York Region

OTTAWA — A newly released internal report from the federal public service says Black and racialized Privy Council Office employees experience racial stereotyping, microaggressions and other forms of discrimination in the workplace. The Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination obtained the report using the Access to Information Act. It details barriers for employees of colour at the […]

A blind dog has found a new home after she was brought to the humane society in Kitchener, Ont., in rough condition. The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth says the dog named Honey was found covered with mud and wandering around aimlessly earlier this month. She was completely blind due to glaucoma […]

A coroner’s inquest into the death of a First Nations woman is expected to shed light on the challenges of delivering health care in remote communities. The inquest that opened today in Thunder Bay, Ont. is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of 31-year-old Ruthann Quequish on April 1, 2017. She died from complications […]

TORONTO — Widespread losses pushed Canada’s main stock index lower Monday morning as U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 82.76 points at 22,732.05. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 126.13 points at 40,463.21. The S&P 500 index was down 4.27 points at 5,462.68, while the Nasdaq composite […]

WATERLOO, Ont. — A U.S. court has dismissed three claims made by a former BlackBerry Ltd. employee who alleges the company’s chief executive sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her after she reported the behaviour. U.S. magistrate judge Sallie Kim granted BlackBerry and John Giamatteo’s request to throw out a claim that they fostered […]

TORONTO — Sebastian Massabie apparently wasn’t satisfied with breaking three national records at the Canadian Swimming Championships, so on Sunday he turned to breaking world records. On the second last day of competition at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Massabie — of the South Surrey, B.C.-based Pacific Sea Wolves Swim Club — once again […]

PARIS — Fencer Eleanor Harvey added to Canada’s medal haul while the tested Canadian women’s soccer team staged an epic comeback on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. Harvey defeated Italy’s Alice Volpi 15-12 to capture bronze in the women’s individual foil, earning Canada’s first Olympic fencing medal. Swimmer Summer McIntosh won Canada’s first medal of […]

TORONTO (AP) — Daulton Varsho homered in the first inning for the second straight game, José Berríos pitched seven sharp innings to snap a three-start winless streak and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of the defending World Series champions. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a […]

TORONTO — Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win and sweep of the defending World Series-champion Texas Rangers on Sunday. Varsho’s two-run blast, his 13th, landed in the Rangers bullpen in a three-run first inning, while Guerrero knocked out his team-leading 19th to right field […]

PARIS — In a dramatic match that saw her opponent fall to her knees after the final blow, Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey advanced to the semifinals in the women’s foil individual event at the Paris Olympics. Harvey narrowly defeated Italian Martina Favaretto on Sunday 15-14, staging a fierce comeback after trailing 10-4 midway through the […]