York Region

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was released from jail weeks before the stabbing death of a woman in her Surrey, B.C., home. David Eby called the […]

OTTAWA — A former federal consultant has been charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $25,000. The RCMP say Clara Elaine Visser faces one charge of fraud over $5,000, following an investigation first launched by Public Services and Procurement Canada three years ago. The RCMP say the charge was laid based on evidence showing […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index posted a loss on Tuesday as weakness in energy and industrial stocks led the market lower, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 83.63 points at 22,042.50. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 52.82 points at 39,291.97. The S&P 500 […]

Ontario’s top doctor says nine people in the province have become sick with listeriosis and five have been hospitalized in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milks. While the cases reported so far are all in Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging people across the country not to drink […]

TORONTO — Henoc Muamba didn’t have much use for his degree in information systems over the course of his 12-year CFL career. Now that he’s retired from playing, he’s finally getting to put his education to use. Muamba was a speaker at Toronto’s Collision tech conference last month, an annual networking event that will be […]

TORONTO — B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. is the top-rated offensive player on the CFL’s honour roll for a second straight week. He earned a player grade of 93.6 to lead the Week 5 list announced Tuesday. Adams was 26-of-36 passing (72.2 per cent) for 383 yards and four touchdowns in Sunday’s 44-28 road […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up camp at the University of Guelph more than a month ago say they will pack up and leave by next Monday. The demonstrators say in a written statement that they will be leaving on their own timeline, which will give them the chance to do so safely […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — This little piggy is going to market. Maple Leaf Foods is spinning off its pork business into a new publicly traded company, the firm announced Tuesday. It’s something that’s been in the works for a little while, but the time is now right, said chief executive Curtis Frank in an interview. That’s […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The union representing Ontario liquor store workers has ramped up pressure in a five-day-old strike, with no talks planned to hammer out a deal. Thousands of workers at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario walked off the job Friday. Ontario’s main liquor retailer has closed its stores for two weeks, but had […]

TORONTO — Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province’s deal with the federal government, the provincial government says. The province has so far created less than a third of the new spaces it […]