York Region

OTTAWA — Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie and her G7 counterparts have issued a joint statement calling for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States issued the statement, along with the High Representative of the European Union. […]

OTTAWA — The Liberals are labelling federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre “weird” in a new line of attack borrowed from the United States Democrats. Several Liberal MPs, including one cabinet minister, have used the word to describe Poilievre on social media in recent days. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined in, saying Poilievre needs […]

TORONTO — An off-duty Toronto police officer was shot Saturday night in the leg after he recognized a man wanted for murder. Toronto police say the off-duty officer called for backup and a chase ensued between the suspect and uniformed officers, at which point a shot was fired around King and Bathurst streets. The off-duty […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Toronto home sales The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board will release its July home sales figures on Tuesday. Sales declined 16.4 per cent in June from the year before, while the average selling price slid 1.6 per cent. Air […]

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is again telling Canadians to avoid all travel to Israel, citing an unpredictable security situation due to ongoing regional conflicts. The advisory issued Saturday says an escalation in armed conflict in Israel could affect people’s ability to leave the country on commercial flights, adding they should not rely on the […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a teenager is dead following a motorcycle crash Friday night in Haldimand County. They say the driver of the motorcycle was an 18-year-old man from Denfield, Ont. Police say emergency services responded to the collision just before 9 p.m. in the town of Dunnville, about 85 kilometres southwest of Toronto. They […]

TORONTO (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew Friday from a U.S. Open tuneup in Toronto after winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Swiatek was one of several players to withdraw from the National Bank Open, which begins Tuesday. Grand Slam champions Barbora Krejcikova, Elena Rybakina and Maketa Vondrousova also pulled out Friday along […]

OTTAWA — The mother of a witness who stormed out of a House of Commons committee in tears is berating Liberals, NDP and Conservative members for a “disgusting” partisan display in a letter she plans to share with MPs. Carolyn Alexander’s daughter Cait is a domestic violence survivor who gave harrowing testimony at an emergency […]

Shockwaves on Wall Street unleashed by jobs data out of the U.S. sent strong tremors north of the border Friday, as Canada’s main stock index shook over fears of a weakening U.S. economy and tech sector. The S&P/TSX composite index plunged 495.58 points to close at 22,227.63. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

STRATFORD, ONT. — A shooting in Stratford, Ont., has killed two people, including the suspected gunman, and injured two others, police said, describing the incident as linked to an “ongoing neighbour dispute.” Stratford police said in a press release that at around 10:45 p.m. on Thursday they received multiple calls about shots fired in the […]