York Region

Despite topping the Northern Super League regular-season standings, it appears AFC Toronto is not getting its due at the World Sevens Football seven-a-side tournament in Florida. “I had a meeting with the organizers a couple of days ago. They look at us as a bunch of kids from Toronto,” Toronto coach Marko Milanovic said Thursday […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a case against two people for alleged drug offences will go to trial in Ontario after it was derailed due to a delay. Robert Vrbanic and Sarah Josipovic were jointly charged with possession of large amounts of four different drugs for the purpose of trafficking and possession […]

For co-host Canada, Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., provides a tournament road map for Jesse Marsch’s 27th-ranked side. For FIFA, it marks the glitzy kickoff to its showcase event — the cash cow that funds its operations for the next four years. Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico President […]

Police say two men and two boys are facing criminal charges after a 24-year-old man was kidnapped in Vaughan, Ont., and held for several days. York Regional Police say the victim was in a parking lot in the area of Jane Street and Highway 7 on Nov. 14 when suspects confronted him and forced him […]

TORONTO — Police say two suspects in an armed home invasion and kidnapping in northwest Toronto have been arrested, and two more remain on the loose. Investigators say four suspects drove up to a home in the Martin Grove Road and John Garland Boulevard area late Tuesday night. It’s alleged three of the suspects then […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a woman was seriously injured after a school bus full of students collided with her broken down car on the Burlington Skyway on Wednesday night. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says the woman’s car was blocking a live lane of the Queen Elizabeth Way when the approaching bus carrying 36 students and three […]

TORONTO — Hospitals are seeing more children sick with flu after the virus began circulating earlier than usual this year. The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario said it saw eight times more kids testing positive for influenza last month than it did in November last year. A spokesperson for CHEO said the difference is stark […]

KITCHENER — Police in Kitchener, Ont., continue to search for a 25-year-old who was reported missing after a house fire more than a month ago. Investigators say they suspect foul play in the disappearance of Eli Wood, who lived in the rear unit of the house. They say the fire, which broke out the morning […]

TORONTO — Delfina Budziak was mid-sentence when she saw George Springer walk into a downtown Toronto restaurant. Suddenly, no words would come. “When I first saw him walk through the door, I just froze and wasn’t able to speak for like, three minutes,” said the 11-year-old Budziak, who couldn’t even summon what her first words […]

TORONTO — Officials say there’s still no return timeline for displaced residents of two Toronto highrise buildings where a fire has been slowly burning for almost a week. Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop says firefighting efforts at the “unprecedented and extremely challenging” fire at 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. and 21 Overlea Blvd. will last into […]