York Region

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 150 points, as strength in telecommunication stocks and the base metal sector helped put it into record-high territory in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 151.77 points at 22,410.93. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 177.66 points at 39,234.05. […]

TORONTO — Four books about Indigenous life are among the finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. The six-book short list includes “Empty Spaces” by Jordan Abel, a reimagining of “The Last of the Mohicans” from the perspective of a contemporary Nisga’a person and “And Then She Fell” by Alicia Elliott, which follows […]

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. is the latest retailer to warn of softening consumer demand as high costs of living continue to rein in spending. “The increased cost of living combined with higher interest rates has created a period of hesitation among Canadian consumers,” president and CEO Greg Hicks told analysts during a conference […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s electricity system operator says it has secured new power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which should meet the province’s needs until the 2030s. The Independent Electricity System Operator had said Ontario should secure 4,000 more megawatts of capacity in the system — enough to […]

A southwestern Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a hospital in Windsor, Ont., after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she hated – and she says she has no intention of paying it.  Michele Campeau and her 83-year-old mother, Ruth Poupard, are caught up in a relatively new law […]

TORONTO (AP) — Sheldon Keefe is out as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, fired Thursday after another early exit from the NHL playoffs. The move had been expected after Toronto lost to rival Boston in Game 7 last weekend, the fourth time in five years under Keefe that the team has lost in the […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe.  The team made the announcement Thursday after the Original Six franchise lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs Keefe had a 212-97-40 record over parts of five campaigns in Toronto, but was just […]

TORONTO — Ontario says it will bring forward legislation to protect students’ data. The province says it wants to better safeguard children’s information and prevent it from being stolen in cyber incidents. Public and Business Service Delivery Minister Todd McCarthy says future regulations could include software standards to avoid student data being used by predatory […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe. The team made the announcement Thursday after the Original Six franchise lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Brookfield Corp. reported distributable earnings of US$1.22 billion for the first quarter, up from $1.16 billion in the same quarter last year, as weakness in its asset management arm was offset by strength across the other parts of its business. The Toronto-based alternative asset investment firm, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, […]