York Region

VAUGHAN, Ont. — It’s a Tuesday morning at a Walmart just north of Toronto and there’s a sense of calm hanging over the store. No music is blaring, announcements can’t be heard, and in the sprawling entertainment section the TVs are displaying a static blue screen instead of their usual flashy programming. The subdued atmosphere […]

HAMILTON — Vernon Adams Jr. threw four first-half touchdown passes to lead the B.C. Lions past the struggling Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44-28 on Sunday night. Adams led B.C. (4-1) to its fourth straight victory. Over that stretch, he has nine TD passes and no interceptions. Adams, who entered the contest as the CFL’s leading passer, finished […]

OTTAWA — Scotland fell behind 5-0 early but reeled off the next 31 points en route to a 73-12 win over Canada in a rugby test match Saturday. The 21st-ranked Canadian men were 25-1 underdogs to beat a sixth-ranked Scottish side missing many of its big names. Despite the lack of test experience and a […]

HARROW, ONTARIO — Police say a mother and her two children found dead in their home near Windsor, Ont., last month were all shot in what they describe as a case of intimate partner violence. Ontario Provincial Police issued a statement on Saturday releasing the results of autopsies for 41-year-old Carly Walsh and her two […]

TORONTO — More than a hundred employees with Ontario’s primary liquor retailer took to the streets of downtown Toronto on Saturday to rally public support for a historic strike that’s shuttered most stores for at least two weeks. Thousands of workers with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario walked off the job on Friday after […]

TORONTO — Trae Bell-Haynes has been released from Canada’s Olympic men’s basketball training camp, Canada Basketball announced Saturday. Bell-Haynes, 28, represented Canada last summer at the FIBA World Cup, as the team captured its first-ever medal by defeating the U.S. for bronze. The six-foot-two guard from Toronto is the third player to be released as […]

HAMILTON — Shemar Bridges is off to an impressive start to his CFL career. The six-foot-four, 210-pound rookie receiver has quickly become a big part of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ offence, leading it in catches (28), yards (309) and touchdowns (three). Bridges will look to register a TD grab in a fourth straight game Sunday night […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have re-signed veteran guard-forward Garrett Temple. The team did not disclose the length of the contract or the financial terms of it. Temple was a free agent after spending last season in Toronto where he averaged 3.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 10.7 minutes in 27 games primarily coming […]

TORONTO — Workers with Ontario’s main liquor retailer will hold a rally in downtown Toronto today on the second day of their historic strike. Thousands of workers at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario began their first-ever strike on Friday morning, following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations between their union and management. The Ontario Public […]

VANCOUVER — When the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver started in late April, the scene resembled a festival. Music played as protesters picnicked and sat in circles discussing Palestinian history, surrounded by about 75 tents that packed the turf field. On Friday, the camp was nearly silent. The number of […]