York Region

OTTAWA — Green Party’s Elizabeth May says she believes the small number of MPs named in a recent spy watchdog report did not knowingly set out to betray Canada. May says today she is “vastly relieved” after reading an unredacted version of a report on foreign interference by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of […]

TORONTO — A survey from publishing industry non-profit BookNet Canada suggests a growing number of Canadians are getting their books from a free source. BookNet says it’s the first time in the survey’s nine-year history that more than half of readers across all formats got their reading material for free. It says 51 per cent […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s justice minister says it will “take some time” to create a new regulator to compel internet giants to better protect Canadians against online harms. Arif Virani’s comments come as the Opposition Conservatives are criticizing the government’s plan to create a new regulatory scheme through its Online Harms Act as nothing more than […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Mark Winfield, Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada Even with the Ontario legislature rising for an extended summer break, the province’s politics […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 150 points in a broad-based decline, while U.S. stock markets were mixed in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 148.52 points at 21,921.24. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 209.99 points at 38,658.05. The S&P 500 index was down 10.02 […]

OTTAWA — Workers at Canada’s borders won’t go on strike this week, after their union reached a tentative agreement with the federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it’s reached a deal with the government after working “around the clock.” Its 9,000 members who work for the Canada Border Services Agency had been […]

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Hockey remains a beloved pastime, a source of pride and joy and something that has knitted Canada together for more than 150 years. Youth hockey participation, however, has decreased by nearly a third in Canada over the past decade and a half, a decline that began well before the pandemic from […]

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — All four ice rinks at Susan Fennell Sportsplex are full of action on this winter Saturday morning, the air filled with the sound of hockey skates grinding through ice and pucks clanging off the glass. The scene is as familiar as the sunrise in countless rinks across Canada. Hockey remains a […]

LONDON, Ont. — The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton is due back on Aug. 13 to potentially set a date for trial. A judicial pretrial, […]

TORONTO — Descartes Systems Group has acquired BoxTop Technologies Ltd., a maker of software for small- to mid-sized logistics services companies, for US$13 million. Companies use BoxTop’s platform to manage the movement of goods from quoting through to routing, booking and final delivery. BoxTop is based in Windsor, England. The company was a partner with […]