York Region

Provincial police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man who they’re concerned could be a second victim in a Simcoe, Ont., homicide investigation. Police say they responded to a 911 call around 10:30 a.m. Sunday at a home on Head Street, and officers found a dead person inside. The victim was […]

Toronto police say eight people have been arrested after they allegedly broke into the office of a member of Parliament and refused to leave as part of a protest Thursday morning. Police say they were called to the protest near Bloor Street and Dorval Road around 11:30 a.m. They allege that about 30 to 40 […]

It all started with playful arm wrestling at home against her dad, and one accidental coffee spill after his long day at work. “My dad came home from work, very tiring, long day, and every day I used to arm wrestle with my dad,” recalled 14-year-old Iti Manchanda. “So I went to arm-wrestle with him […]

Indigenous leaders in northern Ontario are calling on politicians to take action against illegal drugs and provide more resources to communities after an alleged drug-related shooting in a First Nation left one person dead and another injured. Ontario Provincial Police issued a shelter-in-place order early Wednesday morning for residents in the area of Ginoogaming First […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s measles outbreak, which sickened more than 2,300 people over the course of nearly a year, highlighted the consequences of declining vaccination rates and led to the death of a newborn, has been declared over. Public Health Ontario and the province’s top doctor said Thursday the outbreak ended on Monday because it had […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are set for a border showdown in the American League Championship Series as they await the winner of the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners. The Tigers and Mariners meet in Game 5 of their AL Division Series on Friday in Seattle, with the winner heading to Toronto for Game 1 of […]

Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after a man was killed in an unprovoked attack outside his home north of Toronto. York Regional Police say they responded to an assault Wednesday evening in Richmond Hill, Ont., and found a man with serious injuries. The man was taken to hospital, where he […]

The union representing about 10,000 part-time support workers at Ontario’s public colleges will hold a strike vote next week amid an ongoing strike by full-time support staff. Noor Askandar, chair of the college part-time support bargaining team at the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, says part-time workers at the 24 colleges have been working under […]

Provincial police say they’ve lifted a shelter-in-place order in a northern Ontario First Nation, after a two-day search for two suspects in an incident that left one person dead and another injured. Police issued the emergency alert early Wednesday morning for residents in the area of Ginoogaming First Nation, saying the two suspects were believed […]

TORONTO — A painting of a sunny day in Morocco by former British prime minister Winston Churchill, an 1894 depiction of downtown Toronto by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith and several pieces from one of Toronto’s founders are among the works Hudson’s Bay is set to auction off next month. All three are contained in a catalogue […]