York Region

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s Natalie Spooner will miss the rest of the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs because of a knee injury. The team put the league’s regular-season leading scorer on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after Spooner was injured during a collision with Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle during Game 3 of the teams’ semifinal series on […]

Toronto star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury. The PWHL team placed Spooner on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after she collided with Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal Monday. Spooner led the league with 27 points […]

GUELPH, Ont. — The Toronto Argonauts placed quarterback Chad Kelly on the suspended list Tuesday while Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty was among seven players released by the CFL club. The placement of Kelly on the suspended list was a procedural move as the CFL’s outstanding player last season is currently away from the team. […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is set to announce new legislation that would impose stiffer penalties on those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The minister of transportation says the government is introducing tough new measures, including lifetime licence suspensions, to protect families and keep people on the road safe. […]

TORONTO — Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president Jeff Lang says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return to a job due to injury, but is able to work elsewhere. The WSIB pays workers 85 per cent of their salary if […]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Rebecca Strong is now $1 million richer after being crowned the winner of Citytv’s “Canada’s Got Talent” Season 3. The Indigenous singer from Prince Albert, Sask., claimed the reality competition’s first million-dollar prize in a two-hour finale featuring eight finalists. Viewers across Canada voted to determine the winner of what Citytv’s […]

TORONTO — Canadian teenage swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has her second straight victory at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials. She finished first in the women’s 200-metre freestyle at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.  The 17-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, had a time of one minute 53.69 seconds.  Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivieres, Que., also finished inside […]

TORONTO — Canadians who applied to be part of a class-action lawsuit against LifeLabs Inc. are now receiving cheques and e-transfers. KPMG, which is administering the claims, says on the class-action website that more than 900,000 valid claims were received. Given the large number of valid claims, KPMG says claimants will receive an e-transfer of […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index edged lower Tuesday, led by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets rose and the Nasdaq posted a new record high. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 15.83 points at 22,243.34. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 126.60 points at 39,558.11. The S&P 500 index […]

TORONTO — Canadians who applied to be part of a class action lawsuit against LifeLabs Inc. are now receiving cheques and e-transfers. KPMG, which is administering the claims, says on the class action website that more than 900,000 valid claims were received. Given the large number of valid claims, KPMG says claimants will receive an […]