York Region

TORONTO — Strength in technology and utility stocks helped Canada’s main stock index inch higher Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets rallied to new record highs after a pair of reports on inflation and retail sales.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 41.42 points at 22,284.76. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

DURHAM, Wis. — Police in the Greater Toronto Area say they’ve arrested and charged a man who called himself the “crypto king” after an investigation into an alleged investment fraud involving millions of dollars. Durham Regional Police say 25-year-old Aiden Pleterski has been charged with fraud over $5,000 and laundering proceeds of crime. Police say […]

TORONTO — Sex assault survivors and the opposition are livid with the Ontario government for what they call procedural games over a proposed justice bill.  Government House Leader Paul Calandra sent a proposed NDP sexual assault justice bill to committee on Tuesday, thereby cancelling a debate on it Wednesday. More than 100 survivors and supporters […]

Toronto Hydro says power has been restored after a large outage caused by a squirrel impacted thousands of people in the downtown area.  The company’s outage map showed the disruption started at 10:23 a.m. when the animal came into contact with power equipment. Toronto Hydro says power was fully restored at about 1:30 p.m. It […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Quarterback Chad Kelly isn’t on the Toronto Argonauts’ suspended list but remains away from the CFL team. The Argos announced early Wednesday they’d placed Kelly on the suspended list but a club official later issued a revision, adding Kelly is still not participating in team activities and isn’t present at its facilities. […]

TORONTO — CFL players will have the option of wearing protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games this season but mouthguards will be mandatory. The two measures were among a host of health-and-safety initiatives announced by the league Wednesday. The CFL mandated the use of Guardian caps last year during training camp […]

TORONTO — Sex assault survivors and the opposition are livid with the Ontario government for what they call procedural games over an intimate partner violence bill.  Government House Leader Paul Calandra sent a proposed NDP bill on intimate partner violence to committee on Tuesday, thereby cancelling a debate on it today. Catherine Fife’s private member’s […]

TORONTO — Strength in technology and utility stocks helped Canada’s main stock index climb in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 66.75 points at 22,310.09. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 258.25 points at 39,816.36. The S&P 500 index was up 42.46 points […]

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 […]