CityNews - Toronto (4 hours ago)
The Toronto Tempo almost had a fairy-tale ending in their first-ever WNBA regular-season game, but coming up short didn’t ruin the night. Marina Mabrey, arguably the biggest name on the expansion team’s roster, sank two free throws with 32 seconds left to play to put Toronto ahead of the Washington Mystics by a point and […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
The full Dylan Cease experience was unleashed Friday as the beleaguered Blue Jays needed something, anything for that matter, to hang their hats on. The right-hander was simply scintillating, providing seven shutout innings of five-hit ball as the Jays got past the visiting Los Angeles Angels 2-0, ending a four-game losing streak. Cease’s eighth...
ReadCBC - Windsor (5 hours ago)
The City Windsor will repave a section of Tecumseh Road E. and reconstruct part of Liberty Street – including replacing curves, sidewalks and residential driveways — as part of an expansive list of road repairs scheduled for this year in Wards 8, 9 and 10.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)
Toronto police are investigating after a teen was stabbed in Northcliffe Village. Investigators say they received a call just before 6 p.m. Friday about someone with a knife in the St. Clair Avenue West and Dufferin Street area. Police say there was a fight between several people, and someone was stabbed. They found a teenager […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
As they prepare to welcome back Addison Barger from the injured list, an arrival scheduled for Saturday, some ominous clouds are beginning to hover over veteran pitchers Max Scherzer and Jose Berrios. Of the two, the most troublesome news involves Berrios. His fall from one-time staff ace has been difficult to watch, a player who […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
Did you miss these crime stories? Check ’em out! TRIO FACE MUSIC IN DOUBLE MURDER OF B.C. PAIR On Friday, a B.C. Supreme Court judge delivered her verdict in the first-degree murder trial of three Surrey men (ahem, “international students”) accused of killing an elderly Abbotsford couple during a 2022 home invasion. All three were […]
ReadCBC - Windsor (9 hours ago)
Windsor's jobless rate dropped by four percentage points in April to a seasonally adjusted three-month moving average of 8.1 per cent , according to new data from Statistics Canada. Windsor is now seventh behind London, Barrie, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Nanaimo, Oshawa and Toronto.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (10 hours ago)
Lake of the Woods District Hospital (LWDH) in Kenora, Ont., says recovery efforts following this week's flood may take longer than expected. Here's the latest on the situation, which has resulted in the cancellation of all scheduled surgeries for the next three weeks.
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (10 hours ago)
It’s Friday, May 8. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. FOUR-DAY RETURN TO OFFICE BASED ON ‘PHILOSOPHICAL CHOICE’: TOP TREASURY BOARD OFFICIAL Bill Matthews admits return-to-office decision made ‘knowing that some departments have more people than space’ Read the story DEACHMAN: THE PART OF JIM WATSON...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
Durham Regional Police are trying to identify three suspects who broke into a car dealership in Pickering last November and made off with a safe. It happened on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at around 11:50 p.m. Investigators say three suspects arrived at the Formula Ford Dealership at 940 Kingston Road in a blue minivan. The […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
Provincial police are investigating the death of an inmate at Millhaven Institution in Bath, near Kingston, Ont. Police say there was an incident involving inmates at the institution around 10 p.m. Sunday and one inmate suffered life-threatening injuries. They say he was taken to a local hospital, where he died Tuesday. OPP say the inmate […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (11 hours ago)
Two Waterloo region MPPs are speaking out after it was announced Thursday that the province has appointed an administrator to oversee the operations at Conestoga College. The province says the move was necessary after "evidence of serious financial and governance mismanagement" was found during an internal audit.
ReadCBC - Windsor (11 hours ago)
Tecumseh's Dylan Kettlewell, 17, was provided a three-week work opportunity at the Tesla 'Gigafactory' in Austin, Texas. A student of St. Anne Catholic Skilled Trades Academy, Kettlewell plans on pursuing welding as a career — and he says many other people his age also have their hopes for the future tied to skilled trades.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (13 hours ago)
With the cost of living continuing to climb across the region, community partners in Thunder Bay, Ont., have released an updated guide of where to get food in the northwestern Ontario city. Meanwhile, advocates continue to push for change to address the underlying causes of food insecurity — namely, income inequality.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (13 hours ago)
The Halton Regional Police Service has laid over 50 charges following several smash-and-grab robberies in Ontario between Jan. 25 and March 17, in what the deputy police chief is calling "the first major crackdown" on such thefts impacting businesses.
ReadWindsor Star - Local (13 hours ago)
Windsor police have arrested one man and are searching for another after an alleged sexual assault in the city’s downtown core. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on March 28, officers responded to a report of a sexual assault in the 800 block of Ouellette Avenue. Police said a woman had been socializing at a nearby business […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
A group of Scarborough parents are fighting back against a proposed cannabis store that they say would be opening in front of a busy school bus zone. The proposed cannabis store at 108 Corporate Drive, near Scarborough Town Centre, would join the 362 weed shops already open in Toronto. The store meets the zoning requirements, […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
Halton police say they have taken down a smash‑and‑grab robbery crew responsible for a string of violent jewellery store heists across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), announcing eight arrests and more than 50 criminal charges on Friday. The suspects — some of whom were already out on release orders at the time of the offences […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
South Simcoe Police jumped into action late Wednesday night to rescue dozens of farm animals from a burning barn near Innisfil. The owner was away from the farm when the blaze broke out, but he spotted smoke and flames on his security camera at approximately 11:10 p.m. and immediately contacted authorities. Const. Colin Niewels arrived […]
ReadCBC - Windsor (16 hours ago)
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out an energy efficient greenhouse invented by a Canadian company to grow fresh veggies in the north; track rising costs from flood damage, and what can be done about it; and learn how to cope with the more severe allergies that come with climate change.
