York Region

TORONTO — After just missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Games, Caeli McKay will look to stand on the Olympic podium for the first time when she leads a young Canadian diving team this summer in Paris. The 24-year-old from Calgary was among five athletes named to the team Wednesday by Diving Canada […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down in late-morning trading as shares in the industrial and telecom sectors fell as part of a broad-based decline on the Toronto stock market. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 60.60 points at 21,550.70. U.S. markets are closed today in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. The Canadian dollar […]

TORONTO — The wife of a gunman in a fatal Toronto shooting says he believed the two victims were behind an alleged mortgage investment scheme that defrauded their family. In a statement released by her lawyers, Alisa Pogorelovsky says her husband Alan Kats – who also died in the shooting –”could not handle losing our […]

TORONTO — Canadian consumers are increasingly expecting more when it comes to the quality of 5G performance and are placing blame on providers when an internet connection is spotty, a researcher says. Jasmeet Sethi, head of Ericsson Research’s ConsumerLab, says a “satisfaction gap” is emerging where Canadian consumers are 10 per cent less happy with […]

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes to launch a national pharmacare program by April 1, 2025. A pharmacare bill drafted by the Liberals and the NDP has made its way through the House of Commons, but still needs to be studied by the Senate. The idea is to make birth control and […]

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police say a six-year-old boy has died after being hit by a school bus in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police say they responded to the community of Kleinburg just before 8 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a child being struck by a school bus. They say the six-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s population topped 41 million people in the first quarter of this year as it grew by 0.6 per cent. The agency says the population reached 41,012,563 on April 1, a gain of 242,673 people in the first three months of the year. Statistics Canada said the increase came […]

TORONTO — Members of the union representing nearly 12,000 public transit workers in Toronto have voted to ratify their new contract. ATU Local 113 says workers voted more than 80 per cent in favour of the three-year deal with the Toronto Transit Commission. The union says the new contract includes progress on key issues like […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s single-game sports betting industry is on a winning streak. On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released a report that states the industry contributed $2.7 billion to Ontario’s gross domestic product in 2023. That’s up roughly 70 per cent from $1.58 billion in 2022, its initial year of operation. The industry opened up fully […]

TORONTO — Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. says it has acquired six pharmacies across Canada. Financial terms of the deals were not immediately available. The company says it has acquired five locations in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and British Columbia in separate transactions. The sixth deal is for another location in B.C. and is expected to close later […]