Canada: Ontario

CBC - Ottawa (19 minutes ago)

Premier Doug Ford's justification for his controversial Bill 5 is to protect Ontario's economy against the threats posed by U.S. President Donald Trump by reducing red tape and speeding up approvals of major projects. 

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CBC - Ottawa (19 minutes ago)

The base pay for Ontario's elected officials has been frozen since 2009 at $116,550. Under legislation introduced by Ontario's finance minister, the salary would be boosted to $157,350.

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CBC - Ottawa (19 minutes ago)

Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools.

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CBC - Ottawa (19 minutes ago)

A Prescott, Ont., man has been banned from owning firearms and other weapons for three years and sentenced to one year probation after pleading guilty to one charge of uttering death threats, which were aimed at Ontario Conservative MP Michael Barrett.

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CBC - Ottawa (19 minutes ago)

Three years ago, Eric Anoee's Jr., along with his family, made the difficult decision to move his brother Bernard from Arviat to Embassy West, seniors' living facility in Ottawa. 

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CBC - Windsor (20 minutes ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday he welcomed a U.S. court decision that struck down parts of President Donald Trump's tariffs regime, with judges saying he overstepped his constitutional authority by imposing sweeping levies on global goods.

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CBC - Windsor (20 minutes ago)

A 14-year-old boy from Pickering has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was fatally stabbed in the city on Thursday, Durham police said. 

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CBC - Windsor (20 minutes ago)

Many U.S. tourism operators are offering special deals and discounts for Canadians to try to convince them to cross the border — just in time for the summer travel season. 

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CBC - Windsor (20 minutes ago)

A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now, as his administration fights an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies.

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CBC - Windsor (20 minutes ago)

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent next Wednesday.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations across the province.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

Opposition critics are calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to act quickly to implement a foreign agents registry and a foreign interference commissioner, following revelations that attacks by the Chinese government and its proxies on dissidents living in Canada are on the rise.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

Bill 5 was successfully stalled in committee after Ontario NDP and Liberal MPPs filibustered from around 4 p.m. on Wednesday until midnight Thursday.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

New research suggests that near-death experiences can prompt people to make big changes in the search for more meaningful working lives. But experts say those changes are possible even if you don't have a brush with death.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

It was an eventful week at the ongoing sexual assault trial of five former world juniors players. For the first time, court heard directly from some of the accused in the form of testimony and recorded police interviews.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (20 minutes ago)

Just in time for spring cleaning, some people may already be thinking of selling unwanted items online. Others could be thinking of buying used items for a deal. But with a slight "uptick" in calls about online marketplace thefts over the spring and summer months, the Waterloo Regional Police Service are reminding people to be careful.

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Global News - Toronto (24 minutes ago)

The Toronto Blue Jays placed Anthony Santander on the 10-day injured list Friday due to left shoulder inflammation and recalled fellow outfielder Alan Roden from Triple-A Buffalo. 

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Global News - Toronto (24 minutes ago)

The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled outfielder Alan Roden from Triple-A Buffalo, with outfielder Anthony Santander being placed on the 10-day injured list.

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Global News - Toronto (24 minutes ago)

After a spring marked by unusually cool temperatures, Ontario berry farmers are anxiously holding onto a glimpse of hope for some warm sunshine.

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Global News - Toronto (24 minutes ago)

The Toronto Blue Jays' offence was in desperate need of a kick-start at the start of the team's seven-game homestand.

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Global News - Toronto (24 minutes ago)

Ernie Clement and Addison Barger homered and the Toronto Blue Jays reached a double-digit run total for a second straight game in an 11-7 victory over the Athletics on Friday at Rogers Centre.

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Toronto Sun - Local (28 minutes ago)

Over Succession's four seasons, series creator Jesse Armstrong made a name for himself as television's go-to chronicler of the uber-rich. The HBO show depicted the inner workings of a powerful, Murdoch-esque media clan and the way its members lived, travelled, celebrated and humiliated one another. It was a tantalizing look at what it might be...

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CityNews - Toronto (28 minutes ago)

Toronto police are investigating a shooting after a man showed up at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say the man checked into a hospital around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, with a gunshot wound to the leg. The severity of his injuries was not immediately available. It’s also not clear where and when he […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)

IF THE SHOES FIT… Re “Trudeau trashed over ‘clown’ shoes” (Denette Wilford, May 29): Once again, a member of the Trudeau family has upstaged a visit from the Royal Family. In the early 1980s, then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau did a very unprofessional pirouette behind Queen Elizabeth’s back during two of her separate visits to Canada,...

