CityNews - Toronto (39 minutes ago)
Sixties Scoop Survivors and Indigenous leaders marched through Winnipeg Wednesday calling on the federal government to ensure long-term support for residential school investigations, healing and community programs. The march through downtown came on National Day of Action, five years after the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops...
ReadCBC - Windsor (2 hours ago)
Ontario provincial police say they have recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in firearms, money and drugs after executing raids at a home in Essex County.The search warrants were carried out on Wednesday, May 20 and the following day, May 21 at a residence on Erie View Avenue in Harrow.
ReadCBC - Windsor (2 hours ago)
Windsor Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old rideshare driver with sexual assault following an incident involving a passenger last month. Police say members of the Windsor Police Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit launched the investigation on April 18, after receiving a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted by her rideshare...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
Two boys have been taken to hospital after an altercation between the two of them in Mississauga. Peel police say they were called to Dundas Street West and Erindale Station Road around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. It’s not clear what led to the altercation. Both male youths were taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. No further […]
ReadCBC - Ottawa (3 hours ago)
Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs will provide a public update on steps taken to address gender-based violence and sexual violence within the force, the Ottawa Police Service Board has announced, following a recent string of reports of misconduct by members of the force.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (4 hours ago)
Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop has long been warning the public about fire risks from lithium-ion batteries, and on Wednesday, he tallied more evidence in his crusade for increased regulations after a shed fire in High Park. Toronto Fire crews doused an engulfed laneway shed that Jessop says was caused by the batteries. He posted […]
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (4 hours ago)
Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in northwestern Ontario have joined forces to call for the shutdown of the Dryden paper mill, as efforts continue to address mercury contamination in the English-Wabigoon River System. They also want the province to take swift action to clean up the river. Here's the latest...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (4 hours ago)
It’s Wednesday, May 27. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. DND SETS UP TEMPORARY LOT AT CONNAUGHT RANGE TO EASE PARKING WOES The overflow parking is for 30 vehicles, and two 15-person passenger vans are being used to shuttle staff to the Carling campus headquarters, according to a document […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (5 hours ago)
Provincial police say a woman in a community north of Orangeville has been charged with stunt driving after she allegedly drove a school bus at 100 kilometres per hour in a 50-kilometre zone with children on board. Police say officers were in the area of County Road 17 and Prince of Wales Road in Mulmur, […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (5 hours ago)
Ontario’s solicitor general is defending the new powers he is giving himself to direct police boards to follow provincial priorities. Michael Kerzner said the new powers in the province’s recent omnibus legislation will be used to align local police priorities with what the province wants to focus on. “If we’re concerned about getting drugs...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (6 hours ago)
A search for a person missing after an inflated boat capsized off of Cherry Beach has concluded for the night, Toronto police say. Police were called to the area around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday and the marine unit was able to rescue one person from the water. A man in his 40s was taken to the […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)
Ontario’s solicitor general says he will review policing laws to see if changes need to be made after the Toronto police chief highlighted that he can only suspend officers charged abroad with pay. Toronto police have said that three officers were charged in Barcelona while on vacation and media outlets in Spain say the three […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays are reuniting with a familiar face, acquiring reliever Connor Seabold from the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. Toronto is sending reliever Juanmi Vasquez to Detroit as part of the deal. Seabold, 30, signed a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays over the winter but was released ahead of the season. He appeared […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (8 hours ago)
Does the high price of gas have you thinking about how great it would be to just bike to your next destination? You're not alone, and you may be in luck. A cycling guide offering routes around Waterloo region first introduced three years ago, was recently updated. Mark Connolly is the executive director of the organization behind the app, called...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 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 former Maple Leaf forward Mitch Marner advancing to the Stanley Cup Final with Vegas, how Leafs fans should feel about watching him play for a championship in his first […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
Six years after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet following an interaction with Toronto police, her family and community advocates are calling for changes and accountability when it comes to coroners’ inquests. An inquest into Korchinski-Paquet’s death was announced in April, and family and friends say that whatever recommendations are made,...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
Peel Regional Police officers are investigating what they’re calling a “suspicious” tow truck fire in Mississauga early Wednesday morning. Officers were called to the Credit Valley Drive and Glen Erin Drive area at around 4:09 a.m. for reports of a vehicle on fire. Police later confirmed that the vehicle was a tow truck. No injuries […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Off The Post, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun sports columnist Steve Simmons and The Province Canucks reporter about Mitch Marner leading the Vegas Golden Knights to within one win of the Stanley Cup Final and if the Montreal Canadiens can get back into their Eastern Conference Final […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (10 hours ago)
What a season it has been for Essex's Luke Pye. The junior hockey season is set to wrap up in Kelowna, B.C. this week at the Memorial Cup and the 22-year-old Pye is right in the action. "It's unreal,” Pye said. "It's been unbelievable.” While Pye isn't vying for a championship title, the part-time business student at the...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
