Ottawa Citizen - Local (15 minutes ago)
Thursday, Nov. 21: A problem with a Presto card has turned off a group of Ottawa seniors who want to use OC Transpo. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
ReadCBC - Sudbury (23 minutes ago)
Ontario Northland says the trains are currently being manufactured and are expected to be delivered in the new year. In the meantime, work is underway to restore the tracks and prepare for the return of the service connecting Toronto to Timmins, and Timmins to Cochrane.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (23 minutes ago)
The new head of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has some homework to do before taking over in January — starting with a long-awaited parliamentary committee report that recommends ending all government-funded research in sensitive areas with people or entities from within China.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (23 minutes ago)
From March through September there was palpable, permeable excitement. Women's basketball, from college through the WNBA and onto the Olympics, seemed to pierce through the noise and become a cultural touchpoint — for all the (mostly) good and (some) bad that entails.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (23 minutes ago)
Minister of National Revenue Marie-Claude Bibeau has come out swinging against the whistleblowers behind recent reports that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is plagued by major gaps in fraud detection and has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus refunds.
ReadCBC - Windsor (23 minutes ago)
Will U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's tariffs devastate Canada's economy, or barely graze it? It's all in how they're designed. Now that we know Trump has tasked Wall Street exec Howard Lutnick to lead the tariff plan, here's what he's said about it.
ReadCBC - Toronto (24 minutes ago)
The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — says the justice system has let them down again by denying the victims' mothers the opportunity to deliver their victim statements in person at Paul Bernardo's upcoming parole hearing.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (24 minutes ago)
Canada Post has shut down across the country because tens of thousands of postal workers are on strike over wages, working conditions and other issues. The closure will affect millions of Canadians and businesses nationwide before the busy holiday season. Here's what you need to know.
ReadCBC - Windsor (An hour ago)
Steve Taylor retired as an autoworker. But after one day seeing a job ad for a new Walmart in Amherstburg, he decided to give it a shot. Since then he's become "like family," and is known by name by many of the regulars. Lately, he's become a bit of a social media star. Taylor tells Windsor Morning host Amy Dodge about his newfound fame.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (An hour ago)
As the City of Ottawa moves forward with a plan to build a temporary housing facility for asylum seekers, city staff say they're studying the examples set by other municipalities that already use the tent-like structures to house vulnerable populations.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (An hour ago)
In an Ottawa courtroom on Tuesday, federal Crown prosecutors played three videos downloaded from social media by RCMP in 2020 — videos the Crown contends were created in part by Patrick Gordon Macdonald, an alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist who lives in the capital with his parents.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
It was Chris Stapleton’s night early at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. The country traditionalist Stapleton, who has dominated many of the genre’s awards shows in recent years, won both single and song of the year for “White Horse,” scoring something of an upset in both categories over Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party’s demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a range of […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
In the midst of a gutsy Maple Leafs performance, goaltender Joseph Woll didn't just stand by and watch his teammates' character come to the fore. Woll was sharp throughout the game, finishing with 31 saves on Wednesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights at Scotiabank Arena in a 3-0 Leafs win. It was Woll's second […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De Leon’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” won for nonfiction, where finalists included Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his brutal...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, Australia’s prime minister said Thursday, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four in the poisoning incident. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
There is no historical rivalry between the Leafs and Knights that would have set up such a nasty game in mid-November. But it evolved into an intense affair: Toronto took away a 3-0 win, putting it in first place in the Atlantic. Our takeaways: UNLUCKY SEVEN Matthew Knies became the seventh Leaf forward to get […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (6 hours ago)
Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal as the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in a feisty contest Wednesday. The 20-year-old forward from Vancouver, playing his fifth career NHL game and first of this season, opened the scoring on Toronto’s second shot on goal at 8:53 of the first period […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
With the Grey Cup in the building, the Maple Leafs and Vegas Knights played much of Wednesday in the trenches and goal-line stands. Matthew Knies was a casualty for Toronto on a heavy hit from Zach Whitecloud in the second period, the seventh Leafs forward currently out of the lineup, but his team hung in […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Macon-Bibb County spent $4.5 million last year to buy the hotel in a federal bankruptcy proceeding. The city-county agreed on […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration’s ambassador to Canada. Trump said in a statement that Pete Hoekstra would help him “once again put America first.” Hoekstra thanked Trump on social media platform X, saying he was honoured for the opportunity. He must...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram were among the platforms...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
Edmonton will be the site of a Professional Women’s Hockey League neutral-site game between the Toronto Sceptres and the Ottawa Charge in February. The PWHL announced eight of nine locations for this season’s neutral-site games earlier this week and declared the Edmonton the final piece of that puzzle Wednesday. The game will be played Feb....
