New U.S. green card policy could impact Canadians seeking permanent residency: lawyer
A new U.S. policy requiring most foreigners to apply for green cards from their home countries may cause long waits and complications for Canadians living in the U.S. seeking permanent residency, Canadian immigration lawyers say. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
Canadians from Gaza flotilla return to Canada after detainment by Israeli forces
Some of the12 Canadians who were part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza are returning to Canada this weekend. The Canadians were detained by Israeli forces last week and reportedly abused in custody before being...
Iran’s soccer federation says team’s World Cup base camp has been moved to Mexico from...
PHOENIX (AP) — The president of the governing body of Iranian soccer said Saturday the nation’s World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from FIFA. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran...
Former councillor, TTC chair Howard Moscoe dies at 86
Former Toronto city councillor and TTC chair Howard Moscoe has died at the age of 86. A cause of death was not immediately available. Moscoe started as a high-school art teacher and was president of the North York Teachers’ Federation...
Premier Doug Ford calls judge’s ruling on Ontario encampment ‘cockamamie’
An Ontario judge’s recent decision barring the Region of Waterloo from removing people living in a homeless encampment is “cockamamie,” Premier Doug Ford said on Friday. Justice Michael R. Gibson found in a decision released Thursday that a local bylaw...
Police search for man in alleged sexual assault of 8-year-old at Scarborough mall
Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a Scarborough mall. Investigators say just before 4 p.m. on May 12, the man approached the girl inside a store at Woodside Square at Finch Avenue...
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at York Region hospital
Public health officials are making the public aware of a possible measles exposure in York Region. York Region Public Health says anyone who attended the emergency room at Mackenzie Health Hospital in Richmond Hill between 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m....
Concerns raised over growing number of data centres in the GTA
For decades, the facility at 3650 Danforth Ave. in Scarborough housed a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. But since 2023, it’s been an 8 megawatt data centre operated by Stack Infrastructure. It’s one of many across the GTA that have caught the attention of at least...
Britney Spears was ‘confrontational’ and ‘flamboyant’ but tested low for alcohol during DUI stop
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears refused to get out of her BMW for about 10 minutes before her driving under the influence arrest in March. When she did, the singing superstar smelled of booze and appeared drunk in field...
NASCAR’s Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death, 911...
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday...
