York Region

A patchwork of weather warnings is blanketing Ontario, as Environment Canada calls for possible torrential downpours in the south and blistering temperatures to the north and east. A special weather statement says slow-moving thunderstorms are encroaching on southern Ontario. The weather office says the storms could bring as much as 30 to 60 millimetres of […]

STRATFORD — Police in Stratford Ont., say they’re investigating a shooting that left two people dead and two people injured Thursday night. Stratford police say that around 10:45 p.m., they received multiple 9-1-1 calls about shots fired in the north end of the city. Police say when they arrived, they found four people with gunshot […]

TORONTO — Former fashion tycoon Peter Nygard is expected to be sentenced today after he was convicted on four counts of sexual assault last fall. Nygard’s lawyer argued for a six-year sentence in a Toronto court last week, citing the 83-year-old’s advanced age and multiple health challenges, while prosecutors have asked for a sentence of […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have signed 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage, the club announced Thursday. The 21-year-old right-handed pitcher spent the past three seasons playing at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. A six-foot-four, 225-pound native of Pottstown, Pa., Yesavage went 11-1 with a 2.03 earned-run average and 0.87 WHIP in 93.1 innings […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index more than wiped out its gains from the day before on Thursday, declining 1.7 per cent with most major sectors down, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 387.60 points at 22,723.21. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 494.82 points at […]

HAMILTON — A film festival celebrating sex workers is set to open in Hamilton, with organizers describing the event as the first of its kind in Canada. The two-day Sex Workers’ Film and Arts Festival features documentaries, panels and performances. Festival organizer Jelena Vermilion says the goal of the event opening Thursday evening is to […]

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are feeling pretty good about themselves. The CFL club also faces its stiffest test yet looking to extend that streak. Coming of consecutive wins following an ugly start to the schedule, Hamilton (2-5) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (6-1) at Tim Hortons Field on Friday. The defending […]

The Parole Board of Canada has sent Brayden Bushby back to jail, revoking the release granted to the man convicted of killing an Indigenous woman by throwing a trailer hitch at her from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bushby, now 25, was sentenced in 2021 to eight years in prison for the 2017 […]

TORONTO — Fines for more than 100 parking offences in Toronto are increasing today, an initiative the city says is aimed at reducing congestion and promoting safer roads. The city says it raised the fines for 123 offences to help curb illegal parking, stopping and standing. It says increasing parking fines can reduce congestion by […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have arrested 10 people and laid more than 100 charges in a wide-reaching SIM swap scam. Investigators say more than 1,500 cellular accounts throughout Canada were compromised, resulting in more than $1 million in combined losses to victims, telecom companies and financial institutions. Det. David Coffey from the Toronto […]