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
Windsor quickly jumped back on the radar. Two years after hosting the Canadian Masters Swimming Championships, the event is headed back to the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre later this month. "We hosted in 2024 and it went really well and we were approached (about possibly hosting again) and we're always open to hosting...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
Toronto police say an 18‑year‑old male from Vaughan has been arrested in connection with two suspected hate‑motivated assaults with an imitation firearm, both targeting members of the Jewish community in North York over the past week. The most recent incident happened around 10:49 p.m. on Thursday at Congregation Chasidei Bobov synagogue in...
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (16 hours ago)
This weekend there is Poyo Fest in Kitchener, The Community Players of New Hamburg will stage Into The Woods and there are tours of the Waterloo landfill where people can meet the region's falconer. Plus the Kitchener Rangers continue their quest to become OHL champs.
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
Windsor's municipal election has yet to take shape, with only three candidates declared for council as of Friday morning, but mayoral races are on in Amherstburg and Lakeshore. Frank Cerasa, Frank DiPasquale and current Amherstburg deputy mayor Chris Gibb have all registered to run for mayor in Amherstburg to challenge incumbent Michael Prue....
ReadCityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)
Toronto emergency crews are responding to a two‑vehicle collision at Sheppard Avenue East and Kennedy Road after one of the vehicles flipped onto its side during the Friday morning rush. The crash was reported around 8:51 a.m., prompting a response from Toronto Fire, which is currently working to extract passengers from the overturned vehicle....
ReadCityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)
York Regional Police (YRP) were called to a school in Markham on Friday morning for a reported “swatting call,” authorities said. Officers attended a school near Fonda Road and Denison Street at 8:25 a.m., just as classes were starting, and ruled out any safety issues. “There is no ongoing threat to public safety,” police wrote […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)
History will be made tonight when the Toronto Tempo host the Washington Mystics in their first-ever regular-season game. Toronto is one of two expansion teams joining the WNBA for its 30th season, coming in alongside the Portland Fire. Kia Nurse headlines the Tempo squad, and while the veteran guard hails from nearby Hamilton, Ont., she […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (17 hours ago)
Cambridge, Ont., mother Dennise Watier held an anti-bullying rally outside her son's elementary school Thursday over concerns heard about her son being bullied. Watier says the school isn't doing enough to stop the bullying. The school board says safety and the well-being of students is "always the priority."
ReadCityNews - Toronto (18 hours ago)
MPP Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) has officially entered the race for Ontario Liberal Party leader, unveiling a platform focused on tackling the province’s healthcare challenges and restoring transparency in government decision‑making. Fairclough, who has served as a hospital executive and health‑system strategist, announced her...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (18 hours ago)
A 31-year-old man is facing charges after an investigation into hate-motivated harassment targeting members of Windsor’s Jewish community, according to police. The Windsor Police Service’s major crimes unit launched an investigation after receiving a report that two Jewish community organizations received a series of unwanted calls between...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (18 hours ago)
Windsor police have charged three suspects involved in a string of incidents where they allegedly targeted unsuspecting people in parking lots, distracted them, then stole their jewelry. During each incident, police said the suspects would allegedly engage people in conversation, and use different forms of distraction, like physical contact and...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (18 hours ago)
Toronto police say four people have been arrested after a pair of distraction‑style robberies in Scarborough in which elderly victims were approached, given fake jewellery, and then robbed of their real gold items. The investigation began on April 22 when officers were called around 6 p.m. to the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Scarborough […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)
Toronto police say a fire that occurred at a building supplies store in Toronto’s east end on Wednesday is being investigated as a suspected arson, along with two other fires at the business’s other properties. Toronto police and fire crews were called to FlooReno Building Supplies on Nantucket Boulevard, in the area of Kennedy Road […]
ReadCBC - Sudbury (19 hours ago)
A boil water advisory affecting tens of thousands of people in Sudbury is in effect until at least Friday evening while public health officials wait for a second test. The first test of samples taken after total coliform was detected in water on Wednesday, came back negative for total coliform and E. coli.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (20 hours ago)
Police are investigating two separate stabbings that occurred in Toronto late Thursday evening. Officers were initially called to the city's Queen West neighbourhood, near Bathurst Street, just before 11 p.m. after paramedics were flagged down for reports that someone had been stabbed. A woman in her 30s was later transported to a hospital with...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (22 hours ago)
Thunder Bay, Ont., city council has voted in favour of three designated encampment sites for people experiencing homelessness, as well as a use of public spaces bylaw. Here's what needs to happen next in order to get the sites up and running and the bylaw ready to be implemented.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (22 hours ago)
With funding for its diesel generators set to expire, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nation is searching for a way to keep power flowing in the community. Their chief has been at odds with Indigenous Services Canada and Hydro-Québec on what the long-term solution should be.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (24 hours ago)
ROAD TO NOWHERE Every few hundred years when the world is In desperate need of a courageous visionary leader, one such leader suddenly appears from the shadows and takes charge on the world stage. With vigour and determination, he proclaims that a new world order must be constructed and the old order pushed aside. His […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (A day ago)
The triple murder of a mother and her two teenage daughters in Brockville, Ont., is an “unspeakable” tragedy, the city’s mayor said Friday after the arrest of a 17-year-old boy who was in a relationship with one of the teen victims. The accused is facing first-degree murder charges after the 49-year-old woman and her daughters, […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (A day ago)
An updated plan for a neighbourhood of 21,000 people to live on Ookwemin Minising Island, previously known as Villier Island, passed an important step at City Hall on Thursday. But the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop Airport may force that plan to change again. Ookwemin Minising Island, which means “place of the black cherry trees,” […]
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