York Region

OTTAWA — The federal government says it has “taken note” of a ruling from the top UN court that called Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful. A spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada acknowledged the nonbinding opinion issued by the International Court of Justice in a statement Friday. The spokesperson says it has been […]

TORONTO (AP) — Christian Lundgaard is back at Exhibition Place a year after racing to his first IndyCar victory on the street course. “It brings back a lot of good memories,” Lundgaard said Friday. “But it also brings pressure. Of course, we want to perform at the same level as we did last year.” The […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Friday, as companies and organizations around the world grappled with outages stemming from a faulty CrowdStrike software update, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 36.37 points at 22,690.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 377.49 points […]

TORONTO — The union representing Ontario liquor store workers says a strike in which a tentative deal had been announced earlier today is in fact continuing because the employer has not signed a specific document. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario had said this afternoon that it reached an agreement with the union to end […]

TORONTO — Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard didn’t get the chance to celebrate his first career NTT IndyCar Series victory last year in Toronto. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver was pulled in the middle of his post-race press conference, needing to catch a flight home. And so, in November, he made a point of returning by […]

TORONTO — Morningstar DBRS says insurance claims caused by the Toronto flood earlier this week could be “significant but manageable” for insurers. The credit rating agency says the insurance industry can expect insured losses of around $1 billion from the heavy rains on July 16 that led to flooded highways and basements. The agency says […]

TORONTO — The Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the union representing 10,000 of its workers reached a tentative contract deal Friday to end a two-week-old strike. The LCBO said in a statement that the tentative agreement will end the strike at 12:01 a.m. on Monday if it is ratified and the retailer is planning […]

TORONTO — Canadians waking up to a worldwide technology outage that disrupted airlines, hospitals and banks on Friday may be having flashbacks to a widespread telecom outage from two years ago. The July 2022 outage of Rogers Communications Inc.’s networks lasted more than 24 hours and affected more than 12 million customers, while paralyzing communications […]

TORONTO — Marketing experts say two brands that recently had to recall plant-based milk contaminated with Listeria can come back from the deadly outbreak, but they must move quickly to regain consumer trust. They say both Danone and Walmart should apologize swiftly for their recalled Silk and Great Value products, respectively, and specifically outline to […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Friday, as companies and organizations around the world grappled with outages stemming from a faulty CrowdStrike software update, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 35.02 points at 22,691.74. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 333.76 points […]