Mississauga mayoral candidates talk redeveloping Living Arts Centre, platform policy planks
With two-and-a-half weeks to go until Mississauga election day, talk about potentially redeveloping a notable chunk of the city’s downtown entered into the campaign on Thursday as mayoral candidates put forward various policy ideas and focuses. While unveiling the remaining...
Toronto advocacy group warns about temperature changes affecting local turtles
A Toronto group dedicated to protecting turtles is keeping a closer eye on the reptiles, explaining how they can get disoriented at this time of year with the dramatic change in temperatures. The warning comes after Turtle Protectors say they received...
Man in his 70s critically injured after being struck by vehicle in East York
A man in his 70s suffered critical injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Thursday night. Toronto police say they were called to the Coxwell Avenue and Mortimer Avenue area just before 8 p.m. for reports a pedestrian had...
Alberta’s Cold Lake First Nations seek judicial review of Pacific Link pipeline designation
Cold Lake First Nations filed an application for judicial review in Federal Court on Thursday challenging Ottawa’s decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline as a project in the national interest. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith...
Ontario narrows out-of-country drug funding rules after cancer patient court victory
An Ontario man with Stage 4 melanoma says the province has effectively blocked access to public funding for out-of-country drug treatments in response to his attempts to urgently seek therapy in the United States. Alex Shved, a 37-year-old father of...
Toronto bookstores celebrate Canadian Anne Carson’s Nobel Prize in Literature win
TORONTO — In the days before the Nobel Prize in Literature was set to be awarded, Claire Foster was holding out hope this would be Anne Carson’s year. A manager of Toronto independent bookstore Type Books, Foster has been a...
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete...
Corus completes recapitalization transaction, announces new board of directors
Corus Entertainment Inc. says it has completed a recapitalization transaction first announced in November of last year and has appointed a new board of directors. The deal stipulated that some of Corus’s lenders would forgive approximately $500 million in debt...
ICE officer shoots a man while making an arrest in New York, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal immigration officer shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New York City on Thursday, during what the Department of Homeland Security called a “targeted enforcement operation.” Protesters decried it as an...
Woman, 70s, seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash in Etobicoke
A multi-vehicle crash in Etobicoke has sent two people to hospital. Toronto police say they were called to the intersection of Kipling Avenue and Steeles Avenue just after 6 p.m. for reports of a three-car crash. Paramedics tell CityNews a...