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Toronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)

DEAR ABBY: I have spent 40 years serving the public and my country, putting other people first and feeling guilty if I didn’t. However, I am becoming resentful of the demands for my time.   I’m retired, and my husband still works. We have always split the expenses 50-50, even though I make less than […]

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CBC - Toronto (2 hours ago)

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after what police called a "sadistic and cowardly" stabbing that left a woman dead in Pickering, Ont., on Thursday.

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CBC - Toronto (2 hours ago)

A judge has found a teen girl guilty of manslaughter in the fatal swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man in 2022.

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CBC - Sudbury (2 hours ago)

For more than a month, Canadians looking for their remaining contribution room in their tax-free savings accounts (TFSA) on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website have been out of luck.

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (2 hours ago)

'We love this city, but we don't like what's happening at City Hall, and we want to do something about it.'

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Ottawa Sun - Local (2 hours ago)

Saturday, May 31: Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

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CBC - Toronto (2 hours ago)

A longtime fugitive admits it was "a mistake" to flee to Toronto, where he was recently arrested after spending more than 21 years on the run from U.S. manslaughter charges. In a sworn affidavit obtained by CBC News, Patrick Lutts Jr. publicly outlines for the first time how he hid from authorities.

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CBC - Toronto (2 hours ago)

Some residents of a tiny enclave bordering Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood are calling on the city to revisit a council decision to rename a parkette after well-known local anti-gun violence advocate, Louis March.

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CBC - Thunder Bay (2 hours ago)

The moose population in some parts of northwestern Ontario has dropped by more than 50 per cent over the past two decades. A new research project led by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is trying to find out why.

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CBC - Thunder Bay (2 hours ago)

Grand Council Treaty 3 is deploying new water monitoring stations across the territory this summer. The goal is to collect information about the impact of climate change by tracking water quality changes over time. Here's how the program works, and how it's hoped to help First Nations advocate for solutions.

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CBC - Ottawa (2 hours ago)

Canada's Vanessa Gilles ready to hunt for soccer trophies with new club Bayern Munich

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CBC - Windsor (3 hours ago)

Managing Windsor's population of Canada geese needs diligent effort over multiple years to truly make a dent in the number of the birds throughout the city, says Dan Frankian — a specialist with Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control.

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CBC - Windsor (3 hours ago)

Victory gardens, promoted as a way to ease food shortages during the world wars, are seeing a resurgence as more Canadians try to grow their own food amid skyrocketing grocery bills and U.S. tariff threats.

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CBC - Ottawa (4 hours ago)

The federal government has recognized Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood as a historic district. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King speaks about the area's significance.

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CBC - Ottawa (4 hours ago)

The man charged with the first-degree murder of a missing Ottawa woman has a history of intimate partner violence cases, court records show.

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CBC - Sudbury (5 hours ago)

Premier Doug Ford's government is preparing to partially amend a contentious mining bill, but it intends to proceed with the legislation — despite opposition from First Nations leaders in Ontario who say it infringes on their treaty rights and should be scrapped entirely.

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Toronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)

Tim Dolighan cartoon for May 31, 2025.

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Toronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)

SUNshine Girl Jennifer, our 5-foot-5 brunette is an international Canadian bikini/glamour/commercial model. Over the years, she has been featured in the SUNShine Girl Calendar, FHM and Esquire magazines. Jennifer was the first-ever Canadian UFC ring girl working in Hong Kong and Macau. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun)

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (7 hours ago)

For much of the Ottawa Redblacks’ pre-season finale at TD Place, it looked like the highlight of the night would stand as the lightning storm — which included high winds and toonie-sized hail pellets — that delayed the start of the game by almost an hour. The excitement meter spiked a couple of times, but […]

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CityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)

Police are investigating an alleged hit-and-run that seriously injured a motorcyclist on Friday. The Toronto Police Service says the collision happened in North York, near Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue West just before 10:30 p.m.  A man in his 40s who was riding a motorcycle was taken to a hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening...