York Regional Police officers are maintaining a presence at a Markham school after it received a threatening phone call on Wednesday. Police were called to a high school in the area of Bur Oak Avenue and Kennedy Road for reports of a threatening phone call that came in from the U.S. at 7:30 a.m. Officers […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
The Toronto Waterfront Festival, known for featuring the world’s largest rubber duck, won’t be returning this year due to a “lack of funding,” organizers say. The festival was originally set for September but organizers said the event will be taking a break in 2026. “A perfect storm of circumstances led to this difficult decision. For...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (12 hours ago)
The Battle in Quebec continues to rage. After the organizers of the watch party in Gatineau of the Eastern Conference final between the Montreal Canadiens and the Carolina Hurricanes put tickets on sale, they were forced to cancel the sales because the National Hockey League didn't green-light the event. Politicians from both sides of the […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
Niagara police say a massive, year‑long investigation into high‑end vehicle thefts has uncovered a network of organized criminal groups operating across Southern Ontario and beyond, recovering more than $5 million in stolen vehicles and identifying suspects linked to more than 112 theft‑related incidents. The investigation — Project Jack...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
Peel Regional Police (PRP) say two people were taken to the hospital after a violent home‑invasion robbery in Mississauga early Wednesday, where multiple armed suspects forced their way into a residence before fleeing the scene. Officers were called around 1:28 a.m. to a home on Delgado Drive, near Hwy. 401 and Mavis Road, after reports […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (12 hours ago)
The Waterloo Regional Police Service is investigating a report of a robbery in Kitchener where it was reported two men posing as police officers claimed they were investigating a fraud case, then pressured victims into handing over large sums of money before fleeing the area.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (12 hours ago)
For decades, deal hunters spent their weekends driving around the city, looking for neon poster signs with the words "yard sale” written in a thick black Sharpie. But one London, Ont., woman is setting out to make the hunt easier with a new app.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (13 hours ago)
The City of Kitchener has developed a policy around livestreaming of sports and recreational events in their facilities. It comes a little less than a year after summer day camps were accidentally broadcast on a website meant to show hockey games.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
Some residents in the Greater Toronto Area reported a potential meteor sighting, lighting up the sky in the region early Wednesday morning. One 680 NewsRadio listener said he was driving on southbound Highway 404 in Georgina near Queensville Sideroad around 5:15 a.m. when he saw a flash in the sky. He said the glow dissipated […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)
Toronto police are investigating three separate overnight shootings across the city early Wednesday, each leaving behind property damage but no reported injuries. Officers were called to a townhouse complex at 1:30 a.m. near Sheppard Avenue West and Jane Street after reports of gunfire. Police say they found evidence of shots fired and damage to a...
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (15 hours ago)
On Monday, the City of Waterloo announced the launch of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. The program, which started in the United Kingdom's London Gatwick Airport back in 2016, aims to raise awareness about hidden or non-visible disabilities. Waterloo joins several municipalities and organizations across Canada and hundreds all over the...
ReadCBC - Ottawa (17 hours ago)
The province is proposing to overhaul the definition of an electric bicycle, and it could force some riders to get a motorcycle licence and insurance to operate their bike on the road. The CBC's Giacomo Panico has been speaking with e-bike owners, retailers and insurance brokers to get their reaction.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (17 hours ago)
The hot pink and canary-coloured hues glow so bright, astronauts can snap photos of them from space. Fixed atop the largest concentration of greenhouses in North America, the multi-coloured lights have transformed both the night sky in a pocket of southwestern Ontario and the province's multi-billion-dollar agriculture sector.
ReadCBC - Toronto (17 hours ago)
Every fall, the female ginkgo tree's fruit produces such a foul odor — described by arborists, city councillors and homeowners as a cross between dog poop and vomit — that residents have been asking their councillors for permission to cut them down, even though the trees are otherwise healthy.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)
ALBERTA'S RAW DEAL Re “Kicking the hornet’s nest” (Warren Kinsella, May 24): Alberta separatism is based on the fact that federal Liberal governments have been hindering the development of Alberta and the country, and now with a seemingly closet-communist prime minister are implementing creeping communism into Canada. Alberta has gotten a...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
Ontario municipal councillors could soon be removed from office for violating a code of conduct under a provincial bill that passed today. Municipalities and advocates have long called for stronger penalties for councillors who break the rules including workplace harassment, and Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack says he hopes to have...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
The owner of an East York apartment complex at 500 Dawes Rd. — one of the city’s most notorious addresses when it comes to neglect complaints — has been sentenced for safety violations at a separate property she owns on the same street. Carolyn Krebs was sentenced in provincial offences court on Tuesday after being […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
A signal issue caused delays during rush hour across almost all the GO Transit lines on Tuesday The signal issue was happening just west of the Danforth GO but affecting the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Barrie, Kitchener and Stouffville Lines. Delays of up to 50 minutes were reported and trip modifications and cancellations are also […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
As the City of Toronto continues to prepare for the FIFA World Cup, some residents experiencing homelessness near Union Station claim they’re being pushed out of the way, sometimes forcefully. Union Station, the major transit hub in Toronto, will be flooded with thousands of soccer fans coming to the city next month for the FIFA World […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
A motorcyclist has been injured after a collision with a car in Oshawa. Durham police were called to Wilson Road near King Street around 8:30 p.m. for a crash between a motorcycle and a car. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening leg injury. The driver of the vehicle was […]
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