York Region

A parks and forestry manager in Stratford, Ont., is asking residents to stay on the lookout as five of the city’s iconic swans remain at large. Quin Malott says he first noticed the dwindling number of swans two weeks ago, when he went to feed the usual six floating on Lake Victoria in the city’s […]

TORONTO — Starting this fall, Ontario seniors over the age of 75 will be eligible for a free vaccine that protects against respiratory syncytial virus. Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the shot will be available through the publicly funded immunization program ahead of the upcoming respiratory illness season. The program already offers RSV shots […]

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government and municipalities across Ontario should mandate their workers to return to the office full time. Speaking to reporters in Inglewood, Ont., Wednesday, Ford applauded the City of Ottawa’s recent decision to require its employees to work five days a week in the office starting in […]

CALEDON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States. Ford says he will drop the ban on selling U.S. alcohol at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario when U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs […]

CALEDON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says construction on Highway 413 north of Toronto will begin within days. But Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria refused to say when the highway will be completed and how much it will cost taxpayers. The proposed 52-kilometre highway will connect Highway 400 in Vaughan, Ont., with Highway 401 […]

TORONTO — The game-tying solo shot stung. The go-ahead homer was a body blow. Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman bent over on the mound and rested his hands on his knees as Matt Wallner’s three-run blast cleared the wall for Minnesota’s second homer of the ninth inning. Mickey Gasper had pulled the Twins even with […]

TORONTO — The Minnesota Twins hit two homers off Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman in the ninth inning of a 7-5 comeback victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. Mickey Gasper led off the frame with his first career homer to tie the game and Matt Wallner put the Twins ahead with a […]

TORONTO — Gregg “Scooter” Korek first started working for the midway decades ago as a teenager, thinking it would just be a summer gig. Nearly 50 years later, he is the vice-president of client services for North American Midway Entertainment, which puts on fairs across the continent — including the Canadian National Exhibition. The longtime […]

Public health officials in London, Ont., are redeclaring an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease after confirming 25 new cases and identifying the source of the bacteria. The Middlesex-London Health Unit says testing at the Sofina Foods plant in the city’s east end found a match to the subtype of legionella bacteria linked to the outbreak. The […]

BARRIE — Two men who were murdered and dismembered and their alleged killer once all lived at the same homeless encampment, police in Barrie, Ont., said Tuesday in an update on what has been described as one of the force’s largest investigations. During a tight-lipped news conference, police would not say how the accused is […]