York Region

LAS VEGAS — Matthew Knies is preparing for his third NHL training camp. A familiar face won’t be there when the Maple Leafs hit the ice later this month. Mitch Marner bolted for the Vegas Golden Knights in dramatic fashion this summer after nine headline-grabbing — and sometimes tumultuous — seasons in Toronto. Selected fourth […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC has loaned little-used South African forward Cassius Mailula to Belgium’s KV Kortrijk with an option to make the move a permanent transfer when the loan ends on June 30. It’s a second loan spell for the 24-year-old Mailula, who was sent to Morocco’s Wydad Athletic Club in August 2024. Mailula has […]

A St. Maarten-based live streamer and ex-airplane mechanic says he’s never witnessed something as disruptive as the hard landing of a WestJet plane that shut down the runway at the Caribbean island’s iconic airport. Jacco Steffens, co-founder of content and streaming website SHOWME Caribbean, said he was remotely operating a web camera pointed at St. […]

TORONTO — The supervisors appointed by Ontario’s education minister to take control of several school boards are poring over the expenses of trustees and some are finding what the minister describes as questionable receipts. Paul Calandra told radio station NewsTalk1010 recently that expenses filed by Toronto Catholic District School Board Chair Markus de Domenico are […]

RCMP say a man from Thunder Bay, Ont., was arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected methamphetamine that was mailed from the United States. The Mounties say the package addressed to the man’s residence contained about 140 grams of suspected meth and was seized by the Canada Border Services Agency at a commercial cargo processing […]

TORONTO — Ontario Liberals say in a report looking back at their performance in this year’s provincial election that their campaign’s focus on health care and a family doctor shortage did not resonate with voters, who were more focused on affordability. The party increased its seat total from nine to 14 and regained official party […]

TORONTO — Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their counterparts in hospitals, as bargaining on a new deal gets underway. The Ontario Nurses’ Association says it is asking the Victorian Order of Nurses for fair pay for home care nurses, who have to deal with a wide […]

TORONTO — Ontario Liberals say in a report looking back at their performance in this year’s provincial election that their campaign’s focus on health care and a family doctor shortage did not resonate with voters, who were more focused on affordability. The party increased its seat total from nine to 14 and regained official party […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating the death of a man who was tasered and handcuffed by Toronto police officers on Sunday. The Special Investigations Unit says officers responded to a house in the area of Keele Street and Finch Avenue West in North York at around 5:40 p.m. The SIU says the […]

VAUGHAN — York Regional Police are looking into three separate shootings in Vaughan, where houses were targeted over the weekend. Police say they were called in for a report of a shooting Saturday morning at a residence on Farrell Road and Via Romano Boulevard, where a man was seen firing multiple shots at a house. […]