Toronto Fire to provide update on ‘unprecedented’ Thorncliffe Park condo fire on Thursday
Toronto Fire Services (TFS) will provide an update Thursday on the Thorncliffe Park condo fire that stubbornly burned for weeks, displacing hundreds of residents. In a release, TFS said Chief Jim Jessop will speak at 1 p.m. at Toronto City...
Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother’s death after new trial ordered
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham woman in a case that drew international attention...
Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard co-recipient of A.M. Turing Award
A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year’s recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Université de Montréal professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing Prize with IBM Research scientist Charles H. Bennett. The...
Shaq O’Neal offering to pay for the funeral of Georgia girl, 12, who died after...
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school. The former NBA superstar said he doesn’t want...
Hundreds of Ontario cases tossed, compromised after police officers violated Charter rights: report
Charges were tossed or evidence was excluded from Ontario court proceedings hundreds of times over the past decade due to police officers in urban areas violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a new report examining more than 600 cases...
Toronto police officer injured after cruiser allegedly struck by stolen vehicle
A Toronto police officer is in hospital after a police cruiser was allegedly struck by a stolen vehicle in North York. Investigators say officers received an Automated Licence Plate Recognition hit in connection to a stolen vehicle in the area...
Edward Pottinger, founder of iconic Toronto Caribbean restaurant The Real Jerk, dies at 69
The founder of the iconic Toronto Caribbean restaurant The Real Jerk, Edward Pottinger, has died at the age of 69. Pottinger was born in Jamaica before coming to Canada, bringing along his lifelong passion for Caribbean cooking. “The flavours, traditions,...
Oscar ratings fall 9% in Conan O’Brien’s second year hosting
The 98th Oscars hosted by Conan O’Brien saw a dip in ratings after several years of gains. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said that just under 17.9 million viewers tuned into Sunday’s show, which aired live on ABC and...
Culture minister says ‘serious conversation’ needed about AI systems and news media
OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller says the government must have a serious conversation about AI systems’ use of news. “Having the news cannibalized and regurgitated undermines the spirit of the use of that news in the first place and...
Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran...
