CityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
A woman believed to be in her 20s has been struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle near Little Italy. Toronto police were called to Harbord and Grace streets around 3:15 p.m. The cyclist has been taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene.
ReadCBC - Sudbury (2 hours ago)
After overcoming homelessness and addiction, Taykwa Tagamou First Nation hunter William Archibald built a large online following by teaching moose-calling techniques and traditional hunting knowledge. He now plans to launch a mobile app to share Indigenous teachings and hunting skills.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (2 hours ago)
Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Rob Flack is offering more details around how chairs will be appointed by the province to eight regional municipalities. He says the appointments will happen all at once after the municipal election in October and people can apply to be considered for the role.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (3 hours ago)
A man has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a pickup truck in Scarborough. Emergency responders were called to the area of Kingston Road and Manse Road around 1:44 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say the driver remained at the scene. One westbound lane of Kingston is open.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Washington (United States) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday brushed off suggestions that President Donald Trump was regularly dozing off during Cabinet meetings, as questions persist over the health of the oldest US president ever inaugurated. Testifying during a congressional hearing, Rubio was shown several video clips where...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (3 hours ago)
Four suspects have been arrested and two more are wanted in connection to two suspected hate‑motivated assaults with an imitation firearm, both targeting members of the Jewish community in North York. The first incident happened in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West area on April 30. Police say three victims, defined as clear members...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (4 hours ago)
The Windsor Spitfires' first move was not unexpected. The club made its first move of the off-season by signing left defenceman Jesse Debruyn to a standard OHL scholarship and development agreement on Wednesday. "We anticipated signing Jesse and he's done everything we've asked him to do,” Spitfires' general manager Bill Bowler...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (4 hours ago)
The TTC is rolling out a major round of service increases, new overnight streetcar routes and temporary detours beginning Sunday, June 7, as Toronto prepares to host thousands of visitors for FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and fan events at Exhibition Place, Fort York and The Bentway. The changes are designed to handle heavy crowds […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (4 hours ago)
A bat in the Haldimand-Norfolk region has been found to be positive for rabies — prompting a warning from Grand Erie Public Health for residents to avoid contact with bats and other wild animals. In Hamilton, public health officials confirmed two wild bats were rabid.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (5 hours ago)
Education bargaining season is starting in Ontario and the unions say their priorities include smaller class sizes, improved special education funding and higher wages. Contracts for teachers and education workers in Ontario’s public elementary, secondary, Catholic and French schools expire in August and their unions announced today that they...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (5 hours ago)
Getting around the GTA will be difficult this weekend with service adjustments on three different GO Transit lines, the UP Express and a section of the TTC’s Line 1. GO buses will be operating between Durham College Oshawa and Pickering GO and then direct to Union Station on the Lakeshore East line on Saturday and […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (5 hours ago)
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says human error was behind a potentially “catastrophic” collision between two commuter GO Trains two years ago in Burlington, and it’s calling for bolstered safeguards to prevent similar incidents in the future. The TSB released its investigation Wednesday into the near-collision on March 14,...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (6 hours ago)
TORONTO — Ottawa has endorsed a plan to move Canada’s last remaining captive whales to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain. There are 30 belugas and four dolphins at Marineland, the shuttered theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., that still face mass euthanasia should the deal fall through. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (6 hours ago)
The victim of a hit-and-run in Toronto, which occurred more than a month ago, is speaking out after what he calls an agonizing delay to get police to investigate and find the driver responsible. Vic Caster, who lives in Stouffville, was riding his newly purchased motorcycle on Danforth Avenue in Toronto on April 30. "All […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)
The Toronto Maple Leafs promised a vast head-coaching search — and they’re sticking to that. Toronto has conducted around 15 virtual interviews as it looks for someone to replace Craig Berube, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Wednesday’s 32 Thoughts: The Podcast. Among those interviewed was longtime NHL bench boss Peter...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (7 hours ago)
Streetcars are running again along a stretch of King Street in downtown Toronto after a truck crashed into a bridge, damaging the overhead wires and knocking them out of service. The incident occurred around 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday near King Street West and Atlantic Avenue in Liberty Village. The 504A and 504B streetcars were diverting […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (8 hours ago)
Posts shared to social media in the past week claimed to show video of a Bishnoi gang member firing guns in Caledon, Ont. The claims are false, as the original video was posted by a content creator who appears to be based in California. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the video originated from the […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (10 hours ago)
Regional council will get an update Wednesday morning about when and how development could resume in the Mannheim Service Area after concerns were raised in December about a water capacity constraint. The constraint has lead to the region pausing new development agreements in the Mannheim Service Area, which many in the construction and development...