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
TORONTO — An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction. Heffel Fine Art Auction House says “Masset, Q.C.I.” sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night. That’s above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000, and does not include auction house fees. The […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball scrapped plans to play regular-season games next year in Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The season opens on March 18 and 19 with a two-game series in Tokyo between Shohei Otahni’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. The collective bargaining agreement agreed to in 2022 […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
Atlanta’s Chris Sale and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal each won their first Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after the left-handers shared the MLB lead with 18 wins while leading their respective leagues in strikeouts and ERA. Sale went 18-3 and topped the National League with 225 strikeouts, while his 2.38 ERA in 29 starts was […]
ReadCBC - Toronto (8 hours ago)
A bench warrant has been issued for one of six gold heist suspects Peel Regional Police arrested and charged in connection to the April 2023 gold heist at Pearson Airport after he failed to appear in court. Court documents reveal a bench warrant was issued for the Brampton man in August. Two other suspects have still not been formally arrested and...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
BACK TO REALITY Justin Trudeau’s comments about families and climate change (“Time for a carbon tax election,” Jerry Agar, Nov. 19) are typical of the ‘insulated’ — those protected from reality by position (usually academia, public office or service) or by wealth (often derived from oil and gas, such as Trudeau’s). It’s amazing how...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
A four-month-old baby is dead after being reported missing and found with unknown injuries in the Eglinton Avenue and Allen Road area. Police were called to a Toronto Community Housing building on Roselawn Avenue near Marlee Avenue just before 11:30 a.m. for an infant reported missing by a family member. Officers responded quickly to a […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
The family and friends of a young woman struck and killed by a school bus in The Beaches neighbourhood last month are speaking out about the rising number of school bus fatalities in the GTA. They are demanding answers on why improved safety practices have remained largely unimplemented. According to police 22-year-old Rachel Turner was walking...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
The Mayor of Toronto is pledging to spend millions of dollars installing side guards on city-owned trucks as a way to protect pedestrians and cyclists. The push for side guards gained momentum in November 2011 after the death of 38-year-old Jenna Morrison. The yoga teacher and expectant mother was on her way to pick up her five-year-old son...
ReadCTV - Ottawa (10 hours ago)
The coroner's inquest looking at the circumstances surrounding the death of Abdirahman Abdi following an altercation with Ottawa police heard testimony from one of the arresting officers on Wednesday as further details emerge through documents filed about the moments leading up to the violent arrest.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (10 hours ago)
As Ontario Power Generation (OPG) plans to redevelop the 117 year old Kakabeka Falls Generating Station starting next year, Fort William First Nation said they oppose the development of the station, which is located in their traditional territory.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
The initial blow was delivered by a heinous killer. But the cruel torture continues on and on by a system that cares only for the lifer, and not the victims he’s destroyed. ln the latest outrageous move by the Parole Board of Canada, the families of Paul Bernardo’s victims have just learned they can’t attend […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia’s Chilcotin River last July says there have been three “significant” slope failures since then, and the site remains unstable. A statement from the Tsilhqot’in National Government, which is part of the task force alongside the federal...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
The Canada Post strike couldn’t have come at a worse time for Canadian charities as a number of key fundraising drives are being put on hold. About 55,000 employees represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked off the job on Nov. 15, shutting down operations and halting deliveries as the busy holiday season […]
ReadCBC - Windsor (11 hours ago)
The Windsor Police Service's proposed increase to its operating budget for 2025 now stands at 7.1 per cent — a slight reduction from the original request of 7.9 per cent. That's after the Windsor police operating budget grew by 4.5 per cent from 2023 to 2024.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito’s parents filed against the city of Moab alleging police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. Plaintiffs’ attorney Judson Burton argued that a state […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats. It was the […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
CALGARY — Officials at the Calgary zoo say a young gorilla was killed after a worker accidentally closed a wrong door and the animal was struck in the head. Eyare, a two-year-old female western lowland gorilla, was injured Nov. 13 at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo while being moved to a different area in the facility. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