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Toronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)

Ernie Clement continues to shine, while the Blue Jays continue to soar. Granted, the Athletics aren't a quality major-league team and following Friday night's 11-7 defeat, they endured their 15th loss in their past 16 games. Too bad the Jays can't play the A's more often. If they could, playoff tickets would be printed. Clement […]

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CityNews - Toronto (8 hours ago)

Funeral preparations are underway for three siblings whose lives were tragically cut short in a crash that police say involved a suspected drunk driver.  Family members of the three children aren’t saying much about what happened that fateful night as the case is now before the courts, but they did release a statement on Friday. […]

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CBC - Toronto (9 hours ago)

The woman, who the community says was a retired kindergarten teacher in her 80s, was outside her home when she was repeatedly stabbed in an attack police describe as unprovoked, "sadistic and cowardly."

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Toronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)

Happy anniversary, Brad Treliving. In the two years since the Maple Leafs hired Treliving to be the 18th general manager in franchise history, the 55-year-old has set the team on a new course, one that took greater shape when head coach Craig Berube was brought on board last spring. In a perfect Treliving world, the […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)

Durham Regional Police are going through all the evidence to determine what was behind the evil, random slaying of an 80-year-old Pickering woman

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Toronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent next Wednesday. Trump initially announced the boosted duties on steel during a rally at U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works_Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh Friday evening. He told a cheering crowd of steelworkers that the increased […]

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Global News - Toronto (11 hours ago)

A 14-year-old teen girl has been found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal 2022 swarming attack on Toronto homeless man Kenneth Lee.

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CBC - Ottawa (12 hours ago)

Environment Canada had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Ottawa area and said the storm could produce wind gusts of up to 90 km/h.

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CBC - Windsor (12 hours ago)

Canada Post says it has asked the federal jobs minister to force a union membership vote on the proposals the Crown corporation put forward earlier this week.

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Toronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)

At least for the time being, Tony Taters is in tatters. Given the five-year deal worth a cool $92.5-million he signed this off-season in free agency, Anthony Santander isn't going anywhere any time soon. He is going on the 10-day injured list, a move the Blue Jays revealed in the hours leading up to Friday […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)

Zion Williamson is being sued by a woman describing herself as a former dating partner and who alleges the New Orleans Pelicans star committed repeated sexual violence against her. The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday night, identifies the plaintiff as “Jane Doe.” She claims she began dating Williamson in...

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CBC - Toronto (12 hours ago)

The Toronto Catholic District School Board is warning parents about "dangerous" social media challenges that are trending among students in Ontario schools.

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CBC - Toronto (12 hours ago)

If you're planning on driving in the city this weekend, here are some road closures to keep in mind.

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CBC - Ottawa (12 hours ago)

Evidence from 28 complainants who allege Michael Haaima preyed upon them — some when they were teen girls — will reveal a "predatory system of sexual violence," the Crown said as his trial began Thursday in Kingston, Ont.

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CBC - Ottawa (12 hours ago)

CBC Ottawa at 6 won the best news or information segment at the annual awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Priority Purple: Overdose in Progress, which documented a new approach to treating the opioid epidemic in Renfew County.

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Global News - Toronto (13 hours ago)

The TCDSB, along with some emergency responders, are warning parents about "dangerous" social-media challenges that are trending among students in Ontario schools. 

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CBC - Thunder Bay (13 hours ago)

Deer Lake First Nation and Webequie First Nation each declared a state of emergency on Friday, as forest fires continue to pose a danger to communities.

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CBC - Toronto (13 hours ago)

Pride Toronto says it has lost two more sponsors of its annual 2SLGBTQ+ festival beginning in June, while another sponsor has reduced its financial support.

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Global News - Toronto (13 hours ago)

The province is currently in the process of passing Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, legislation it introduced to speed up mining projects in the north.

