York Region

RICHMOND HILL — Police say six children were injured after a vehicle crashed into their daycare in Richmond Hill, Ont., this afternoon. York Regional Police say one child suffered serious injuries and has been brought to a local hospital with their parent. Police say five other kids were injured, and did not immediately confirm the […]

TORONTO — The co-creator of “Degrassi” has gone to court in hopes of halting Saturday’s premiere of documentary about the hit TV franchise at the Toronto International Film Festival. Linda Schuyler is suing the producers of “Degrassi: Whatever It Takes,” alleging that “defamatory statements and innuendo” in the film lead viewers to believe she created […]

A man who feared his pack of 16 wolf-dog hybrids would be euthanized says the animals will continue to live in an Ontario sanctuary after they are taken from him. Bryton Bongard says he doesn’t have word on the exact location, but the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources told him the animals will be within […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the the temporary foreign worker program needs a “focused approach” that targets the needs of specific sectors and regions. Addressing the Liberal caucus in Edmonton today, Carney says plans to reduce immigration rates are meant to “ease the strain” on housing, infrastructure and social services. At a press […]

Top executives at Vancouver miner Teck Resources Ltd. and London-based global heavyweight Anglo American PLC have been adamant that the company emerging from their planned combination will maintain a distinctly Canadian flavour. But one mining industry expert questions whether it was accurate to think of Teck as a “Canadian champion” well before the $70 billion […]

Toronto police say they have charged a teenager with first-degree murder in the death of an eight-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet while in bed last month. Police say the accused boy was 15 at the time of the offence, and they have issued Canada-wide warrants for the arrest of two other […]

OTTAWA — Former immigration minister Marc Miller says that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is stirring up “anti-immigrant sentiments” with his recent calls to scrap the temporary foreign worker program. Yesterday, Poilievre told a press conference in Brampton, Ont., that high rates of immigration in recent years are the reason “our youth can’t find jobs or […]

Toronto police say they will provide an update this morning on the death of an eight-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet while in bed last month. JahVai Roy was struck by a bullet shot outside his North York neighbourhood apartment building just after midnight on Aug. 16 and was rushed to hospital, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to begin building the road to the Ring of Fire. Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford says the province is investing nearly $62 million in Geraldton, Ont., to rebuild several segments of existing road that will serve as the start of the eventual road to the mineral-rich region. Ontario Premier Doug […]

OTTAWA — OpenAI is set to argue in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada is […]