York Region

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say three people have been arrested in an investigation involving the seizure of illegal drugs and weapons, and the discovery of an illegal dog breeding operation. Police say they received information last month that a business on King Street East was allegedly involved in the illegal sale of cannabis and other […]

TORONTO — Members of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government are hailing his decision to reverse course on buying a $29-million private jet, saying it shows leadership. Ford’s office confirmed the purchase Friday of a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet, saying the premier needed it for travel throughout the vast province as well as to […]

MULMUR — Provincial police say a boy is dead and a toddler is fighting for their life in hospital after a crash in southern Ontario. Officers were called to the intersection of County Road 17 and County Road 19 in the Township of Mulmur, northwest of Toronto, earlier Sunday. They say in a news release […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating after a 21-year-old man and 32-year-old woman were seriously injured in a collision following a police chase in Lindsay, Ont. Sunday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says a Kawartha Lakes police officer was looking for a BMW in response to a 911 call for unknown trouble. The SIU says […]

CLEVELAND — As soon as the final whistle sounded in a disappointing Game 1 loss, Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and his staff got to work. Rajakovic, his coaches, and all the Raptors players watched, rewatched and analyzed what went wrong in Toronto’s 126-113 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the opening game of […]

Ontario is reversing course and will sell the $29-million private jet it recently purchased for Premier Doug Ford after critics and opposition leaders called it a waste of money. Ford said in a statement Sunday that now is not the right time for the government to spend money on a plane. He says the province […]

HALIFAX — Police in Nova Scotia have charged two people with human trafficking and financial crimes in an investigation they say is connected to New Brunswick and Ontario. Police say the investigation began in 2023 with multiple human trafficking victims in Nova Scotia Officers with the Nova Scotia human trafficking unit found connections to New […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Inflation Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation on Monday when it publishes its consumer price index for March. The annual inflation rate is expected to rise to 2.5 per cent compared with the 1.8 per cent […]

A few weeks into the war in Iran, an Ontario-based grocer started receiving surcharge letters from its suppliers stating that delivery costs would be going up. It was not an exorbitant amount; somewhere between $15 to $50 for a truckload, said Giancarlo Trimarchi, president of Vince’s Market, a family-owned grocery chain with four locations north […]

Rain forecasts for parts of Ontario and Quebec are heightening the sense of urgency for residents with flood-prone properties, as communities deal with washouts and closed bridges and help people prepare by opening sandbag-filling stations. An Environment Canada special weather statement called for precipitation between 10 and 25 centimetres up until Sunday for a region […]