CityNews - Toronto (20 minutes ago)
Flight dispatchers at Porter Airlines have voted unanimously in favour of strike action after more than 14 months of negotiations failed to produce a first collective agreement, their union announced Wednesday. The Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) said all 35 certified dispatchers at Porter supported the strike mandate. The group...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (31 minutes ago)
Place Cartier became the Outaouais's first mall in 1965, just a few short years before Joni Mitchell released her classic 1970 song Big Yellow Taxi with the line "they paved paradise, put up a parking lot” — a call to action to stop the damage to our planet. Fifty-five years later, developer Brigil is heeding that plea with a $1.3...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (40 minutes ago)
Jails in northern Ontario are facing some of the worst overcrowding pressures in the province, with population data showing dramatic increases since 2019. Frontline workers and inmates are warning the conditions inside many facilities are increasingly unsafe.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (40 minutes ago)
Correctional workers across northern Ontario say chronic staffing shortages, lower wages than comparable public-sector jobs, and the emotional toll of the work are contributing to a worsening mental-health crisis among people working in provincial jails.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (40 minutes ago)
Chief Michele Solomon says Fort William First Nation is often hit with multiple losses at once, but it never gets any easier.The Ojibway community, which neighbours Thunder Bay, Ont., is grieving the loss of five of its members in recent days. Here are some of the challenges the First Nation in northwestern Ontario is facing.
ReadCBC - Toronto (41 minutes ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays introduced their newest pitcher Dylan Cease on Tuesday, a week after finalizing a seven-year contract worth $210 million US. The Blue Jays added the right-hander to a rotation projected to include Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber and Jose Berrios.
ReadCBC - Toronto (41 minutes ago)
Brandy Cooney was back testifying Tuesday at the Milton, Ont., murder trial for her and her wife, with the Crown challenging Cooney's earlier narrative that she and Becky Hamber loved and cared for two brothers under their care and rarely used restraints.
ReadCBC - Toronto (41 minutes ago)
In the seven months since a crash that killed a teacher and four teenagers from a Walkerton, Ont., high school, several funds and foundations have been set up to keep memories of the five alive. "The legacy is still there," says Dan Rourke, dad of one of the students who died.
ReadCBC - Toronto (41 minutes ago)
An Ontario lawyer facing extradition to the U.S. for his alleged role in an intercontinental drug smuggling ring is proposing to place himself under what he calls the "most stringent" conditions he's seen in his decades-long career if released on bail.
ReadCBC - Sudbury (42 minutes ago)
While known for her work with chimpanzees, Jane Goodall held a place for Sudbury in her heart.Throughout her life, she became a champion for Sudbury and the way the city has transformed itself from an industrial wasteland to a regreened city of lakes.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
An area of Brampton is closed to commuters after a watermain break flooded the street amid frigid temperatures in the GTA. It happened in the area of Queen Street East and Central Park Drive around 1 a.m. on Thursday. Police say westbound Queen has been reduced to one lane at Central Park, while Central Park […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (2 hours ago)
By: Rosalind Lockyer As the federal government looks to use every tool at its disposal to reshape and strengthen the Canadian economy, it must not overlook one of its chief assets — women entrepreneurs. Their ingenuity, perseverance and know-how can help drive the economy forward. Which is why it was refreshing to find a firm […]
ReadCBC - Windsor (3 hours ago)
Seven months after four students and their teacher were killed in a multi-vehicle crash while returning home to Walkerton, Ont. from a high school softball tournament, provincial police have ended their investigation and said no charges will be laid.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was sick and broke her foot. I walked her dog whenever she needed me. If a funeral, wedding or family emergency came up, I was always there for her. An […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (3 hours ago)
Toronto police are set to reveal a significant development in three historical homicide investigations during a press conference scheduled for Thursday. Deputy Chief Rob Johnson and Detective Sergeant Steve Smith of the Cold Case Unit will lead the announcement, joined by Chief Superintendent Karen Gonneau of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)....
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
SUNshine Girl Elena likes drawing and watching movies like Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Elena, who posed for us in February 2019, keeps in shape by dancing, doing track and field and hitting the gym. (JACK BOLAND/Toronto Sun)
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
Toronto police have released images of a suspect wanted in connection to the stabbing of a man in the city’s east end on Wednesday afternoon. It happened at around 2:11 p.m. near Danforth Avenue and Main Street. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing and found the victim in the area. He was taken to […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
That poor child was tortured — zip-tied into one piece pyjamas, wet suits and hockey helmets, locked in his basement bedroom for up to 18 hours with no mattress and often no blanket, forced to do burpees and stair climbs, with food withheld or taken away even as he began to wither to a child […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
TIME OF NEED I came out of a restaurant after having breakfast and passed an older man reaching into the garbage and taking out a take-out food container, looking into it and putting it in a bag. He fished into the garbage and came up with a piece of bread missing a part and he […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (14 hours ago)
Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County were under a snowfall warning for much of Wednesday after snow and freezing drizzle overnight. School buses were cancelled in the morning, but schools remained open. Police warned people to take extra time when driving due to wet and slippery conditions.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (14 hours ago)
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the Assembly of First Nations sent a strong signal to her government to end the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act, but her government won't make that change without broad consultations with leaders.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
Over 150 crashes have been reported by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the GTHA since early Wednesday morning as snow and rain fell across the region. According to unofficial snowfall totals, 5-10 centimetres of snow blanketed Toronto before it mixed with rain near the lakeshore as temperatures increased. But it’s not over yet. A cold […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
The Toronto Police Service’s 2026 budget has been approved and will be passed on to City Council for final consideration. The $93.8 million budget - a seven per cent increase over last year’s budget - was approved by the Toronto Police Service Board on Wednesday. The budget looks to add 143 new uniform positions to […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
