Ontario civil servants to see ‘flexibility’ on work options during World Cup: government
Ontario’s incoming interim Treasury Board president says there will be “flexibility” in work arrangements for public service employees during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, who is taking on the Treasury Board role Friday, gave no details...
FIFA’s World Cup stadium code bans vuvuzelas, says body paint isn’t clothing
VANCOUVER — Fans attending FIFA World Cup matches will have to leave their vuvuzelas at home. Vuvuzelas gained worldwide attention during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the plastic horns became one of the tournament’s defining symbols despite...
Emergency closure of some eastbound Gardiner Expressway lanes near Humber River ordered
City of Toronto staff say they need to temporarily close some of the eastbound lanes of the Gardiner Expressway near the Humber River due to the need for emergency road work. In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, officials said multiple...
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When a rare but deadly rodent-borne virus struck passengers on a cruise ship and seemed to be spreading, there were no treatments for those who fell ill and no vaccines to protect others. That was the...
Woman wanted in alleged assault at Main Street Station
A woman is wanted in connection to an assault at Main Street Station late last month. Toronto police say they were called to the station in the Danforth Avenue and Main Street area around 5 p.m. on May 28. The...
Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died...
NEW YORK (AP) — Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin,”...
Boy, 15, injured in North York shooting
Toronto police are investigating after a 15-year-old boy showed up to a hospital with injuries from a shooting in North York. Officers say they were called to reports of a shooting in the area of Cherokee Boulevard and Shawnee Circle...
The show will go on: White House correspondents’ dinner rescheduled for July, with Trump attending
NEW YORK (AP) — And now, Take Two: The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has been rescheduled — with President Donald Trump apparently in attendance. The dinner, cut short in April by a gunman who prosecutors say was trying to...
Man arrested for alleged antisemitic death threats on social media: Durham police
Durham Regional Police have charged a Clarington man after he allegedly posted several antisemitic death threats on X. The investigation began in May 2026, when the Durham police Hate Crime and Extremism Unit was contacted by police in Vancouver about...
MPs get an earful from opponents of ‘lawful access’ bill over privacy concerns
OTTAWA — A group that works to keep the internet surveillance-free says a federal bill intended to help police and intelligence services is “an enormous own goal” against Canada’s economy and security. Matt Hatfield, executive director of OpenMedia, told MPs...
