York Region

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured during his arrest at a Toronto transit station last month. The Special Investigations Unit says a group of youths reportedly didn’t pay the transit fare at the TTC Finch West station around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 7. The SIU […]

TORONTO — An investor group led by Blackstone, which includes several Canadian institutional investors, has signed a deal to invest US$3.1 billion to acquire a 49.9 per cent stake in the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds an interest in LNG Canada. The investor group includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Ontario Municipal Employees […]

TORONTO — At two career colleges now under the Ontario government’s microscope, more than half of the thousands of student financial aid applications last year came from a single IP address, officials allege in documents filed in court. The government has also received more than 200 tips about that network of schools, including allegations that […]

PUSLINCH — Ontario provincial police say they’re investigating if a lack of seatbelts contributed to the deaths of four young people and injuries to two others after the vehicle they were travelling in careened into a ravine in Puslinch, Ont., just outside Guelph. The OPP says the single-vehicle crash happened early Saturday along Watson Road […]

In the depths of winter more than 20 years ago, Kate Shingler set off on the Plaster Rock Highway, a remote two-lane route cutting east-west through the dense wilderness of central New Brunswick. It was 2005 and so snowy and slippery that the young driver behind the wheel of a Toyota Tercel had to pull […]

VANCOUVER — Auston Matthews collected his team-leading 11th goal of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Saturday to snap a two-game NHL skid. William Nylander and Teddy Blueger both had a goal and an assist, while Zack MacEwen also scored for Toronto (8-6-2), which wrapped up a four-game road […]

PUSLINCH — Provincial police in Ontario say four people have died after a single-vehicle crash in Puslinch, Ont. They say in a news release that police, firefighters and paramedics were sent to the scene on Watson Road South, between Maltby Road East and Wellington Road 34, around 1:35 a.m. on Saturday. Police say six people […]

TORONTO — Dozens of cycling advocates and protesters spent their Halloween decrying Ontario’s contentious decision to continue removing bike lanes across Toronto. The protest comes at the heels of Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria’s announcement on Friday that bike lanes along Bloor Street West in Etobicoke have been officially removed. “We heard from communities, and […]

TORONTO — Toronto police have identified one suspect in the home invasion attack in the affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood on Thursday. They say Daijohn Richards, 23, suffered a gunshot wound during the attack and may be favouring his right shoulder. Police say they are still looking for two other suspects. Police first received reports of […]

TORONTO — What appeared to be a neck-and-neck race between two top contenders for the mayor’s seat helped draw more people to the polls in Toronto, leading to the city’s highest turnout in more than a decade, some experts say. Nearly one million people in the city cast a ballot in this week’s municipal election, […]