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (10 hours ago)
Hundreds of fans filled downtown Kitchener Tuesday evening to celebrate the Rangers' Memorial Cup championship, the team's first national title since 2003. Players carried the trophy down King Street before joining supporters at a rally outside City Hall. CBC K-W's Diego Pizarro spoke with fans about the long-awaited victory.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (11 hours ago)
There's a debate happening right now in Puslinch Township over new industrial buildings. Danby Appliances wants to build a 46,000 square metre facility on a piece of land currently zoned for agriculture. Some residents don't agree with that plan and have been pushing back for the last four years.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
TORONTO — Until just a few years ago, Andersson Boscan ran La Posta, a digital media outlet he co-founded in Ecuador and helped grow into one of the country’s most influential online voices. Boscan and his wife Monica Velasquez, both journalists, published explosive stories on how powerful politicians colluded with drug cartels and organized...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
TORONTO — The new owners of Zellers will soon expand the relaunched brand to Ontario but are first making a few tweaks. The discount retailer, which currently has one location in Edmonton, will open a store on Orfus Road, just south of Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, on June 18 and another at Windsor’s Tecumseh Mall […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 hours ago)
TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Area marked its third straight month of higher home sales compared with a year earlier, as the city’s real estate board says the market tightened in May. A total of 6,583 homes in the region changed hands last month, up 6.3 per cent compared with May 2025, while sales also […]
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (12 hours ago)
Anna Betty Achneepineskum says she's provided testimony at multiple coroner's inquests in Thunder Bay, Ont., and seen dozens of recommendations aimed at preventing deaths at the Thunder Bay Jail. The deputy grand chief with Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) provided testimony during the second day of the inquest into Kevin Mamakwa's death. Here's what...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (13 hours ago)
Dozens of local chess enthusiasts continue to flock to a drop-in Chess Club at the Mary JL Black Library in Thunder Bay, Ont. Over the last five months, the club has seen lots of growth on Monday evenings, not only in the number of participants, but also in their skill levels.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
CANADIAN COMPARISON Re “Still suffering from Trudeau’s policies” (Editorial, May 29): As a child I grew up with the stories of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Today as an adult, I take objection to our present government telling us how well we are doing compared to the other G7 countries. I really don’t care […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (18 hours ago)
Toronto police are investigating after a 15-year-old male showed up to a hospital with injuries from a shooting in North York. Officers say they were called to reports of a shooting in the area of Cherokee Boulevard and Shawnee Circle just before 10 p.m. The victim took himself to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (21 hours ago)
It’s Tuesday, June 2. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES TO REDUCE DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGETS If a public servant who has been approved for early retirement made $100,000, then the department’s budget would be reduced by $50,000 Read the story AFTER FALLING SHORT IN PLAYOFFS,...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (22 hours ago)
A woman is wanted in connection to an assault at Main Street Station late last month. Toronto police say they were called to the station in the Danforth Avenue and Main Street area around 5 p.m. on May 28. The suspect allegedly assaulted a woman in an elevator before fleeing the area. The victim was […]
ReadCBC - Toronto (22 hours ago)
Housing is the biggest monthly expense for many Canadians — which is why a growing number of fintech companies are making it possible to pay rent with a credit card and earn rewards points or cash back. But as CBC's Dale Manucdoc explains, it could be a slippery slope for people whose balances aren't paid in full each month.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (24 hours ago)
Brampton Fire and Emergency Services say a large industrial fire that sent heavy smoke across a busy commercial area on Tuesday is now under control, though crews remain on scene this morning as the investigation continues. The fire broke out at a commercial property near Intermodal Drive and Goreway Drive, where piles of scrap metal […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (A day ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Inside The Leafs, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Maple Leafs writers Terry Koshan about the Maple Leafs hiring Judd Brackett as Assistant General Manager, Player Evaluation and Freddie Hamilton as Chief of Staff, what those additions mean for the front office, where things stand on the […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (A day ago)
Durham Regional Police have charged a Clarington man after he allegedly posted several antisemitic death threats on X. The investigation began in May 2026, when the Durham police Hate Crime and Extremism Unit was contacted by police in Vancouver about the threats. Investigators identified the suspect, David Edward Smith, aged 58, and executed a...
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