York Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index managed a slight gain Thursday as tech and financial stocks rose, while U.S. markets slipped into small losses despite earlier gains. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 15.07 points at 22,299.83. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 38.62 points at 39,869.38 after cresting 40,000 points […]

GUELPH, Ont. — He missed time last season with a concussion but Toronto Argonauts receiver Tom Nield won’t be wearing a Guardian cap in CFL games. The CFL announced Wednesday it was giving players the option of wearing the soft protective helmet covers during games this season. But the league did make mouthguards mandatory, adding […]

TORONTO — Canadian cannabis stocks are rallying after U.S. President Joe Biden announced the country had taken a “major step” toward reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug. Shortly after he revealed on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the country had formally moved to reclassify the substance, Edmonton-based Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Moncton-based Organigram […]

WHITBY, ONTARIO — Police in the Greater Toronto Area say a man charged with fraud and money laundering, who called himself the “crypto king,” tried to solicit investments as recently as February.  Durham Region’s police chief says 25-year-old Aiden Pleterski and a 27-year-old associate have been charged with fraud over $5,000 and Pleterski was also […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly has formally withdrawn from the CFL club’s training camp. Kelly made the announcement Thursday in a statement provided to The Canadian Press. The CFL’s outstanding player last year wants to digest the findings of the league-mandated investigation that figured prominently in his suspension for both Toronto’s exhibition […]

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival says a planned content market for screen-based wheelers-and-dealers will launch at its 2026 edition.  TIFF announced the date at the Cannes Film Festival, where a similar venue known as the Marche du Film at Cannes has long been a venue for deal-making. TIFF says it expects its market […]

TORONTO — Loblaw Cos. Ltd. said Thursday it’s ready to sign on to the grocery code of conduct, paving the way for an agreement that’s been years in the making. After six months of negotiations, Loblaw president and CEO Per Bank said the retailer is now ready to sign as long as other industry players […]

TORONTO — New rules allowing Corus Entertainment to spend less on scripted drama and comedy shows will allow its channels to lean more into news, lifestyles and reality fare rather than “content that audiences don’t want to see,” says Troy Reeb, executive vice president of networks and content. Reeb says the CRTC’s decision to grant […]

TORONTO — The chief executive of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says the luxury parka maker’s last fiscal year showed him the company has “more work to do,” in part because it was trying to accomplish too much all at once. “We didn’t make as much financial progress as we would have liked,” Dani Reiss told […]

TORONTO — Director Guillermo del Toro is set to join the board of the Canadian Film Centre. The charity says the three-time Oscar winner behind “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” will be appointed to the board of directors at the annual general meeting in October. Del Toro, who was born in Mexico and […]