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CityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)

Pride Toronto faces a shaky future after two more corporate sponsors pulled their support for the festival just days before the beginning of Pride Month. The organization says it’s facing a $700,000 funding shortfall as a result of sponsors who have chosen not to return to the 2025 festival or reduced their contributions. "This is […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)

Some of those bearing flowers honouring the elderly woman brutally stabbed to death on Thursday afternoon in front of her Lynn Heights Dr. home were left in tears on Friday as they described a sweet neighbour who would dress up a scarecrow leaning on the side of her house. On Friday morning, the scarecrow was […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will no longer be “Mr. NICE GUY” with China on trade, declaring in a social media post that the country had broken an agreement with the United States. Hours later, Trump said in the Oval Office that he will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)

In the end, not one of the eight girls who viciously swarmed a Toronto homeless man has been convicted of murder. How wrong that seems. SC was the last girl standing, the final teen in the gang of eight to face judgment for her role in the brutal and senseless slaying of Kenneth Lee. But […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnists Brian Lilley, Warren Kinsella and Lorrie Goldstein have some different thoughts on what the Conservative should do with Poilievre’s future. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

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Toronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)

WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Inside The Leafs, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Maple Leafs writers Terry Koshan and Lance Hornby about Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving's comments about changing the team's "DNA” and if the team would table pending free agent Mitch Marner a contract before July 1st.

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CBC - Sudbury (14 hours ago)

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and its board of directors announced May 30 they have extended the leave of absence for the Elliot Lake Vikings, citing ongoing uncertainties with the city's arena. The Vikings were first granted a temporary leave of absence in December 2024.

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CityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)

Hamilton police are investigating after they say a magic mushroom dispensary was intentionally set on fire. Fire crews and police were called to Shroomyz on Main Street East just before 4 a.m. Friday morning to find it on fire. It’s alleged a car pulled up to the location and two suspects exited the vehicle. They […]

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CityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)

The Toronto District School Board has passed a motion to bring forward a plan to combat Anti-Palestinian Racism as early as October 2025. In June 2024, the TDSB adopted Anti-Palestinian Racism as a form of bias and hate, but the plan was not scheduled to be brought before the board until 2027. The motion, brought […]

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CityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)

One of the teen girls accused in the fatal swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man has been found not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.  Ontario Superior Court Justice Philip Campbell said it wasn’t proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the girl dealt the fatal blow to Kenneth […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has stepped in to restore sanity to out-of-control school boards that have wreaked havoc in schools.  Under sweeping legislation introduced this week, any plan to change the names of schools must get provincial approval. The new law will be retroactive to Jan. 1. That means three schools named for Sir John...

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

Left-wing mayoral candidates and a newly launched “housing justice” group are promising a multi-year rent freeze on New York City's nearly one million rent-regulated units. That’s more than half the rental apartments in Gotham. It’s a cynical political strategy: Pander to a block of single-issue voters almost too large to resist — and...

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

The Blue Jays broadcast detailed both attempts and the official MLB account later shared it on X.

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network. In its lawsuit, PBS relies on similar arguments, saying Trump was overstepping his authority and engaging in...

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu Police Department said it will review all impaired driving arrests after the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging officers are arresting sober drivers in an overzealous focus on making drunk-driving arrests. In recent years Honolulu officers have arrested “scores” of drivers...

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

Claims they have CTE from crashing through tables.

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes Friday.

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

What was routine early in his career has not been lately.

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Toronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnists Brian Lilley, Warren Kinsella and Lorrie Goldstein look into why Toronto police treat Israeli support groups and Palestinian protesters differently, What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

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Windsor Star - Local (15 hours ago)

The Windsor, Leamington and Essex County area is one of six regions in Ontario now under a special air-quality statement from Environment Canada.  Smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Prairies is drifting across the continent, covering the midwestern United States and southern Ontario.  Saskatchewan and Manitoba have declared states of...

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (15 hours ago)

There will also be work on continuing to prepare for the start of service on the East Extension past Blair Station.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (15 hours ago)

Funeral services will be held this weekend in midwestern Ontario communities for the five victims of a multi-vehicle collision that sent shock waves of grief across the region.

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CBC - Windsor (15 hours ago)

RECAP | Ex-teammate's testimony, police interviews mark consequential week at Hockey Canada sex assault trial

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CBC - Windsor (15 hours ago)

The Mental Health and Addictions Urgent Crisis Centre says it's seen a big jump in referrals since expanding its services this spring. It has four stabilization beds that allow people to stay for up to 48 hours.

