CBC - Ottawa (14 minutes ago)
Akheem Mesidor is ready to make Southern California his new football home. The Los Angeles Chargers selected the Canadian edge rusher in the first round, No. 22 overall, of the NFL draft Thursday night. And the 25-year-old Ottawa native is raring to go.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (44 minutes ago)
WATCH: One year into his Prime Minister Mark Carney's term, Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Warren Kinsella and Brian Lilley on how he is all talk - and little results. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for […]
ReadCBC - Windsor (An hour ago)
How did you decide what to wear to work this morning? According to a University of Windsor business professor, these are choices that can say a lot — so much so that it's being studied with federal funding. The CBC's Jacob Barker caught up with Windsorites to find out how they decide.
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (An hour ago)
Ottawa Police Service said Friday a person is in custody in connection with the death of a person in Barrhaven late Thursday night. In a social media post just before midnight, police said they were called to the 500 block of Ashbourne Crescent just before 10 p.m. The scene is near the intersection of Cambrian […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
Ticketmaster Canada is delisting resale tickets that customers have posted for Ontario events. The platform’s spokesperson, Shabnum Durrani, says it removed the seats to comply with incoming provincial legislation that will cap the price of resale tickets at face value. The company says customers will be able to relist their tickets next week...
ReadCBC - Windsor (3 hours ago)
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at a technology to charge an EV in five minutes; check out the beaches in Florida and the stinky problem they face this year; and hear the stories of three heroes of conservation in honour of Earth Week.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (3 hours ago)
An Ontario couple was shocked to receive a provincial order to investigate ancestral remains discovered on their property years before they lived there. A number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous homeowners and experts say the law mandating burial site investigations doesn't make sense for anyone — and needs to be rewritten.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (4 hours ago)
The family of an 11-month-old Cree baby from Attawapiskat who died in a Fort Albany hospital in northeastern Ontario this month says he would still be alive if he had received the health care he needed and deserved. Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner says it's investigating.
ReadCBC - Toronto (4 hours ago)
Tenants in a Roncesvalles Avenue building are fighting eviction notices they say threaten their long-term homes amid Toronto's housing crunch. The owners, who also operate a clinic on the property, say the notices are lawful and driven by personal and business needs.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
HAVE A LAUGH With all the sadness and treachery happening around the world and Canada these days, it’s daily becoming more difficult to be happy and to feel the joy and wonder that life brings. To that end, I offer a tip of the hat to the Toronto Sun’s management for daily presenting the comics […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
A man in his 70s is dead after a fire erupted in a North York home on Thursday night. Toronto fire crews were called to a home on Pellatt Avenue, south of Highway 401, just after 7 p.m. “Fire crews rescued one occupant from the building. Unfortunately, this occupant has succumbed to their injuries and […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
Scottie Barnes had a double-double as the Toronto Raptors routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-104 on Thursday in Game 3 of their first-round NBA playoff series. Cleveland leads the best-of-seven series 2-1. Barnes scored a career playoff high 33 points, including 13 in the third quarter, adding 11 assists and five rebounds in a masterful performance...
ReadCBC - Ottawa (9 hours ago)
The Senators are in a familiar — and uncomfortable — playoff position. Jackson Blake scored the winner in the second period and Frederik Anderson made 21 saves as Carolina beat Ottawa 2-1 to take a 3-0 lead in the teams' first-round playoff series Thursday.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
Last fall, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) opened the first medical school in the Greater Toronto Area in over a century. It’s a key piece in elevating Brampton’s position on the innovation corridor, a stretch of land from Kitchener through Oshawa. “Understanding that many physicians are actively looking for ways that they can solve...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
A section of downtown Calgary was shut down Thursday due to falling debris during windy weather. Police and fire crews were called to 2 Avenue SW near the Sheraton Suites hotel around 5:30 p.m. after chunks of metal paneling fell from a Plus 15 walkway. No injuries were reported and no other property damage has […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
A 911 call was the focus on Thursday at the trial for a MiWay bus driver involved in a fatal crash three years ago in Mississauga. Both sides presented their final theories at the judge-only trial, with the Crown saying the bus driver was distracted and panicked and failed to apply the brakes until after […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
The City of Toronto is now stepping in to oversee a number of urgent repair works at 500 Dawes Road in East York - a significant escalation in enforcement against the landlord who has an extensive history of property standards violations. The building has become notorious for a lengthy repair backlog and thousands of complaints related […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)
A 19-year-old man was seriously injured following a stabbing outside a Scarborough apartment building on Thursday. Officers were called to the complex in the Birchmount and Ellesmere roads area at around 4:54 p.m. The teen was found at the scene and taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. No suspect information has...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (15 hours ago)
Melody Macsemchuk says it's important to keep supporting people once they transition out of homelessness and into housing, which is why Thunder Bay, Ont., needs a wide range of shelter options to meet people's needs. The province's minister of municipal affairs and housing, Rob Flack, announced $10.7 million for the northwestern Ontario city...
