York Region

TORONTO — After landing back in Toronto, Summer McIntosh says she would return to Paris if selected as Canada’s flag bearer for the closing ceremony. The Toronto teenager who won four medals at the Paris Games returned home for some relaxation but says it would be “an honour” to carry the flag for Canada. At […]

TORONTO — Drake has thrown open the gates to his digital archives with a staggering content dump of photographs, behind-the-scenes videos and songs. The Toronto music superstar unleashed a massive trove of material on Tuesday afternoon without any previous announcement, sending his fans on an impromptu treasure hunt. The files were released on 100gigs.org and […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’ve charged a 22-year-old woman with first-degree murder after human remains and chemicals were allegedly found in an apartment in June. Police say on June 27, officers responded to a call at an apartment west of the city where they allegedly found biological remains and chemicals. They say that testing […]

OTTAWA — The Conservatives say they have no connection to a rash of conspicuously similar social-media posts that flooded the X platform following a Pierre Poilievre event in northern Ontario last week. The Conservative leader held a rally at a conference centre in Kirkland Lake on July 31, to what appears in a video to […]

Canada’s main stock index fell more than one per cent Tuesday, playing catch-up while U.S. stock markets regained some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 248.27 points at 21,979.36. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 294.39 […]

A fan who attended the Billy Talent concert that was disrupted when several thousand people pushed through the fences says that despite the chaos, which saw him get “sucker punched,” the band “put on one hell of a show.” Officials in Port Colborne, Ont. have said the venue at H. H. Knoll Park reached capacity […]

OTTAWA — Defenceman Carter Yakemchuk, selected seventh overall in June’s NHL entry draft in Las Vegas, has signed a three-year, entry level contract with the Ottawa Senators. Steve Staios, the Senators’ president of hockey operations and general manager, confirmed the agreement on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Yakemchuk spent the past three seasons with the Western Hockey […]

TORONTO — Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Shea Patterson and Toronto Argonauts safety Royce Metchie were named the CFL Honour Roll’s top offensive and defensive players on Tuesday. Patterson earned a grade of 85.2 after competing 22-of-38 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-31 loss to the Edmonton Elks. He also ran four times […]

A substitute teacher has been arrested and charged in connection to an assault at a school in Bradford. South Simcoe police say officers opened an investigation at a school in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury in April. They say officers officials finalized details in July. Police arrested and charged a 37-year-old man from Brechin, […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell nearly 300 points in early afternoon trading, while U.S. stock markets rebounded to regain some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 292.92 points at 21,934.71. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]