Two paramedics were injured when an SUV ran a stop sign and struck an ambulance in Amherstburg this week, police say. The crash happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the intersection of Alma Street and 5th Concession Road North. In a social media post the following afternoon, Windsor police said the SUV was […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
Long delays in receiving criminal background checks from the Ontario Provincial Police and complaints regarding online applications have spurred officials to increase staffing levels at Essex County detachments to provide face-to-face assistance. Criminal record checks were previously done in-house by detachment administrative staff, according to...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
The average Town of Essex homeowner will see municipal taxes increase 2.66 per cent, or about $95, in the new year. Essex council adopted its 2026 budget Monday, approving a $79.9-million spending plan that keeps core services running while investing in infrastructure and long-term growth, according to officials. The local tax increase works out to...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (17 hours ago)
Ontario’s Liberals are pushing Doug Ford’s government to sell the province’s stockpile of U.S. booze that is sitting in storage. Liberal parliamentary Leader John Fraser says Ford should tell the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to sell the booze and donate the proceeds to charity. Ford pulled American alcohol off LCBO shelves in March in...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
WATCH: Sun political columnist Lorne Gunter on how Pierre Poilievre's leadership is safe - for now. The Conservative leader needs to make changes if he wants to lead the country. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Forty-four-year-old grandfather Philip Rivers was happy coaching his son’s high school team and watching NFL games from the sofa when he got the call asking if he’d like to play for the Indianapolis Colts. “Heck yeah, I’m interested,” Rivers told Colts head coach Shane Steichen over the phone, before racing up from Alabama to Indiana...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Dillon Dube, the only remaining unsigned player among the five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team who were acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile case, has agreed to an American Hockey League professional tryout with the St. Louis Blues. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the deal with the 27-year-old on Wednesday. Dube,...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (18 hours ago)
Ontario Provincial Police have stopped looking for the rest of Mekhi Pelly's remains as two people face charges in the murder case, but the Kenora-area man's family vows to keep searching. Here's what we know about the investigation as a range of people, including from Manitoba, help in the search.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (18 hours ago)
CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty went out into downtown Kitchener Wednesday morning to capture the scenes after a heavy snowfall transformed the area with a thick blanket of packing snow. Environment Canada says snow mixed with periods of drizzle were expected through the day on Wednesday with up to 10 cm of snow. The high is expected to reach 1 C....
ReadCityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)
An investigation is underway after a dog was fatally electrocuted at West Harbour GO station last month. Hamilton police say a damaged electric cable was in contact with a metal grate, which ended up electrocuting the dog just before 8 a.m. on November 30. The wire supplies power to the streetlights on the GO station […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (19 hours ago)
On a chilly Saturday morning, dozens of clinical psychologists and patients, armed with signs, came together to rally against a big change impacting their industry. "We're here because we want the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO) to stop the reforms that they are putting forth,” said clinical psychologist Dr....
ReadWindsor Star - Local (19 hours ago)
Windsor police have launched an investigation into two threatening phone calls about a west-end public school. Officers were on scene at Marlborough Public School on Dec. 5, and again on Tuesday, after the police department received threatening calls directed at the school. In an email to the Star, a spokesperson for the Greater Essex County […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (19 hours ago)
With influenza and other respiratory viruses expected to ramp up this winter, Windsor Regional Hospital and Erie Shores HealthCare are reintroducing modified masking protocols in their facilities. As of Monday, a mandatory masking policy will be in place for staff — and recommended for visitors — who will be within two metres of a patient...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (20 hours ago)
Peel Regional Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect after a woman was assaulted in what is being treated as a suspected hate‑motivated crime. The incident happened on Dec. 3 at approximately 3:30 p.m. Police say an adult female was walking along Mississauga Valley Boulevard near the Cooksville Creek Bridge in […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (20 hours ago)
Ontario is expanding rules intended to place seniors in culturally appropriate long-term care homes. The government found that their 2022 law, known as Bill 7, which was criticized for allowing people to be placed in a long-term care home not of their choosing, also led to declining and mismatched admissions to the province’s cultural homes....
ReadWindsor Star - Local (20 hours ago)
An Amherstburg intersection was closed following a two-vehicle crash involving an ambulance on Tuesday afternoon. Windsor police asked drivers to avoid the area of Alma Street at 5th Concession Road North for more than four hours while emergency personnel responded. The ambulance and a car came to a stop in a ditch. The car was […]
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (20 hours ago)
CBC News reviewed the latest three years of fraud statistics released since its investigative series The Cost of Fraud revealed that only a fraction of fraud cases were making it through Ontario's justice system a few years ago. The new numbers from Statistics Canada show the problem has only gotten worse, and have some experts pointing to...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
Toronto police are searching for three women after two other women were assaulted and dragged by a vehicle in the Fashion District last month. Investigators say just before 3 a.m. on November 23, two women were walking in the King Street West and Portland Street area after leaving a nightclub. The pair then became involved […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
Toronto police are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman wanted in connection with two fraud investigations involving alleged impersonation of a registered massage therapist. Investigators say the probe began on July 18 after reports of fraudulent activity in the Church Street and Wellesley Street East area and near Yonge Street and...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
The opening of the new Line 6 Finch West LRT on Sunday was both “a celebration” and “an abysmal failure,” City councillor and TTC Commissioner, Josh Matlow, said on Wednesday morning ahead of a TTC Board meeting. Matlow was among transit riders, advocates, and TTC Board members who gathered before the meeting to make an impassioned […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (21 hours ago)
A 37-year-old federal offender – known to frequent the Greater Toronto Area and other areas of Southwestern Ontario – is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for allegedly breaching his statutory release. Ontario Provincial Police say the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is hoping the public can help locate William Turner. Turner...
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