Toronto Sun - Local (54 seconds ago)
Durham police say they have made 64 arrests and laid 155 charges during a safe shop initiative to stop retail theft. They say the five-week initiative, which ran between Nov. 10 and Dec. 16, was focused on retail theft enforcement. Police say the east division community response unit, alongside front-line officers and the LCBO resource […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (5 minutes ago)
'Tis the season to get sick — and for families and friends to pass around bugs like unwanted gifts. So before you head from one celebration to another, here are some helpful tips for avoiding the flu and other respiratory illnesses over the holidays.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (5 minutes ago)
For a special, year-end vibe, host Craig Norris is digging into CBC Music's Top 100 Songs of 2025 and shining a light on some Ontario artists who might fly a little under the radar. So, it's a countdown show - sort of. You'll hear tunes from Aqyila, Josh Ross, Billianne, Pup, Nia Nadurata, Tobi, Sara Kae and tons more!
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (5 minutes ago)
With tickets to next year's six World Cup games in Toronto selling out as quickly as they're released, the only option for most soccer fans is the resale market. But a 2019 decision by the Ontario government has allowed tickets to those matches, and other major events, to go sky high.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (5 minutes ago)
In Ontario, where ancient Indigenous burial grounds and village sites lie beneath rapidly expanding suburbs, the government has granted itself powers to bypass archaeological protections, raising fears that centuries of history could be lost with the stroke of a minister's pen.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (6 minutes ago)
The racial reckoning of the COVID era saw Canada grapple with its checkered past — a process that led to statues of some foundational figures being removed, in some instances by force. Five years on, there's a growing movement to restore some of what was taken down in that tumultuous period.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (6 minutes ago)
A cemetery in Perkins, Que. will be getting some unusual company in the near future: statues and artwork from Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church. They're being buried as part of efforts to deconsecrate the historic edifice and resurrect it as a cultural hub.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (12 minutes ago)
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says all northbound lanes of the Highway 400 are closed from Major Mackenzie to Lloydtown-Aurora Road due to icy conditions and multiple collisions. The OPP says one person has been taken to a hospital as a “precaution.” The OPP says they are urging motorists to use caution while driving today […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
Peel Regional Police (PRP) say a fire that broke out at a restaurant in Brampton is being treated as arson. Officers were called to 10088 McLaughlin Road just after 3 a.m. on Dec. 28. “There were no injuries and just property damage,” Peel police constable Taylor Halfyard said to CityNews. “We can confirm this was […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
There could be some troublesome weather headed to the Greater Toronto Area on Sunday and Monday. All of the GTA is under a yellow warning for rainfall and freezing rain. Meanwhile areas northwest of Toronto including Halton Hills, Milton and Caledon also have a freezing rain warning. Environment Canada says the total rain and freezing rain […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (2 hours ago)
Windsor and Essex County are facing yellow-alert weather warnings for rain and wind from Environment Canada. The agency has recently changed its weather alert system to colour-coded alerts. Yellow alerts indicate hazardous weather with moderate impacts. Orange alerts indicate severe weather that is likely to cause significant damage and...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
Peel police say they arrested a 20-year-old Brampton man in a conspiracy to commit an indictable offence investigation. Investigators say the incident happened around 1 a.m. on Dec. 27, the area of Chinguacousy and Drinkwater roads. Officers say the victim exited a transit bus when he was followed by an unknown individual. Then, the suspect […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Milton Sanford Mayer was an American journalist, a Quaker, with Jewish heritage. But that isn't the important thing. The important thing is what he wrote in one of his many books, titled, They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. After the war, Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary German men. He wanted to ask them about […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
The Maple Leafs might have dodged an open-ice hit regarding the health of William Nylander. The Leafs' leading scorer departed in the second period against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena and didn't return to the game after suffering a lower-body injury. But don't go counting him out, just yet. "He's coming […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (7 hours ago)
Elmira & District Curling Club will be hosting the 2026 Curling Ontario Championships at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira starting Jan. 4. The club previously hosted the provincial championships in 2019. Bill Barr, host chair of 2026 Curling Ontario Championships, spoke to CBC K-W's John Dalusong about the preparations for the upcoming...
