York Region

TORONTO — The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board says it’s moving away from an emissions intensity target for its portfolio to instead focus on climate investment goals. In its new 2030 target, the pension board says it’s aiming to double what it calls “climate transition aligned” private investments to $70 billion. It says it will […]

TORONTO — 7-Eleven Canada says the big competition it’s facing won’t stop it from growing and evolving its business model. Vice-president and general manager Marc Goodman says the convenience store chain plans to start franchising the business later this year. That move will help the company grow its presence in Ontario and expand into the […]

TORONTO — A fourth complainant is set to take the stand today at the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Stronach, who is 93, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges related to seven complainants. The charges stem from alleged incidents dating back as far as the 1970s. On Wednesday, the court heard […]

It took a full season of baseball, but Arjun Nimmala has learned that less is more. Nimmala spent all of the 2025 season with the single-A Vancouver Canadians, playing in 120 games with the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor-league affiliate. The 20-year-old shortstop is spending spring training with the major-league roster, sharpening his skills on and […]

Ontario First Nations leaders are expressing “serious concerns” about the release of a police watchdog’s report into the fatal shooting of a man in a northern Ontario courtroom, saying the family and the community were left to find out crucial details through social media. Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Wapekeka First Nation […]

WASHINGTON — Democrats say they are escalating an investigation into U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Democrats allege Trump’s social media post last week came hours after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met with the billionaire owner of a competing bridge. The Gordie Howe bridge, which will […]

TORONTO — A woman is telling Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial she felt confused and betrayed when the man she had grown to trust suddenly pushed her over the arm of a chair in his apartment and tried to rape her. The woman, who is in her 70s, says she had come to know Stronach […]

TORONTO — The province will not commit to an opening date for the new subway line currently under construction in Toronto. But Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says they plan to open the Ontario Line by the early 2030s, potentially later than the 2031 target. Lindsay says the testing phase of new transit lines can affect […]

NORWICH TOWNSHIP, ONT. — Four children have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after their school bus crashed east of London, Ont. Police in Norwich Township say the bus carrying around 40 elementary school students left the road and hit the ditch shortly before 9 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police say no other injuries have […]

OSHAWA — General Motors says it will spend $63 million to upgrade stamping operations at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont. The news comes after the company ended the third shift at the plant at the end of January, resulting in about 500 direct layoffs from GM plus the loss of hundreds of other positions […]