York Region

TORONTO — Canadian poet-translator George McWhirter stood alone at a lectern Wednesday night to accept the Griffin Poetry Prize he earned with his friend and longtime collaborator Homero Aridjis. The prodigious Mexican poet couldn’t attend the ceremony in Toronto where his collection, “Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence,” won the $130,000 award because he was […]

TORONTO — Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in Cavan Biggio with the winning run in the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Kiner-Falefa drove a pitch to the wall off Orioles right-hander Craig Kimbrel (4-2) to allow Biggio to trot home from […]

TORONTO (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Wednesday night. Justin Turner singled off Craig Kimbrel (0-2) to begin the ninth, his third hit of the game. Cavan Biggio ran for Turner, advanced to second […]

TORONTO — “Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence,” written in Spanish by Homero Aridjis and translated into English by Irish-Canadian writer George McWhirter, has won the Griffin Poetry Prize. The $130,000 award was announced at a ceremony in Toronto on Wednesday, though Aridjis was not able to attend after undergoing medical treatments. Jurors praised the […]

OTTAWA — The chairman of a national security watchdog says the panel “cannot add anything” to its finding that some MPs wittingly assisted the efforts of foreign states to interfere in Canadian politics. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians has gone as far as it possibly can to outline the accusations in its […]

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are demanding that the Liberals release what they call a “secret report” that proves carbon pricing is harming Canadian families while the government says there simply is no such thing. At issue is a series of documents on economic impact of carbon pricing provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada to […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of one of the two men found guilty of terrorism charges in a plot to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. Raed Jaser had challenged the outcome of the 2015 trial on several grounds, including that his case should have […]

TORONTO — Gains in base metals, utilities and industrials helped lead Canada’s main stock index higher Wednesday, after the Bank of Canada announced a highly anticipated interest rate cut, while U.S. markets rallied, with the Nasdaq gaining almost two per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 166.84 points at 22,145.02. In New York, the […]

TORONTO — Gains in base metals, utilities and industrials helped lead Canada’s main stock index higher Wednesday, after the Bank of Canada announced a highly anticipated interest rate cut, while U.S. markets rallied, with the Nasdaq gaining almost two per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 166.84 points at 22,145.02. In New York, the […]

TORONTO — Canadian banks are lowering their prime rates after the Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate for the first time in four years. Banks including RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC and Scotiabank have lowered their rates to 6.95 per cent from 7.2 per cent, effective June 6, as have other financial institutions including Desjardins […]