ReadCBC - Toronto (15 hours ago)
Another formal complaint has been filed against Pickering, Ont., city councillor Lisa Robinson in Pickering after she released a video this month questioning the investigation into potential unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Kamloops, B.C.
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (15 hours ago)
It’s Thursday, April 23. Here are the top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom. ‘IT’S GOING TO BE A MADHOUSE’: SENATORS FANS ANTICIPATING LEGENDARY PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE FOR GAME 3 AGAINST HURRICANES Down 2-0 in their Round 1 series against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Ottawa Senators will get a massive boost from the raucous home crowd...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
Sarnia police have released new images of a suspect being sought on a Canada-wide warrant in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old former junior hockey player at a Lambton College campus bar on Friday, April 10. Kyaw Eh Doe, 24, who also goes by the names "Chin” and Leo King, is accused of opening fire […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
Ontario’s opposition parties called on Premier Doug Ford to apologize for a personal insult he hurled — and repeated — at a Liberal member of provincial parliament Thursday during a debate about a law that restricts public access to his records. Most of the day’s question period was focused on amendments in the budget bill […]
ReadCBC - Toronto (16 hours ago)
Toronto police officials say they are reaching out to a high-ranking former officer who this week made explosive allegations of antisemitism, racism, and corruption in the service's senior ranks in a series of interviews surrounding the release of his new book.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)
The City of Toronto has passed a motion opposing the Ford government’s takeover of Billy Bishop Airport. The motion comes after the Province introduced the Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026 in the legislature on Thursday, which looks to expand the airport, including plans to extend the runway to allow jets to operate from the […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (18 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Long Ball, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Blue Jays writer Rob Longley about Jeff Hoffman's struggles as Blue Jays closer, if he should be removed from the role, who could take over and the up-and-down season for Eric Lauer on and off the field.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)
As the city prepares to launch their colour-coded RentSafeTO program, updates are being made to improve the accuracy and fairness of building’s scores. The colour-coded system will use the RentSafe Evaluation Tool to assign an apartment building with a score based on 50 categories that are split into high-risk, moderate risk and cosmetic issues....
ReadCityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)
When it comes to Toronto construction projects, the words “ahead of schedule” aren’t heard very often, but the City’s chief engineer says that’s the case with work on the southbound DVP off-ramp to Richmond Street. “We are going to be finishing up the Richmond ramp work tonight and we will have it open for traffic […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (20 hours ago)
A new Michael Jackson biopic arrives in cinemas telling the story of the King of Pop’s early career, but it’s a tightly controlled story that avoids any reference to the child sex abuse allegations that dogged his later life. Titled “Michael” and beset by production and legal problems, it spans his childhood in Gary, Indiana, […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (20 hours ago)
Alessia Cara, Feist and Broken Social Scene are putting their time into a worthwhile cause. The Canadian artists are part of the lineup for a free concert in Toronto this June with a goal of raising $1 million for several local hospitals. The event is organized by Fitzrovia, a rental developer, which says the artists […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (20 hours ago)
The University of Windsor unveiled a walkway Wednesday honouring a pioneering figure in the university's academic and athletics history who exemplified compassion and commitment. The Moriarty Way, unveiled at the Toldo Lancer Centre, is named for Richard ‘Dick’ Moriarty, an educator, researcher and leader in Canadian university sport whose...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (20 hours ago)
Two longtime friends from London, Ont., who immigrated to Canada in the 1990s “in search of the Canadian dream,” are now the winners of the largest lottery payout in Canadian history, taking home a combined $80 million after hitting the Lotto Max jackpot. Greg S. and Krys P., who met decades ago in an English‑as‑a‑Second‑Language […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (20 hours ago)
The Kitchener Rangers are yet to see the best of the Windsor Spitfires. For several members of the Spitfires, this is the third playoff meeting in the last four seasons and the fourth overall between the two teams in the last five campaigns. For the Spitfires, there was disappointment with injuries and a key suspension leading to a...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
The Khalsa Day Parade is celebrating the Sikh New Year this weekend, and Game 4 of the Toronto Raptors first round playoff series is also on tap. Keep in mind, the Gardiner Expressway is closed for the weekend. Khalsa Day Parade The annual Khalsa Day parade to celebrate the Sikh New Year and the establishment […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
CityNews has learned the man wanted for shooting a security guard during an alleged attempted jewellery store robbery at Fairview Mall is also tied to a string of serious offences in Durham Region — including a high‑value jewellery heist and an auto theft, investigators say, are directly connected. New information obtained from Durham...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
York Regional Police (YRP) have charged a man with a series of human trafficking‑related offences after a survivor came forward alleging years of exploitation across Vaughan and other parts of the province. Investigators say the victim reported in October 2025 that they had been sexually assaulted, trafficked and exploited between 2012 and 2019....
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