York Region

TORONTO — Toronto public health officials are urging eligible residents to get vaccinated against mpox as the number of reported cases in the city continues to rise. Toronto Public Health says there has been a spike in reported cases of mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — in late June and July following major events […]

TORONTO — Jason Reitman’s chronicle of the early days of “Saturday Night Live” is headed to the Toronto International Film Festival. Organizers say “Saturday Night” is among 20 films added to the festival’s lineup, which also added Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120-million passion project, “Megalopolis,” starring Adam Driver. Other major titles include Spanish filmmaker Pedro […]

Homicide detectives north of Toronto are investigating after a woman from Markham, Ont., was reported missing by her family. York Regional Police say 56-year-old Yuk-Ying Anita Mui has disappeared in “suspicious” circumstances and she has not been seen or heard from since Friday morning. They say family members told officers Mui left her home in […]

TORONTO — Hudbay Minerals Inc. reported a net loss attributable to owners of US$16.6 million in its latest quarter as its revenue rose by more than 35 per cent compared with a year ago. The mining company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says the loss amounted to five cents per share for the […]

TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OGI) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $2.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had net income of 2 cents. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jessica Pegula, the No. 3 seed and the sixth-ranked WTA Tour player, defended her National Bank Open women’s singles title by defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 in Monday’s all-American final. Pegula, from nearby Buffalo, New York, won last year’s National Bank Open in Montreal and improved her all-time record at the […]

OTTAWA — Human-caused climate change is making heat waves much more likely, the federal government says, bringing extreme weather from fires to storms. That’s according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s rapid extreme weather event attribution system, which compares today’s climate to a pre-industrial one. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there will be more […]

TORONTO — Scotiabank has signed a deal to buy a minority stake in U.S. bank KeyCorp as it works to focus on the North American market. The Canadian bank said Monday it will pay a total of about US$2.8 billion for a 14.9 per cent stake in the company in two stages. The deal significantly […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says one of its moose has been euthanized after its health deteriorated over several months. The zoo says the moose, named Trilly, died last week at the age of 11, which it says is beyond the life expectancy of moose in human care. The organization says Trilly was “quite thin” […]

OTTAWA — The recently appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission says he has agreed to resign today after an investigation into comments he made in the past related to Israel. The justice minister launched an investigation after Canadian Jewish organizations raised concerns about Birju Dattani’s past activities. Dattani has previously denied allegations […]