York Region

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 […]

ST. JOHN’S — An accountant appointed to a panel reviewing a draft energy deal between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec says he resigned in May because he felt the panel’s independence was impaired. In a letter first reported by allNewfoundlandLabrador.com, Michael Wilson criticized the Churchill River Oversight Panel for doing a detailed review of […]

Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Windsor doctor and his private clinic to pay thousands of dollars in fines for privacy breaches in a case she calls a “cautionary tale” for other health startups. Commissioner Patricia Kosseim wrote in a recent decision that a doctor with privileges at Windsor Regional Hospital used his […]

The brother of a man who was fatally shot in his Vaughan, Ont., home during a home invasion described him as “a hero who died defending his family,” as he and the city’s mayor called for changes to Canada’s criminal justice system. Police said Wednesday that Abdul Aleem Farooqi, 46, died from gunshot wounds after […]

TORONTO — Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada’s newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country’s future doctors. “It’s very intentional for us to be locating the school in Brampton — a diverse community, underserved from a medical human resources standpoint,” said Dr. Dominick Shelton, interim […]

MARKHAM — Police in York Region say a 12-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder and several other offences after a shooting in Markham, Ont., earlier this month. Police say they responded to reports of a shooting in the area of McCowan Road and 14th Avenue on Aug. 14. Officers found a man with […]

DALLAS (AP) — Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing arguments on the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss a felony conspiracy charge against the aerospace company in connection […]

Police in York Region say a suspected arson at a home in Richmond Hill, Ont., that left an 11-year-old girl dead and four others critically injured is now being investigated as a homicide. Police say they were called to the scene on Skywood Drive just before 3 a.m. on Monday after a report of a […]

MARKHAM — IndyCar is coming to 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 its northeastern suburb and that it will now be held later in the summer. Neil Lumsden, Ontario’s Minister of Sport, said he […]