A Toronto family is devastated after their daughter was struck and killed by a school bus and wants legislation to prevent this from ever happening to another family again. Three people have been killed in the GTA since June through alleged negligent school bus driving and lawyer Mike Smitiuch, representing the Turner family, wants improved […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a judge Wednesday to penalize him even further for continuing to falsely accuse them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. Attorneys for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, argued in a filing in...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot was convicted Wednesday of planning to kill federal investigators. Edward Kelley, 35, was found guilty in Knoxville of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and influencing a federal...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
NEW YORK (AP) — Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten — Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend — is stepping away after 35 years of whining. Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will sign off from “The Simpsons” on Nov. 24 in a “Treehouse of […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
Jack Eichel, a strong advocate to 'go your own way' in handling a delicate injury, is in agreement with Auston Matthews's trip to Germany this week. As the highest-ranking U.S. scorer in the NHL in the absence of Matthews, who was the Rocket Richard Trophy goal leader last season, Eichel saw nothing wrong with his […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (11 hours ago)
Windsor police have confirmed two pedestrians, a woman and a man, died after being hit by a motor vehicle Monday on Walker Road. Police said Wednesday morning that the woman, 68, and the man, 63, died from injuries sustained after being struck by a red SUV that ended up on its side on the roadway. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-2) at CLEVELAND BROWNS (2-8) LINE: Pittsburgh by 3.5 Playing on a short week against a weak opponent should make it difficult, motivational-wise, for the Steelers, who did very little offensively in beating the Ravens, and their dreadful ‘D’, 18-16 on six Chris Boswell field goals. And then there’s the fact that, under...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
We call it a criminal justice system, but for the families of murder victims Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, our parole and prison systems have become sources of repeated indignities to the memory of their children. Once again, infamous serial killer Paul Bernardo is back in the news as the parole system has handed another […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Alex Ovechkin is on injured reserve, and the Washington Capitals are coming to grips with playing without their superstar captain for the coming weeks. Ovechkin is considered week-to-week with a lower left leg injury, and going on IR rules him out for at least the next three games. The absence puts a pause on his […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
One has a grip on the most blocked shots in the National Hockey League. The other leads Maple Leafs defencemen in hits. Through the first quarter of the 2024-25 regular season, Chris Tanev and Jake McCabe have become a formidable pairing on the Toronto blue line as they've adhered to the defence-first ways of coach […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed a line of guitars, following up on the Bibles, sneakers, watches, photo books and cryptocurrency ventures launched during his third White House campaign. Trump on Wednesday posted to Truth Social a photo of himself holding what he said was a “Limited Edition ’45’ Guitar,” an...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
An 18-year-old Toronto man has been charged following a motorcycle theft in the east end. Toronto Police said that at 6:46 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect entered a residential building underground parking lot, allegedly stole a 2023 Suzuki GSXR600, fled the area and was last seen in the Coxwell-Danforth Aves. area. Lord Layling has been […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Isaac Newton’s third law of motion famously states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction: If you push an object, for example, the object pushes back against you with equal force. It turns out this isn’t just a law of physics. It’s a law of politics. President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Many defenders of Canada’s carbon tax insist it’s a great idea but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t explained it properly. This is utter nonsense. Trudeau's real problem is that he has explained it and millions of Canadians are skeptical. It's not hard to see why. Trudeau explained his intentions again this week at a Global […]
ReadCBC - Ottawa (12 hours ago)
When they were first conceived, Christmas cards were meant to save time. Now, depending on your point of view, modern Christmas cards are either a cherished custom that brings you joy, or an unnecessary burden during a time of year when the mental load is already heavy.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
Auditor General Guylaine Leclerc released the annual report for Quebec at the National Assembly for 2024-2025. Education for Indigenous students Nearly 20 years after noticing an educational gap among Indigenous students, the Education Ministry has yet to take important steps to implement helpful measures to ensure their success. According to the...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (13 hours ago)
Leaders from Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation – also known as Pic Mobert First Nation – held a press conference at Queen's Park Tuesday morning to demand more support for what it's calling "a crisis in violence, organized crime, addiction and mental health." Here's what community leaders want to see done.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
