963, […]

REGINA — Mitch Picton is calling it a career. The Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver announced his retirement Friday. The 30-year-old Regina native played nine seasons with the CFL club. Picton will go out as a champion, having helped the Riders down Montreal 25-17 in the 2025 Grey Cup game at Winnipeg’s Princess Auto Stadium. Saskatchewan selected […]

The nomination period for mayoral, council and school trustee candidates for this fall’s Ontario municipal elections opens today. Candidates have until Aug. 21 to file nomination papers with their municipal clerk. To run for a position, candidates must fill out a form, pay a nomination fee and provide a list of at least 25 endorsement […]

ST. JOHN’S — A draft deal between hydroelectric utilities in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador has expired, but at least one premier is keen to keep negotiating. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham ordered a review of the tentative agreement, announced by the province’s former Liberal government in 2024. A spokesperson for Wakeham said he […]