York Region

TORONTO — The Toronto District School Board says it will cut 218 central staff positions and eliminate another 91 vacant roles as it looks to “modernize” and “right-size” the administration. The layoffs come as Canada’s largest school board remains under the direction of the province. In a statement, the TDSB says the cuts are part […]

TORONTO — Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has filed a notice of appeal to the provincial Liberals, challenging the result of a nomination race that he lost. Erskine-Smith was vying to represent the provincial party in the upcoming Scarborough Southwest byelection ahead of an intended bid for the leadership of the party. He lost Saturday to […]

HAMILTON — Wynton McManis hasn’t wasted any time making his presence felt on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence. The veteran middle linebacker joined the Ticats this off-season following four years with the rival Toronto Argonauts. Early in training camp, McManis’s voice can be heard bellowing throughout Ron Joyce Stadium. “That’s what you need from your Mike […]

TORONTO — The number of Ontario students with special education needs is growing faster than overall enrolment, and some schools do not have enough educational assistants either full-time or on a daily basis, the province’s auditor general has found. In a report released Tuesday on special education, auditor general Shelley Spence said that while government […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says the province is not effectively monitoring commercial truck driver training and licensing regimes, leading to many unqualified drivers on the roads. Shelley Spence says her office has uncovered career colleges that have cut corners on training hours and skills, and found little oversight from two provincial ministries. The auditor […]

NORFOLK COUNTY — Ontario Provincial Police say the bodies of two boaters, including a child, were pulled from the waters of Lake Erie on Monday after being reported overdue. Police say they were called earlier in the day to an area of St. Williams, Ont., on the northern shores of the lake. They say a […]

TORONTO — Toronto fire officials say they have extinguished a blaze at two Toronto highrises that started months after a similar fire displaced hundreds of residents. They say fire operations including monitoring at 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. and 21 Overlea Blvd., concluded at noon on Monday and the buildings have been turned over to their […]

Police in Durham Region say a 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a man was killed in a fight outside a Tim Hortons in Oshawa, Ont., on Saturday. Police say they responded to a report of an armed person near Simcoe Street and Winchester Road just after 8 p.m. and found an injured […]

British Columbia’s provincial health officer says none of the Canadians who were on a ship struck by an outbreak of deadly hantavirus had known direct contact with anyone who was infected. But Dr. Bonnie Henry said it was impossible to be completely sure, and four people from the ship who were flown to Victoria on […]

TORONTO — The interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party says a nomination race this weekend to select a byelection candidate was fair, and if the unsuccessful contestant — Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith — wants to call that into question, he should “prove it.” Erskine-Smith was vying to represent the provincial party in the upcoming […]