Brampton’s city council unanimously voted to approve a bylaw proposed by the mayor to ban demonstrations outside places of worship following a series of violent protests earlier this month. Council met on Wednesday for its final debate on a motion from Mayor Patrick Brown, asking the city’s legal and enforcement staff to work with Peel […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
Two months after Josclyn Johnson’s 18-month-old daughter started daycare, the centre announced it was leaving the national $10-a-day program, which has left Johnson anxious about how her family will cover the new $2,310 monthly fee. “We’re sort of forced to stay in the daycare for now,” Johnson said. She has not yet been able to […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
Police say several explosive devices were found inside an RV where an allegedly armed man had barricaded himself for about 14 hours in Barrie, Ont. Police say officers responded to a call about an individual with a firearm in an RV parked in a lot on Bayfield Street Tuesday morning. They say officers made contact […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (13 hours ago)
“Immaturity” is a word that comes up a lot when the Ottawa Senators crap the bed, when things go as badly as they did in Tuesday’s 5-2 home-ice setback to the Edmonton Oilers. It’s something we’ve heard about this franchise going back a few years. Hit the rewind button to times when leaders like Brady […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
DALLAS — A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical centre where he worked, leading to the death of a coworker and causing cardiac emergencies for several patients. The emergencies began two days after Raynaldo Riviera...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
A week later, the Christians are coming back to city hall's council chambers. The organizers of the Christian Heritage Month initiative are hosting a sold-out Christmas event on Thursday evening — and by coincidence, the carols will ring out at the same place where tears were shed last week as councillors debated honouring Christianity in […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (14 hours ago)
Macro trends like personal expression, biophilic design, sustainability and wellness will continue to influence interior design in 2025 but they'll continue to evolve and, in some cases, even intersect. "We're seeing biophilia evolve from bringing plants and flowers into the home to greater applications and inspiration from the outside world, like...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (14 hours ago)
A Windsor man who had previously served stints in jail for assaulting his common law wife confessed in court on Wednesday to stabbing her to death last year. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wellington Charles Holland, 63, pleaded guilty this week to manslaughter in the Nov. 14, 2023, killing of Janice Madison, 67, in their […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Ilya Samsonov said he doesn't miss the traffic in Toronto. There remains a soft spot in the goaltender's heart, though, for the two seasons he spent with the Maple Leafs. "Great time,” Samsonov, now tending goal for the Vegas Golden Knights, said on Wednesday morning. "Nice two years, a lot of opportunity. "Last year, it […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Nearly two dozen riders were trapped and left suspended in mid-air for hours after a ride malfunctioned at an amusement park in California. The nauseating incident took place on the Sol Spin ride at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., on Monday afternoon, a park spokesperson told KABC. There were 22 guests on the […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
William Nylander was once the new kid on the Buds' block. On Wednesday morning, he looked around the dressing room and saw three Marlies call-ups, including Nikita Grebenkin about to make his NHL debut against the Vegas Golden Knights. "I never thought I'd be on the other side of it,” the 28-year-old Nylander said with […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was "a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who "will ensure the United States' interests...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Peel Regional Police have charged four Greater Toronto Area youths in connection with a violent carjacking in Brampton. The youths include two females and two males ranging in age from 13 to 17. Police alleged that on Sunday the victim was lured to meet one of the suspects in a parking lot near Goreway Dr. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
The Competition Bureau has obtained a court order in an investigation centring around whether Leon's Furniture Ltd. and its subsidiary The Brick deceptively marketed their products. The competition watchdog said Wednesday that the ongoing investigation into the Canadian furniture retailers looks at three kinds of marketing practices. The first is...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
Two Canadian companies have been named in separate frozen-potato price-fixing lawsuits south of the border. McCain Foods Ltd. and Cavendish Farms are two of the companies accused of being part of a “potato cartel,” conspiring with other large potato processors by sharing pricing data in an effort to raise the price of frozen potatoes in […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
Brampton City Council has unanimously voted to pass a motion to ban "nuisance demonstrations” within 100 metres of places of worship following a series of violent protests in the city earlier this month. The vote on the motion proposed by Mayor Patrick Brown happened on Wednesday and reported fines for disobeying the bylaw range between […]
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