Toronto outlines plan to tackle ‘rat storm’ taking over city
Rats are overrunning many Toronto neighbourhoods, and the seemingly non-stop construction across the city is playing a major role in forcing rodents up from the underground. Coun. Alejandra Bravo plans to bring Toronto’s rat response plan before the Economic and...
Halton police search for suspects after smash-and-grab jewellery heist in Oakville
Police are searching for at least four suspects after a smash-and-grab robbery at a jewellery store in Oakville. Police in Halton region say they were called to Oakville Place shopping mall just before 5:30 p.m. for reports of a robbery....
Police investigate after bodies of two men found in Scarborough
Toronto police are investigating the discovery of two bodies in Scarborough. Police say they were called to an address on Chelwood Road near Birchmount Road and Eglinton Avenue East just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found the...
‘Appalled and disgusted’: Muslim woman allegedly assaulted, stomped on in Oshawa
The National Council of Canadian Muslims says it is ‘appalled and disgusted’ after a Muslim woman was allegedly assaulted early Wednesday morning in Oshawa. According to a social media post, the NCCM says the woman, who owns a local restaurant,...
Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. named American League all-star starter
Toronto’s $500-million man is on his way back to the All-Star Game. Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named as a starter for the American League All-Star team, beating out New York Yankees star Paul Goldschmidt for the top...
Judge denies bid by the suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing for a new trial in...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, has lost a bid for a new trial in a separate battery case tied to a jailhouse fight. The...
Rescuers search in rough seas for 38 missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. Another four people died and 23 have been rescued, according to the Surabaya Search...
Ontario expanding publicly funded hip and knee surgeries done in private clinics
Ontario is expanding the delivery of publicly paid orthopedic surgeries through private clinics in an effort to reduce wait lists. Ontario is investing $125 million to add upwards of 20,000 orthopedic surgeries at community surgical centres over the next two...
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — The first group of immigrants were scheduled to arrive Wednesday night at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state’s attorney general said. “Alligator Alcatraz will be...
Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
Fifteen people were taken to a hospital when a skydiving aircraft went off a runway and crashed in the woods near an airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening, according to authorities. The incident at the Cross Keys Airport,...
