York Region

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American defensive back Lawrence Woods III and Canadian linebacker Enock Makonzo on Monday. Woods III was recently released by the B.C. Lions while Makonzo was let go by the Edmonton Elks. Woods III started four of the seven games he played with Hamilton last season, registering 22 total tackles […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained more than 300 points Monday in a broad-based rally, while U.S. markets also rose.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 312.06 points at 22,259.47. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 176.59 points at 38,852.27. The S&P 500 index was up 52.95 points at 5,180.74, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to require larger construction projects to provide menstrual products on site. Labour Minister David Piccini says the province is facing a shortage of skilled trades workers, and this regulatory change will help encourage more women to look to the trades for a career. The change accompanies a new piece of […]

ANCASTER, Ont. — Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood have been added to the field at the RBC Canadian Open. Lowry is ranked No. 12 on the PGA Tour following his win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on April 28. Fleetwood was the runner-up at last year’s Canadian Open, losing to Nick Taylor in […]

TORONTO — Mitch Marner says it “means the world” to be a member of the Maple Leafs. The Toronto winger has taken heat from fans and media following the club’s first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins where he put up just three points in the seven-game series. The 27-year-old grew up […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says encampments set up on university campuses by pro-Palestinian protesters “need to move.”  Ford says he’s getting messages from parents expressing concerns that their kids will be harassed or bullied because of the encampments, which have cropped up on several campuses in recent weeks.  The premier says some of […]

TORONTO — A documentary chronicling the Wet’suwet’en people’s resistance to pipeline construction on their ancestral lands has won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian documentary at the Hot Docs film festival.  “Yintah” won the prize as the 11-day festival in Toronto wrapped up on Sunday night.  The documentary, directed by Jennifer Wickham, Brenda […]

TORONTO — Carley Fortune’s books are written with an editor’s eye for detail. The romance novelist, one of the most successful to come out of Canada in recent memory, fell in love with the genre when she was working in journalism, steering the Canadian division of an online publication for young women and editing articles […]

TORONTO — The Speaker of Ontario’s legislature says politicians, staff and visitors will be allowed to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, but he is upholding his ban on the scarf inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who sits as an independent after being booted from the NDP caucus last year, put on a […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 200 points in late-morning trading as higher commodity prices helped boost energy and base metal stocks in a broad-based rally across the Toronto market. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 204.22 points at 22,151.63. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 51.62 […]