York Region

TORONTO — A national union is calling for the resignation of one of its leaders over an online post but says it did not make the move in response to pressure from Ontario Premier Doug Ford. On Tuesday, the national arm of the Canadian Union of Public Employees passed a motion asking vice-president Fred Hahn […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads have ground to a halt after an ongoing labor dispute couldn’t be resolved before the overnight deadline Thursday. Canadian National and CPKC have shut down all their trains in Canada and stopped shipments into the U.S. after failing to reach new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference […]

TORONTO — The RCMP say they’ve laid terror charges against a person in Toronto after a lengthy national security investigation. The Mounties say they received information from the FBI in late 2021 and the suspect, a resident of Toronto, was arrested Monday. The suspect is charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist group […]

A Toronto-area woman whose burned remains were found in a cottage-country community is believed to have been targeted and murdered, police said Thursday as they confirmed her death two weeks after she was reported missing. York Regional Police said Yuk-Ying Anita Mui, a 51-year-old Markham, Ont., relator, was reported missing by her family on Aug. […]

LONDON, ONTARIO — Police say a man wanted in a London, Ont., homicide was arrested in Halifax over the weekend. London police say the charges relate to an incident that took place on July 20 and left a man with life-threatening injuries. They say the injured man later died in hospital. A 19-year-old suspect was […]

HAMILTON — Canadian striker Kwasi Poku has been transferred from Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League to Belgian side RWD Molenbeek for an undisclosed fee and future considerations. Forge said in a release that the transfer fee is a CPL record. The 21-year-old Poku made 71 appearances for the Hamilton-based Forge over parts of […]

TORONTO — Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 5,400 aviators at the country’s largest carrier, says the vote passed by 98 per cent on […]

TORONTO — Economists say the work stoppage that began last night at Canada’s two major railways will have a significant effect on the country’s economy. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out their workers after talks broke down with the union, bringing freight trains across the country to a halt. […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a 31-year-old man has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old boy at a Brampton, Ont., hospital. Peel Region police say the boy was in a stroller inside the hospital when the man allegedly approached him Sunday afternoon. They say the man allegedly touched the boy and […]

TORONTO — TD Bank Group swung to a rare loss in its latest quarter as it took a US$2.6-billion charge related to ongoing U.S. investigations into its anti-money laundering program. The charge led to a reported quarterly loss of $181 million, but it also provided clarity on the expected total cost of the investigations after […]