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (7 hours ago)
Freezing rain is expected to begin midday Sunday, with as much as five to 15 millimetres of ice accretion. Later in the afternoon temperatures will rise and heavy rainfall is expected. The forecast could bring 20 to 40 millimetres of rain and freezing rain by Monday morning. A special weather statement is also in effect for strong winds expected...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband and I were best friends. We shared everything — dreams, laughs and struggles. I was convinced we’d grow old together. When he proposed, I said yes without hesitation. We had plans to start a family, but he asked me to wait until we purchased a home. I waited five years, trusting […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
WATCH: Pierre Poilievre explains why he doesn't believe Mark Carney is serious about building a new pipeline, during an exclusive year-end interview with Brian Lilley. 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 [email protected]. Letters must be 250...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
A LEADER LEADS Re “Poilievre must keep caucus onside as he faces leadership review” (Brian Lilley, Dec. 21): Lilley focuses on the political pressures facing Pierre Poilievre but misses a larger truth: Canadians vote for experienced leadership with depth. They want leaders who attract talent, encourage trade and investment, unite Canadians...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
SUNshine Girl Stephanie likes working out and hanging out at the beach. The 5-foot-7 Aries enjoys listening to country music and classic rock. Her dream car is a red Ford Mustang. She posed for these photos in February 2018. (Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun)
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
Smart move if you bought someone an Auston Matthews sweater for Christmas, knowing his first post-break game was against Ottawa. Ditto for Matthew Knies if you figured he was due to break out. Now on different lines and separate power-play units, they combined for three goals (two by Knies) and six points in Saturday's spirited […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)
Smart move if you bought someone an Auston Matthews sweater for Christmas, knowing his first post-break game was against Ottawa. Ditto for Matthew Knies if you figured he was due to break out. Now on different lines and separate power-play units, they combined for three goals (two by Knies) and six points in Saturday's spirited […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
Toronto police are on the hunt for a man who is accused of assaulting a taxi driver and spraying him with a noxious substance during a fare dispute. According to investigators, the driver picked up a man in his taxi at 10 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the area of Woodbine Avenue and Danforth Avenue. […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
There’s no debating it: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had one of the best years an athlete could have. Gilgeous-Alexander was named The Canadian Press’s Male Athlete of the Year on Saturday in balloting by editors, writers and broadcasters from across the country, easily winning the award for the second time in his career. The Hamilton native...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (17 hours ago)
MINNEAPOLIS — A year ago to the day, Latvia shocked Canada's world junior team 3-2 in an eight-round shootout in front of home fans in Ottawa. As fate would have it, goaltender Jack Ivankovic was once again Canada's starter on Saturday evening, this time, however, avenging that defeat with a 26-save effort as Michael Hage […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (20 hours ago)
The challenging task of snow removal following a big winter storm was made even more complicated Friday after a snowplow contracted by the City of Toronto caught on fire while clearing the roads. Police say they were called to the area of Bloor Street West and Charleston Road in Etobicoke just after 4:30 p.m. for […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (21 hours ago)
MINNEAPOLIS — Facing the media on Saturday morning at the team's hotel, Porter Martone apologized. The freshly minted Canadian world junior captain was the centre of social media attention following the team's wild 7-5 win over Czechia on Boxing Day, and not for the reasons he would've liked. After icing the game with an empty-net […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (21 hours ago)
MINNEAPOLIS — As if Brady Martin needed any help reinforcing his reputation as one of the most stereotypically Canadian hockey players of his generation, he found a way to do it anyway. It has nothing to do with how he skates, hits or scores, but rather what he eats before every game: two chocolate-glazed donuts […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (21 hours ago)
A Toronto spa worker who is accused of multiple sexual assaults faces new charges as more victims come forward. In July, officers arrested 66-year-old David Ludwig after an unnamed victim reported being sexually assaulted while receiving a massage at an Etobicoke spa clinic near Lakeshore Boulevard West and Thirty Third Street. Ludwig was charged...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (22 hours ago)
I wrote Dear Father, Dear Son — Two Lives … Eight Hours a few years ago. It is about an eight-hour conversation with my father, after not having spoken to him for 10 years. (The paperback is called A Lot Like Me.) It was cathartic for me to write it, as well as for many who read […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (22 hours ago)
