York Region

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich is back on a CFL sideline. The 51-year-old American enters his first full season as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach. He takes over from Orlondo Steinauer, who’s now focusing full-time on his duties as the team’s president of football operations. Milanovich joined Hamilton last season as a senior assistant coach but […]

TORONTO — Paula Abdul plans to vibe her way across Canada with a 21-date tour this fall. The former Laker Girl turned “Straight Up” hitmaker has announced she will play her hits across the country alongside supporting acts Taylor Dayne and Tiffany. Abdul launches her Straight Up! to Canada Tour in Victoria on Sept. 25 […]

TORONTO — Ontario has created new rules specifically for one Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant to try to ensure it stops emitting high levels of benzene that have affected a neighbouring First Nation for years. The province has issued four orders to Ineos Styrolution since 2019, recently temporarily shut down the facility and added new conditions […]

TORONTO — A northern Ontario First Nation is suing the governments of Ontario and Canada over ongoing mercury contamination in a river system that flows through its territory. Grassy Narrows First Nation alleges the governments breached their obligations by failing to ensure the community could safely practise its right to fish. The lawsuit alleges the […]

TORONTO — Weakness in energy and base metals weighed on Canada’s main stock index Tuesday, leading it down almost 200 points, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 186.18 points at 21,930.51. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.73 points at 38,572.76. The S&P 500 index was […]

TORONTO — Shares of Park Lawn Corp. soared nearly 60 per cent in early trading after the company announced a plan to be taken private in an agreement valued at about $1.2 billion, including debt. Under the proposal, Viridian Acquisition Inc., an affiliate of Homesteaders Life Co. and Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc., will […]

WATERLOO — A man accused of a triple stabbing targeting a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo last summer has pleaded guilty to several charges. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman was initially facing 11 charges over the attack that took place on campus in June 2023, with federal prosecutors saying all those charges constituted terrorism offences. […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s deputy prime minister says the finding that some Canadian members of Parliament were “wittingly” helping foreign state actors is “concerning,” but she trusts that law enforcement will do its job. Chrystia Freeland’s comments come after a committee of MPs and senators released a report Monday that said intelligence shows foreign actors worked […]

TORONTO — Canadian international defender Doneil Henry has been named sporting director of League1 Ontario’s Simcoe Country Rovers. The 31-year-old from Brampton, Ont. is one of several Canada players with an ownership stake in the semi-pro club based in Barrie, Ont. Others include former Canada captains Atiba Hutchinson and Julian de Guzman and current Canadian […]

OTTAWA — The federal spending watchdog says three key agencies lacked the capacity and tools to protect Canadians from cyberattacks and tackle the growing threat of online crime. In a report today, Auditor General Karen Hogan describes breakdowns in response, co-ordination, enforcement, tracking and analysis between and across the organizations. Hogan’s review looked at the […]