York Region

CLARINGTON, Ont. — Ontario’s new energy minister is unapologetic about the province’s use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs, calling opposition to it “ideological.” Stephen Lecce took over the portfolio last week in a cabinet shuffle, when he was moved from the education file that he oversaw for five years. Premier Doug […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions will be 12 per cent lower in 2030 with carbon pricing in place than they would be if it was scrapped, new federal data published Thursday suggest. The data also show that the pricing system for consumers and big industry in place could cause Canada’s GDP to take a $25-billion […]

OTTAWA — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says a recent spy watchdog report shows a number of MPs have knowingly provided help to foreign governments. Singh says he is “more alarmed today” after reading an unredacted version of a report on foreign interference by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. The intelligence watchdog, composed […]

OTTAWA — The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee they would like to see quick passage of federal legislation that would help establish a wind industry off Canada’s East Coast. Tory Rushton, Nova Scotia’s minister of natural resources, told the committee that changes to implementing the Atlantic Accords […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after an officer was shot in an exchange of gunfire during an arrest in the Timmins, Ont., area. The Special Investigations Unit says gunfire erupted Tuesday on Moose Island in Night Hawk Lake, when Ontario Provincial Police located a man who was a person of interest in an ongoing investigation. […]

TORONTO — Unionized actors have a new labour deal that increases pay for commercial work involving agencies represented by the Association of Canadian Advertisers. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, known as ACTRA, says the one-year renewal expires May 31, 2025. The ratified National Commercial Agreement includes a five per cent general […]

TORONTO, ONTARIO — Toronto police say two 15-year-old boys have been arrested after an argument on board a city transit bus escalated into a stabbing. Police say the two teens have been treated for their injuries in hospital. Officers were called shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday to reports that two people had been stabbed after […]

OTTAWA — An advocacy group for people with disabilities says the federal government set aside very little money for a new benefit, despite a Liberal minister’s claim that it is the biggest line item in the budget. The government put $4.8 billion over five years toward the new program, which will provide low-income people with […]

CLARINGTON, Ont. — The first phase of building a small nuclear reactor east of Toronto is complete. Ontario Power Generation is building four small modular reactors at its Darlington site in Clarington, Ont. New Energy and Electrification Minister Stephen Lecce says the first phase of construction on one of those reactors has been completed on […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League’s board of governors has approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to neighbouring Brampton, Ont. The league said in a release that the team would retain the “Steelheads” name and will play out of the CAA Centre starting in the 2024-25 season. The team isn’t moving far. Its previous […]