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CityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)

An emergency alert issued in the Greater Toronto Area hours after a Pickering woman was fatally stabbed is raising questions about the timeliness of the broadcast message as well as how it was classified as “terrorism” on some platforms. Just after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Durham Regional Police officers said they were called to a […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Sen. Joni Ernst was met with shouts and groans when she said “we all are going to die” as she addressed potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa on Friday. She had been consistent in her message throughout the contentious forum at a high […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

NEW YORK (AP) — Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. She was 87. Publicist Harlan Boll says Swit died Friday at her home in New York City, likely […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Former President Joe Biden delivered the first remarks since he announced he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer Friday, speaking in a steady voice during a somber Memorial Day gathering and later smiling and saying he’s “feeling good.” Biden spoke at an annual gathering marking Memorial Day at Veterans […]

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (16 hours ago)

Several homeless encampments were taken down Friday afternoon in the ByWard Market, some worry there is no where else for them to go.

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (16 hours ago)

The expectation is the two sides will sit down for face-to-face discussions sometime next week to try to get an agreement in place

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

On Friday, Elon Musk held a news conference with Donald Trump in the Oval Office to mark his last day heading up DOGE. I wonder if we could convince Musk to come north to establish the Canadian Department of Government Efficiency. It's clear we need it. A report from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation shows that […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the last person in the state who was killed by a firing squad. Stanko, who set to die June 13, […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, providing a cordial conclusion to a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he’ll be rededicating himself to running his businesses, including...

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CBC - Windsor (16 hours ago)

Carter Hart says nothing 'disrespectful' happened to E.M. as Crown questions memory of night with ex-teammates

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CBC - Windsor (16 hours ago)

Canada's weather agency is urging local residents to limit time outdoors tonight as wildfire smoke potentially moves into the area and air quality drops. 

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Global News - Toronto (17 hours ago)

A judge is expected to deliver a verdict this afternoon for one of the teen girls accused in the fatal swarming attack on a homeless Toronto man in 2022. 

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Global News - Toronto (17 hours ago)

A Toronto woman posted a TikTok describing her "distressing” experience after being charged over $7K for Domino's Pizza and struggling to get a refund from Scotiabank.

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CityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)

Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie will face a leadership review at the party’s annual general meeting in Toronto later this year. The Liberals were able to regain official party status for the first time in seven years, winning 14 seats in last February’s provincial election. However, Crombie was unable to win her seat, losing the Mississauga […]

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CityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)

The Toronto Catholic District School Board, along with some emergency responders, are warning parents about “dangerous” social-media challenges that are trending among students in Ontario schools.  The board said the challenges are recorded on video and shared online to encourage others to participate, but they can pose serious risks to...

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnists Brian Lilley, Lorrie Goldstein and Warren Kinsella think Mark Carney’s performance during question period looked very familiar to how Justin Trudeau dealt with tough questions. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.   

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ former personal assistant testified at his sex trafficking trial Friday that she threw her phone across the room in terror and ran outside when she saw the hip-hop mogul calling her days after his longtime ex-girlfriend sued him two years ago. “It was just so triggering to see […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

Braydon Bretzer of Saskatoon was spotted in choppy waters considered unsafe for swimmers

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

The Toronto Catholic District School Board is warning parents about “dangerous” social media challenges that are trending among students in Ontario schools. The board says the challenges are recorded on video and shared online to encourage others to participate, but they can pose serious risks to students and the entire school community. Among...

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

'You good bro? You're looking for something I know, but damn.'

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas said Friday it was still reviewing a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where 27 people were killed in new Israeli airstrikes, according to hospital officials. The ceasefire plan, which has been approved by Israeli officials, won a cool initial reaction Thursday from the militant […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa probably can’t undertake a thorough overhaul of how municipalities are funded in the near future, with the federal government now focused on major projects. Carney spoke this morning to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which represents cities and towns that have lobbied Ottawa to give...

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

A teen boy in Maryland arrested for allegedly breaking into 121 cars in a single night was ordered to be released — then more than a dozen more vehicles were looted the next day. The 16-year-old was detained on Wednesday in connection with a spate of vehicle break-ins that were reported on May 4, WRC […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)

For years, the purported origin story of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos flourished through the internet and beyond as a spicy retelling of the American Dream, with self-proclaimed inventor of the snack Richard Montanez recounting how he came up with the idea while working as janitor for Frito-Lay. But a Los Angeles Times investigation in 2021 threw […]

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (17 hours ago)

A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted in stabbing attack on a 39-year-old Hawkesbury man.

