York Region

A woman who was found dead alongside three of her family members at a home in rural southwestern Ontario this week is being remembered as a selfless, caring mother who worked tirelessly for her community. Treena Upcott, a friend of the family, says the mother was an amazing friend who made those around her feel […]

OTTAWA — As debate around the Liberals’ drug policy dominated parts of the spring House of Commons sitting, the Conservatives are offering little insight into what approach they would take when it comes to supervised consumption sites. When asked earlier this month if a future Tory government would look to change the application process for […]

Ontario Provincial Police continue their investigation after a family of four was found dead at a home in rural southwestern Ontario this week. OPP say officers were called to the residence on County Road 13 in the community of Harrow around 1:30 p.m. Thursday and found the bodies of a mother, father and two young […]

Toronto Police say they’re investigating a fatal stabbing in the city’s Allan Gardens urban park as a homicide. Police responded to the incident on Wednesday, June 19, at approximately 12:11 a.m. They say emergency services arrived at the scene and found a man with stab wounds. Life-saving measures were performed, and the individual was taken […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed down Friday, weighed by losses in the base metal stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index ended down 26.49 points at 21,554.86. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 15.57 points at 39,150.33. The S&P 500 index was down 8.55 points […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre at its current east Toronto location will permanently close at the end of the day Friday, due to structural concerns with the roof, the provincial government announced. Here is a timeline of events that came before the closure announcement, based in part on information in a report from the […]

OTTAWA — The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says a lot of talk about the issue of so-called Indigenous identity fraud is based around apprehensions people have about the government defining who is — and who isn’t — a rights-holder. The topic of identity fraud came to a head last fall with a controversial bill in […]

OTTAWA — The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says a lot of talk about the issue of so-called Indigenous identity fraud is based around apprehensions people have about the government defining who is — and who isn’t — a rights-holder. The topic of identity fraud came to a head last fall with a controversial bill in […]

OTTAWA — Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court’s decision came Friday in the case of two teachers who were reprimanded after discovery of a digital log about their work-related concerns. The matter began in […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre is abruptly closing at the end of the day today, after engineers found structural issues with the roof. The news from provincial infrastructure officials comes amid plans from the government to move the science centre from its current home in east Toronto to a new location at Ontario Place […]