York Region

TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they are looking for a man believed to have thrown a bicycle off a bridge and onto one of the city’s busiest expressways. Police say officers responded to a call on Sunday afternoon just before 4 p.m. after a car travelling north on the Don Valley Parkway was struck […]

HAMILTON — Lirim Hajrullahu’s 11-yard field goal on the final play of the game earned the Toronto Argonauts an exciting 35-33 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Monday afternoon. Hajrullahu’s boot came after Nick Arbuckle hit Dejon Brissett on a 63-yard completion to the Hamilton four-yard line seemingly with no time remaining. But upon review, […]

RENFREW — Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating a home invasion at a local inn in Renfrew. Police say shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday officers responded to an inn on Gibbons Road after hearing reports that two males had entered a room, assaulted its occupants with what is believed to be bear spray and […]

Korie Heartz grew up with the Family Channel just like her mother, who also watched the iconic station’s shows during her own childhood. She said she hoped her own children would be the third generation in the family to enjoy the series, dramas, and programs that the television channel aired for Canadian teens and children […]

RICHMOND HILL — Authorities say five people were rushed to hospital after a residential fire in Richmond Hill north of Toronto. York Region Paramedic Services says it received a call about the fire in the area of Skywood Drive and Rollinghill Road shortly after 3 a.m. Monday. Paramedics say they assessed all five patients, four […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s provincial government says it will remove interprovincial barriers for workers in regulated professions, allowing them greater mobility when searching for work across the country. The Labour Day announcement says the province has signed 10 agreements with provinces and territories to remove barriers to let workers come to Ontario to find work in […]

TOWNSHIP OF MUSKOKA — Ontario Provincial Police say one person is dead after a motorcycle crash in the Township of Muskoka Lakes. Police say officers of the Bracebridge OPP detachment were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Windermere Road shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. They say the lone rider — a 45-year-old […]

Police say a man is dead after a home invasion in the northwest of Toronto. York Regional Police say they responded to a report of the invasion in Vaughan, Ont., at around 1 a.m. Saturday. Police say officers located a man with traumatic injuries, and he later died at the scene. The 46-year-old man was […]

KINGSTON — Brothers Cory and Chris Johnston went wire-to-wire to capture the Canadian International Sport Fishing (CISA) Kingston Open on Sunday. Cory Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., and Chris Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., captured the $50,000 winner’s prize with a total weight of 83 pounds, 14 ounces. The Elite Series veterans finished the three-day event with […]

TORONTO — A defensive miscue, a couple of choppy hits and it looked like the Toronto Blue Jays were going to let another game slip between their fingers. But reliever Tommy Nance came to the mound with the bases loaded and one out, got his two outs, and turned the game around. Nance’s gutsy performance […]