York Region

TORONTO — The University of Toronto, where students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment weeks ago, has given protesters 24 hours to consider its offer to end the demonstration. The offer includes forming a working group to consider options for the disclosure of the school’s investments, but the university says it will not end any partnerships […]

OTTAWA — Canadian Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev has been suspended 18 months for anti-doping rule violations. The 24-year-old from Toronto failed to provide drug testers with a quarterly outline of his schedule and provide a 60-minute period each day when he would be available for out-of-competition testing. Gaziev had three confirmed “whereabouts failures” over a […]

TORONTO — CBCs upcoming scripted lineup showcases diversity and familiar faces, with Indigenous hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids, writer-actor Allan Hawco and comedy collaborators Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill debuting new series. The public broadcaster announced a fall and winter slate Thursday that includes the half-hour scripted show “Snotty Nose Rez Kids,” bound for […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index lost almost 150 points Thursday, led by weakness in utilities and base metals, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 145.97 points at 22,200.79. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 605.78 points at 39,065.26. The S&P 500 index was down […]

TORONTO — The arrival of a professional women’s basketball team to the Toronto sports landscape creates new opportunities to capitalize on long pent-up demand from local fans, say experts who study the business of sports. The WNBA announced Thursday that Toronto’s new team — the first in Canada — will tip off in 2026, playing […]

OTTAWA — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to meet the NATO spending target Canada agreed to a decade ago. All NATO allies pledged to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence, but Canada is spending well below that at around […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s Natalie Spooner, Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin and New York’s Alex Carpenter are the Billie Jean King MVP award finalists for the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s inaugural season. The PWHL announced the nominees Thursday after voting by an 18-member selection committee at the end of the regular season. Spooner led the league with 27 […]

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — University of Montreal quarterback Jonathan Senecal was among the finalists announced Thursday for the Canadian university sport athletes of the year awards. In addition to leading the Carabins to a 2023 Vanier Cup title, Senecal was named MVP of that game and earned Hec Crighton Trophy as the top U Sports […]

HAMILTON — Like Mike Filer and Ryan Bomben before him, Brandon Revenberg has become the conscience of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ offensive line. The six-foo-three, 301-pound left guard is entering his eighth CFL season, all with Hamilton. And with the off-season retirements of tackle Chris Van Zeyl, linebacker Simoni Lawrence and defensive lineman Ted Laurent, the […]

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — University of Montreal quarterback Jonathan Senecal is among the finalists for the Canadian university sport athletes of the year awards. In addition to leading the Carabins to a 2023 Vanier Cup title, Senecal was named MVP of that game and earned Hec Crighton Trophy as the top U Sports football player. […]