UBC economist warns Ontario’s ‘resale cap’ could backfire
Could B.C adopt an official ticket resale cap like Ontario passed in March this year? One expert says that the policy could fall flat and even achieve the opposite of the desired outcome. Thomas Davidoff, associate professor at UBC’s Sauder...
Governor General travelling to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after deadly mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE — Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community’s “ongoing healing journey” months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General...
Hamilton police seeking 14-year-old in shooting death of teen at Jackson Square mall on Friday
Police have identified and released a photo of a 14-year-old boy, considered the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old at a downtown mall on Friday. Lucas Turnbull is wanted for second-degree murder in the death of Nabil...
Trey Yesavage feeling ‘confident in myself’ as he rejoins Blue Jays rotation
TORONTO – The major-league clubhouse at the Player Development Complex empties in an instant when spring training ends and Trey Yesavage found the change jarring after the Toronto Blue Jays broke camp last month. “It was like me, (Shane) Bieber and Bowden (Francis). Our...
Montreal airport installs memorial to Air Canada pilots who died in LaGuardia crash
MONTREAL — Montreal’s airport authority has installed a memorial to two Air Canada pilots who died in a runway collision at LaGuardia Airport last month. The memorial at the Jacques-de-Lesseps plane spotting park states that Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther...
Vancouver real estate agent reprimanded after sending antisemitic message to Toronto restaurant
A Vancouver-based real estate agent has been issued a reprimand by the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) after sending an antisemitic message to a Toronto restaurant via social media. According to the consent order, Nima Alizadeh-Gharib, who is a licensed...
Toronto man’s HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplant
TORONTO — A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission – and potentially cured, according to his doctors – after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. If...
Man wanted after alleged assault at Vaughan synagogue
York Regional Police are investigating a suspected hate crime that took place in Vaughan on Saturday. According to investigators, an unknown man attempted to force his way into a synagogue near Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue just after 9:30 a.m....
Jake Reiner describes the ‘living nightmare’ of losing his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Reiner, the older son of Rob and Michele Reiner, says learning his parents were killed and living in the aftermath has been “too devastating to comprehend.” In a post on Substack on Friday, Jake Reiner...
‘It was crazy’: 2 in custody after dramatic takedown involving stolen pickup truck in west...
Two people are in custody following a dramatic take-down in the city’s west end involving a stolen pickup truck and at least three separate collisions. Toronto police tell CityNews officers were tracking a stolen vehicle when they surrounded a white...
