York Region

TORONTO — Auston Matthews needed some room to breathe. The Maple Leafs were picking up the pieces following their worst season in a decade — and his career. A transformative summer was on the horizon. Now having watched those seismic shifts across the organization from afar, Toronto’s captain is all-in ahead of the new season. […]

The union representing Canadian workers at Stellantis is urging the federal government to intervene as the automaker looks to sell its idled Brampton, Ont., assembly plant to Canadian armoured ⁠vehicle maker Roshel. In a letter to Industry Minister Mélanie Joly on Wednesday, Unifor national president Lana Payne warns that if Stellantis is successful in its […]

TORONTO (AP) — The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has unspooled against a backdrop of r ising tensions between the U.S. and Canadian governments, though it would be hard to tell it from the convivial atmosphere on the ground. TIFF, North America’s largest film happening, draws movies from around the world. But its largest influx […]

While the jury’s still out on a proposal to replace the Ontario bar exam with a skills-based course, law schools in British Columbia have made the switch, with the first batch of students set to experience the new system this fall. B.C. is the sixth province to scrap the bar exam in favour of a […]

Prosecutors have dropped the charges against a jeweller accused of knowingly receiving large amounts of gold stolen in a massive heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport. In a brief court hearing today, Crown attorney Jelena Vlacic said they made the decision to stop the proceedings against Ali Raza based on new evidence. Vlacic said that evidence […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow his seal of approval today in the midst of her bid for re-election. Ford stopped short of giving her a full, explicit endorsement, but spoke about her in glowing terms when asked if he would weigh into the mayoral race. He says the […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is fully on board with the prime minister’s plan to see private investors take over operations at Canada’s four largest airports, including Toronto Pearson. Ford says not only is the idea “fabulous,” but it should be expanded to include Toronto’s island airport. The premier has been pushing […]

While the jury’s still out on a proposal to replace the Ontario bar exam with a skills-based course, law schools in British Columbia have made the switch, with the first batch of students set to experience the new system this fall. B.C. is the sixth province to scrap the bar exam in favour of a […]

TORONTO — A new study suggests emergency department visits for gambling disorders have doubled in Ontario since the expansion of online gambling and legalization of single-event sports betting a few years ago. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences says it analyzed data from January 2012 to September 2025 and found an increase in gambling-related emergency […]

Mississauga city council has voted unanimously to put a one-year freeze on new data centre projects. The moratorium is framed as a chance for the city to study what guardrails to place around those projects as the artificial intelligence boom fuels demand for larger, more energy-intensive facilities. Mississauga joins neighbouring Oakville, which last month passed […]