Vaughan: One man is dead following an industrial accident in Vaughan Friday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to a business on Highway 7, west of Highway 27, at around 2:45 p.m. for reports that a male had been pinned under something. According to York Regional Police, the 49-year-old man wasRead More

A man, his wife and their two teenage sons are facing drug charges after police uncovered what they allege to be a clandestine drug laboratory run out of a home in Markham’s Berczy Village. York Regional Police made the discovery Thursday on Holst Avenue while executing a search warrant inRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launches a cross-country tour today to touch base with grassroots Canadians. But his tour, starting in eastern Ontario, takes flight under suspicions that it’s all about helping the Liberal party add details about potential supporters and donors to its massive data base. Liberal MPsRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne has appointed Marie-France Lalonde as Ontario’s new corrections minister in a small cabinet shuffle. The previous minister, David Orazietti, resigned last month to spend more time with family, and the labour minister had been filling in temporarily. The department has faced growing public scrutiny inRead More

Toronto : Mayor John Tory says he will underscore the need for federal funding to help repair crumbling community housing units in the city during a meeting with Liberal MPs today. The city is investing $250-million in the repair of TCHC units in 2017 but the money represents the finalRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government is looking at creating a new benefit to help low-income Canadians who struggle to pay the rent each month. Multiple sources say officials want to establish a new housing supplement program that would link benefits to individuals, rather than housing units — a departure fromRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne is set to make a few changes to her cabinet Thursday, including the appointment of a new corrections minister. David Orazietti resigned last month as community safety and correctional services minister and as MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, saying he was leaving for family reasons.Read More

Toronto home prices continued to surge in the fourth quarter of 2016 but the city actually lagged behind the rest of the GTA when it came to the pace of growth, new numbers from Royal LePage suggest. The average price of a home in the City of Toronto in theRead More

TORONTO — More Ontario drinkers turned to the Internet to buy wine, beer and spirits over the holidays. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says its online alcohol sales totalled nearly $2 million between Nov. 6 and Dec. 31, up from $1.7 million over the previous three months. The LCBORead More

TORONTO — A new report suggests some of Canada’s worst traffic bottlenecks are serious enough to compare with those in major American cities like New York and Los Angeles. The report commissioned by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) found that the most consistently congested stretch of highway in the country,Read More