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CBC - Windsor (17 hours ago)

Crown at world juniors trial hammers ex-player Carter Hart on his memory of what happened in London hotel room

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Global News - Toronto (18 hours ago)

Carter Hart, one of five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team accused of sexual assault, "assumed” an invite by a teammate for a threesome was just that.

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Windsor Star - Local (18 hours ago)

Canadian spirits have never been higher — or filled more glasses. An unexpected benefit of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, and the ensuing wave of Canadian patriotism, has been a soaring demand for Canadian-made alcohol. While the tariffs have created sobering side effects for some producers, demand is climbing for Ontario beer, liquor,...

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

Lance McCullers even got threats to his five-year-old daughter.

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

The Sabres are in the midst of an NHL-record 14-season playoff drought, with Adams on the hot seat entering the final year of his contract.

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

A 30-year-old Ajax man who was charged in the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl now faces more charges in relation to another teen. Gowryshankar Kathirkamanathan was arrested on May 2 on charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement. Durham Regional Police alleged that he picked up the teen in Hamilton and drove her […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

It was a major step forward for Mboko in her Grand Slam main-draw debut.

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of work.  In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced: "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me.”  "I can't thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

'I never expected something like this to happen to me. It's very surprising, but I'll take it!'

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into this week’s out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX. Tuesday’s test flight from Texas lasted longer than the previous two failed demos of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, which ended in flames over the Atlantic. The latest...

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

Air quality in some parts of the United States is being compromised as smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada travels south, pushed by winds high in the atmosphere. Air quality in Arrowhead, Minnesota, is deemed unhealthy for people and animals sensitive to pollution and other airborne particles, according to the Environmental Protection...

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Toronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)

BATON ROUGE, La. — A third person has been charged in connection to the death of a television reporter who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl earlier this year. Christian Anderson, 33, of New Orleans, was arrested for his alleged role in a recurring scheme that police say involved targeting victims, […]

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (18 hours ago)

Provincial police in Renfrew say a 14-year-old youth missing has been found safe youth.  

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CityNews - Toronto (18 hours ago)

A local church in Davenport is bringing visibility to marginalized Torontonians through its unique free retail store experience and café-style brunch. In 2023, Toronto Foundation's Vital Signs Report found that Toronto is the loneliest city in Canada, a reality that hits even harder for marginalized people. With an average of 11,000 people...

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (19 hours ago)

Sahil Kumar vanished in downtown Toronto nearly two weeks ago. His family in India worry that delays, lack of security footage and silence from authorities are standing in the way of finding him.

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CBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (19 hours ago)

It's only been a couple of months since the only consumption and treatment site in Waterloo region was shut down by the province and replaced with a HART Hub. Now, Sanguen Health Centre is running a drug checking program at a new drop in location in Kitchener.

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CBC - Ottawa (19 hours ago)

A 25-year-old Champlain Township man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was stabbed in Hawkesbury, Ont., on Thursday, Ontario Provincial Police said.

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Global News - Toronto (19 hours ago)

Very few Ontario grocery stores accepting empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations.

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Global News - Toronto (19 hours ago)

Toronto landlords are trying to lure in tenants with rent-free months, complimentary Wi-Fi and $500 gift cards amid an unprecedented supply of condos and lower rents.

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CityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of an elderly woman in Pickering on Thursday afternoon that police believe was a random attack. The teen appeared in court via video from a Durham police station on Friday where he was formally charged with first-degree murder. He was wearing dark […]

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CityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)

Details are emerging following the random assault of a woman in her 80s stabbed multiple times outside of her Pickering home by a 14-year-old boy. Neighbours say the elderly woman was gardening in the front yard of her home, located in the Fairport Road and Lynn Heights Drive area, on Thursday, when the suspect, a […]

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CityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)

A Toronto man is facing charges in connection to a possession of child sex abuse material investigation. On Wednesday, as part of the investigation, Toronto police officers with the Child Exploitation Section executed a search warrant in the area of Park Lawn Road and Lake Shore Boulevard West. It’s alleged that a man downloaded a […]

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CBC - Ottawa (19 hours ago)

Ottawa's Confederation Line will be out of service for several days this summer as the east-west light rail track undergoes routine maintenance and other work related to its Stage 2 expansion.

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CBC - Windsor (19 hours ago)

Court ended with a terse exchange between lawyers over the Crown's suggestion it could call an additional witness tomorrow. Meanwhile, Stephen Newton, a now-retired London Police Service officer, wrapped his testimony.

