York Region

PICKERING — Ontario drivers are set to benefit from the province’s upcoming budget, as Premier Doug Ford is announcing today that it will make a gas tax cut permanent and remove tolls from the provincially owned portion of Highway 407. Ford promised those moves during the provincial election and says they will mean real and […]

TORONTO — Entertainer Lilly Singh has joined the ownership group of the Toronto Tempo, the WNBA’s expansion franchise, the team announced Tuesday. She’ll also serve as the basketball team’s chief hype officer, handling fan engagement. Singh, from Scarborough, Ont., is a former YouTube star who went on to host a U.S. late-night talk show. She […]

TORONTO — Honda Canada is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle investment project in Ontario, including a proposed EV battery plant and retooled vehicle assembly facility. Honda Canada spokesman Ken Chiu says due to the recent slowdown in the EV market, Honda has announced an approximate two-year postponement of the comprehensive value chain investment project in […]

OSHAWA — Kasper Halttunen scored three goals, Easton Cowan had two goals and an assist, and the visiting London Knights held on to beat the Oshawa Generals 7-5 in Ontario Hockey League playoff action at the Tribute Communities Centre on Monday. Jacob Julien and Jesse Nurmi also scored for the Knights, who take a 2-1 […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’re looking for multiple suspects after two students were stabbed near a high school in Scarborough. Police say the stabbing took place off school property this afternoon and the students sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Police say in a social media post that they received reports about the stabbing shortly before 2 […]

TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne, who was on the outs with Toronto FC at the beginning of the season, says he has put the difficult times behind him and remains committed to the TFC cause. After being left out of the lineup for the first four games of the MLS season, amidst talk of attempts to […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals are asking the integrity commissioner to investigate the province’s decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill expansion project backed by Progressive Conservative donors. The Liberals want the integrity commissioner to look at whether Premier Doug Ford’s government gave the project special treatment because its developers are […]

FORT LAUDERDALE — Auston Matthews ripped a shot from in tight. Sergei Bobrovsky picked it out of the air clean. The Maple Leafs captain then had a couple of power-play looks the Panthers goaltender smothered before blasting another puck wide in Game 4 of the their second-round playoff series. Matthews is used to filling the […]

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich quickly removed any doubt regarding who will be the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ starting running back this season. The Ticats’ head coach emphatically stated Monday following the club’s second day of training camp that job belongs to Greg Bell. And only an injury to the six-foot, 200-pound sophomore will change that. “Greg is […]

GUELPH — A Guelph police officer is facing an assault charge following an investigation into an incident that took place earlier this year. Guelph police say they received a complaint following an interaction between a citizen and an on-duty officer that occurred on Jan. 13. After an investigation by Halton regional police, a 13-year member […]