York Region

TORONTO — Home prices in the Greater Toronto Area remained under pressure in August as new listings outpaced sales. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the average sale price was down 5.2 per cent in August from last year to $1.02 million, with the composite benchmark price falling by the same amount. The board […]

The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut costs amid ongoing financial challenges. Spirits maker Diageo found itself in Doug Ford’s crosshairs on Tuesday when the Ontario premier capped […]

An Ontario biologist says drought-stricken parts of Canada could be in for some underwhelming fall foliage if stressed trees lose out on the energy needed to generate some of the season’s most brilliant colours. Biology professor Susan Dudley at McMaster University says trees in dried out parts of the country could see their leaves die […]

Another beluga whale and a harbour seal have died at Marineland, and those deaths have caught the attention of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, The Canadian Press has learned. The beluga death marks the 20th whale — 19 belugas and one killer whale — to die at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction since 2019. The […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 17-year-old boy and a woman in her 30s were injured in a shooting in the city’s west end. Police say the woman was hit in the crossfire while driving by the scene. The incident occurred Wednesday in the area of Keele Street and Donald Avenue. Police say in a […]

TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s hospital nurses pay increases of 5.25 per cent over two years, in a new contract their union calls disappointing. The terms of the contract as set by the arbitrator for about 60,000 hospital nurses include the pay increase but do not include minimum staffing levels, as requested by […]

The angel atop the Princes’ Gates will no longer overlook Turn 1 of Canada’s only NTT IndyCar Series race, with the event moving to suburban Markham, Ont. The open-wheel auto racing series announced on Wednesday that it’s moving the Grand Prix of Toronto from Exhibition Place in the city’s downtown core to the northeastern suburb […]

The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto — otherwise known as the Grand Prix of Toronto — is leaving Exhibition Place and headed to Markham, Ont., in 2026. The Canadian Press looks at some of its most memorable moments in Toronto. Inaugural Race In 1985, Molson Breweries’ in-house promotional division, Molstar Sports & Entertainment, proposed to […]

Holding American, Canadian and Jamaican passports, Atlanta United goalkeeper Jayden Hibbert has options when it comes to international play. This week, it’s Canada’s turn. The 21-year-old Hibbert is in camp with 28th-ranked Canada for games against No. 48 Romania on Friday in Bucharest and No. 31 Wales in Swansea next Tuesday. So far, so good. […]

TORONTO — Canada is making progress on “small” tariff deals with the U.S. for key sectors, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday after revealing he’d had a recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney disclosed the call during a scrum with reporters outside a cabinet retreat in Toronto. He said he spoke with […]