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CBC - Sudbury (19 hours ago)

The Catholic church is officially handing over the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre near Espanola, which for 45 years has been at the forefront of blending Christian and Indigenous spirituality, to Anishinaabe people.

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Global News - Toronto (19 hours ago)

The teen appeared in court Friday morning and his right hand appeared to be injured, wrapped in white medical tape, while on video for the appearfance.

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (19 hours ago)

Ottawa police continued their crackdowns on noisy "car meetings", laying 24 provincial offences tickets and other offences.

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (19 hours ago)

The move 'may help accelerate our ability to rebuild capacity and restore more consistent service across Ottawa's schools,' police said.

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Ottawa Citizen - Local (19 hours ago)

A heavy landscape truck was stolen last week and taken to the Queensway, where it was involved in a number of crashes.

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants for now, pushing the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million.  The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole...

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

Capitals kibosh idea that he's made up his mind.

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

NEW YORK — New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where a man says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin, a city official said Thursday. One of the detectives serves on Mayor Eric Adams’ security […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

A bloodhound picked up the scent shortly after the ” Devil in the Ozarks ” escaped from a lockup in northern Arkansas. The hound didn’t have to go far to begin the hunt — it lives at the prison as part of a specialized unit that uses man’s best friend to help track fugitives. Although […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

OTTAWA — Sikh organizations are calling on Ottawa to break with a five-year tradition by not inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Kananaskis, Alta. with the leaders from those nations expected to attend — France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, the […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

Crews will face hot, dry conditions with the odd chance of rain today as they try to put down wildfires that have forced thousands out of their homes from Alberta to Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have declared provincewide states of emergency to deal with the fires, most of which are scorching pockets of rural communities […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

BERLIN — A performance inside a Catholic cathedral in Germany earlier this month that featured raw, plucked chickens wrapped in diapers onstage — and the country’s president and the local archbishop in the audience — has prompted the church and municipal leaders to apologize that the show “hurt religious feelings.” The show,...

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

TOKYO — China will resume Japanese seafood imports it banned in 2023 over worries about Japan’s discharge of treated but slightly radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, a Japanese minister said Friday. Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the agreement was reached after officials met in...

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Toronto Sun - Local (19 hours ago)

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is meeting with postal union officials in Ottawa today amid an overtime ban and declining mail volumes at a beleaguered Canada Post. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the afternoon sit-down is going ahead with secretary of state for labour John Zerucelli present as well after on-and-off negotiations...

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Windsor Star - Local (19 hours ago)

Having municipalities push back against provincial control over new bike lanes is “critically important,” the leader of Ontario’s Green Party advised during a three-day cycling summit in Windsor this week. “Say, ‘We know what our community needs. We know what our neighbourhoods need. We know how to make streets safe in our...

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CBC - Toronto (20 hours ago)

Durham Regional Police say a 30-year-old man is facing multiple new charges after he was previously charged in connection with the sexual assault and forcible confinement of a 14-year-old girl in Ajax. 

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CBC - Ottawa (20 hours ago)

Community members are protesting the move by Ottawa's Collégiale La Cité, the largest French-language college in Ontario, to cut nine programs in the fall.

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Global News - Toronto (20 hours ago)

An anonymous tip led police officers to recently arrest an American man allegedly hiding out in Toronto decades after a fatal drunk driving collision in Florida.

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

National pride may get consumers through the door, but it's value that earns their loyalty

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

Chris Hemsworth’s emotional message about his 15-year journey as Thor has Marvel fans wondering if his superhero character is going to be killed off in Avengers: Doomsday. Earlier this week, Hemsworth, 41, called his time playing the God of Thunder “one of the greatest honours of my life,” which some followers took as a thinly-veiled […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — A 19-year-old has been taken into custody in Illinois and authorities said they plan to charge him in a shooting that hurt 11 people after a party boat cruise in South Carolina. The shooting happened Sunday night on a dock in Little River after a fight on the boat during the […]

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

With a third of season gone Jays manager staying realistic about what's next

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow. But Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out...

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Toronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — The government is investigating after elected officials, business executives and other prominent figures in recent weeks received messages from someone impersonating Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff. A White House official said Friday the matter is under investigation and the White House takes cybersecurity of...

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