York Region

TORONTO — A woman is dead and a man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a fire that broke out at a home in Toronto just after midnight. Police say officers responded to reports of a house on fire in the area of College Street and Dovercourt Road at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday. […]

KING CITY — Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts of energy to the grid as new Energy Minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Lecce says the government is “energy agnostic” and the new procurement will be a mix of natural gas, hydroelectric, renewables, nuclear and […]

TORONTO — An arbitrator has upheld the CFL’s indefinite suspension of Montreal Alouettes defensive end Shawn Lemon for sports betting. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge says he needs more time to finish the decision in the sexual assault trial for former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was the head of military personnel in 2021 when he was accused of raping a woman on board a navy ship in 1991. The two-week trial was held in February […]

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada reported a third-quarter profit of $4.49 billion, up from $3.86 billion a year earlier. The bank says its net income amounted to $3.09 per diluted share for the quarter ended July 31 compared with a profit of $2.73 per diluted share in the same quarter last year. Revenue totalled […]

OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge is expected to deliver a verdict this morning in the sexual assault trial for former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. He was the head of military personnel in 2021 when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on board a navy ship in 1991. During the two-week trial in February, the […]

TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne’s goal early in the second half carried Toronto FC to a 1-0 win over Hamilton-based Forge FC on Tuesday and a berth in the Canadian Championship final. Forge FC held a 2-1 aggregate lead after winning the first leg at Tim Hortons Field on July 10. That meant to win the […]

WIKWEMIKONG, Ont. — Police say two people have been charged in the death of an infant in a First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Ontario Provincial Police say an infant in Wikwemikong First Nation was taken to hospital on May 8. OPP say they were called to help Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service with the investigation on […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Tuesday, weighed down by energy stocks as oil prices retreated, while U.S. markets inched higher and the Dow added a few points to Monday’s record high. U.S. investors are waiting in anticipation of earnings Wednesday from semiconductor giant Nvidia, one of the main drivers of market […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s consul general in New York has been given a second opportunity to testify before a House of Commons committee about his official residence, which the government recently purchased for $9 million. Tom Clark has been called to appear before the government operations committee on Sept. 12 or on a date later that […]