York Region

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say one man is dead and another person is critically injured after a late-night shooting in a Mississauga, Ont., school parking lot. Peel regional police say officers were called to a shooting in the parking lot of Settlers Green elementary public school around 11:10 p.m. They say the man in his […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s special envoy for combatting antisemitism says she’s “very interested” in exploring the idea of removing religion as a possible defence against hate speech charges. Deborah Lyons, whose title also includes preserving Holocaust remembrance, appeared this morning before a parliamentary committee that is studying antisemitism on university campuses. Jewish leaders, students and faculty […]

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation today that is intended to extend citizenship to some children born outside of the country. In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law so that Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship, unless their child was born in Canada. Those who’ve not […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say two people were sent to hospital in life-threatening condition after a late-night shooting in a Mississauga, Ont., school parking lot. Peel regional police say officers were called to a shooting near Montevideo Road and Lorca Crescent around 11:10 p.m. They say two male victims who had been shot were taken […]

TORONTO — The WNBA is finally, officially, coming to Toronto. Kilmer Sports Ventures has been awarded a women’s professional basketball team. The as-yet-unnamed team will play out of the at 8,700-seat Coca-Cola Coliseum, an arena in downtown Toronto at Exhibition Place and will have the ability to move up to the Scotiabank Arena on occasion […]

TORONTO — TD Bank Group reported its second-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago, hit by costs related to an investigation in the United States tied to the failure of its anti-money laundering programs. The big Canadian bank recorded an initial charge of $615 million in the quarter in connection with its talks with […]

TORONTO — Kilmer Sports Ventures says it will make an “important announcement” at a news conference this morning following reports it has been granted a WNBA franchise for Toronto. The CBC was the first to report on May 10 that the women’s professional basketball league awarded a franchise to Kilmer Sports Ventures, headed by Toronto […]

Alexis Wilson suddenly awoke one night three years ago to her four-year-old son Emmett in her room, screaming, scratching his face and hitting his head against the wall. He did not speak much aside from one sentence, the last words he would say before plunging into a deep — and so far irreversible — regression: […]

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to table legislation today that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of the country. In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law so that Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Canada. Amendments to […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays erupted for seven runs in the second inning and rolled to a 9-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night for their first series win in a month. Bo Bichette capped the early outburst with a two-run homer as Toronto took the rubber game of the three-game […]