York Region

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. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 89.01 points at 23,259.96. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police are searching for three suspects who allegedly used a popular dating app to set up a meeting with a 20-year-old man they then robbed at gunpoint. Police allege the suspects used a dating app on Friday to set up a meeting with the man for later that day. They say when […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s Governor General will attend Wednesday’s opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris as part of a trip to France. Mary Simon will meet with Canadian athletes in the village before the evening’s opening ceremonies at Place de la Concorde. Canada’s first Indigenous governor general will represent the country at a reception […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Metro Vancouver park. North Vancouver assistant fire chief Dwayne Derban said the boy was with three friends in an […]

TORONTO — Toronto is developing criteria to determine which sites would be acceptable for commercial dog walkers to use across the city, as a ban on the walkers at an off-leash area in one park has brought the issue under the spotlight. The issue came before city council this summer, when a two-part motion brought […]

TORONTO — Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages. More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far this year, a significant jump from the annual average of 562 cases between 2015 and 2019. The majority of whooping cough patients are […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C. Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chief with North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, says the boy was in an off-trail area of Lynn Canyon Park when […]

TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia saw third-quarter profits fall compared with a year ago as it boosted its provisions for bad loans, even as the bank says it’s seeing some levelling out of the financial stress on Canadian consumers. The bank reported Tuesday it had $1.05 billion set aside for bad loans in […]

Police in York Region say violent crimes involving guns – including homicides, shootings and carjackings – have surged in the area north of Toronto since January. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says the increase is concerning for the community, despite the region remaining one of the safest in the country. He says York Region […]

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