York Region

TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s elementary teachers a raise of nearly 12 per cent over the course of its four-year deal with the province. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says the Arbitration Board awarded its 80,000 teachers increases of three per cent for the first two years of the agreement that begins […]

TORONTO — A major Toronto hip-hop music festival has been postponed after organizers say one of its headliners cancelled his appearance. Rapper Lil Wayne was billed as one of the top acts at the Hot in Toronto single-day summer festival, originally slated for June 22 at Downsview Park. But images posted by Reddit users show […]

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they’re hurting people and not being used as intended. He defended the new powers in the Liberals’ budget legislation against claims by an advocacy group with loose ties to the tobacco industry that is warning […]

HAMILTON — Nick Taylor hopes that he or a fellow Canadian win the RBC Canadian Open this year. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., won last year’s men’s national golf championship at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto. His historic four-hole playoff victory ended a 69-year drought for Canadians at their own national championship. This year’s […]

TORONTO — “Little Bird” was the big winner at the second industry gala for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards, which recognized excellence in TV craft. The limited series that aired on Crave and APTN took home eight awards, including best direction for a drama series for Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ work on the first episode, “Love is […]

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says the government’s online harms bill includes measures to protect children using age-appropriate web design. His comment comes as legislators study a Senate bill that seeks to require websites to verify users’ ages and keep minors from accessing “sexually explicit material.” Privacy experts have criticized the proposed legislation for […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better. But it appears any changes to the federal law will have to wait until after the next formal review, set to begin a year from now. The Access to Information Act allows people […]

CHATHAM, Ont. — Almost two years after a 22-year-old woman was found dead in a southwestern Ontario house fire, police have charged a man with first-degree murder. Chatham-Kent police say the 48-year-old man was arrested in British Columbia last week after a Canada-wide warrant was issued earlier this month. Along with murder, he faces five […]

TORONTO — BMO Financial Group shares came under pressure after the bank reported results that missed expectations on higher loan-loss provisions and U.S. growth issues. The bank, which significantly expanded its U.S. presence early last year with its US$16.3-billion Bank of the West acquisition, said the results reflect a challenging environment there along with pressure […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 300 points in a broad-based decline, while U.S. stock markets also fell in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 296.17 points at 21,968.88. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 349.27 points at 38,503.59. The S&P 500 index was down 30.62 […]