Motorcyclist critically injured in east-end crash
A motorcyclist has suffered critical injuries following a two-vehicle crash in Scarborough. Toronto police were called to the Lawrence Avenue East and Kingston Road area just after 6 p.m. Saturday for reports of a crash between a car and a...
Canadian company Premier Tech ends association with Israel-based cycling team
Canadian company Premier Tech is ending its association with an Israel-based cycling team that has been the target of several recent protests. The company said in a statement Friday that it will end its co-title sponsorship of the team formerly...
Blue Jays George Springer wins Silver Slugger Award
One year removed from the worst season of his career, George Springer’s resurgent 2025 has earned him a Silver Slugger Award. The 36-year-old Toronto Blue Jays outfielder/designated hitter won the American League honour at DH on Friday. Springer enjoyed a...
Motion to clear encampments faster coming to City Council
Across from the Main Street TTC station, there are a handful of tents in Stanley G. Grizzle Park, and while the encampment has been cleared before, and no camping signs were put up, the tents have returned. Patrick has been here for...
B.C. woman warns others after losing $83K to fraudsters
Farro Mackenzie never imagined she’d fall victim to a phishing scam. The B.C. small business owner says it all started with a text from what she thought was her bank, asking her to verify a transaction. Minutes after replying ‘no’...
New data reveals intimate partner violence problem in Toronto
A grim picture is emerging of the state of Intimate Partner Violence in Toronto, and for the first time, police are releasing case data dating back more than a decade. More than 20,000 reports related to family and intimate partner...
TTC to call out ‘bad behaviour’ in new pilot project
The Toronto Transit Commission is going to start calling out bad behaviour on its subway platforms, but the downtown pilot project is already getting mixed reviews. TTC riders at Dundas and Union stations will be the first to hear the new...
Sixties Scoop survivor shares her healing story through new Manitoba-made web series
A Manitoba-made web series has been created to shine a light on the Sixties Scoop, where thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed into non-Indigenous homes. Now the stories that are about to be told by...
3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER — The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also investigating another 78...
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The breakthrough — made when the brash, Chicago-born...