One person is in hospital with what police say is life-threatening injuries following a collision in Leamington Friday. The Ontario Provincial Police issued a statement late Friday evening saying County Road 37 was closed between Mersea Road 8 and Mersea Road 10, and that County Road 14 was closed between Mersea Road 12 and Wheatley […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (A day ago)
The threat of freezing rain couldn’t keep deal-hungry Windsorites home on Canada’s most popular shopping day of the year. Bundled customers lined up outside Freeds ahead of its 9 a.m. opening on Boxing Day — two hours earlier than the store usually opens to accommodate demand for the clothing retailer and its store-wide half-off sale. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (A day ago)
Mrs. C.W.H. and her hubby were absolutely beside themselves over their wayward teen son. But then a miracle happened! “My son was in a boys’ school for stealing until a few months ago. When he came home, we bought him Crime Does Not Pay magazines for him to read. This fine publication certainly made a […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (A day ago)
Waterloo horror author Mark Leslie has taken a lighter turn with his new book, I Think It's a Sign That the Pun Also Rises, a collection of puns and dad jokes inspired by playful signs and jokes he shared with his neighbourhood during the pandemic.
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (A day ago)
Show #3 Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Director: Sarah Davidson Rasha Alli, Lead Critic Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School brought a modern twist to Shakespeare’s iconic works with their vivacious production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). The...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (A day ago)
DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, my husband was told that our adult child’s partner had tested positive for COVID two days before we were scheduled to visit them. My husband — a forever Good Time Charlie — decided not to inform me. Neither of us at that point had contracted COVID. We had taken every […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (A day ago)
WATCH: Pierre Poilievre talks to Brian Lilley on the uselessness of the Liberal electric vehicle mandate in this exclusive year-end interview. 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 [email protected]. Letters must be 250 words or less and […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 days ago)
SUNshine Girl Marall is a 5-foot-7 aspiring actress who loves spending her time off with family and friends. Marall, whose nickname is Curly Locks, has her eyes set on her dram car, a Lamborghini. Marall posed for us in 2017. (MICHAEL PEAKE/Toronto Sun)
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 days ago)
POLS IN IT FOR THEMSELVES Imagine waking up one morning to discover that the Conservative MP you voted for in the last election has crossed the floor and is now a Liberal. If you wanted a Liberal, you would have voted for a Liberal. It just shows that they have zero interest in their constituents […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 days ago)
MINNEAPOLIS — Another Canada–Czechia showdown delivered exactly what this rivalry has come to promise in recent years. In a rematch of the teams' quarterfinal battles from each of the previous two years, Canada pulled out a wild 7–5 victory to headline opening day at the 2026 world junior hockey championship. Canada and Czechia were even...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 days ago)
Nineteen migrants of Haitian origin were arrested on Christmas evening in the Havelock area of Montérégie after illegally crossing the border from the United States into Canada. The group consisted of individuals ranging in age from one to 60, including another three-year-old child. The report was made to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 days ago)
All individuals traveling to the United States will now be photographed before entering or leaving the country starting Friday, according to a new regulation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In some cases, U.S. customs officials will also be able to capture travelers’ fingerprints. These requirements take effect on Dec. 26 and...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 days ago)
A man from Peterborough was arrested on Friday in connection with a deadly stabbing that took place in Oshawa earlier this week. Authorities say they received a call at 4:14 a.m. on Tuesday about a man who was found in the street suffering from multiple stab wounds near Park Road South and John Street West. […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (2 days ago)
Flu cases across Canada are on the rise and may push hospitals to their limits over the holidays and into the new year, leading health officials in regions across the country to warn people not to visit emergency rooms unless it's absolutely necessary.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 days ago)
TORONTO — Shoppers in some Canadian cities braved heavy snow and wintry conditions on Boxing Day, undeterred by the challenging weather in their hunt for a good deal. Much of southern Ontario stretching from Belleville in the east to Windsor in the south and Sault Ste. Marie in the west was under weather warnings, for […]
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