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3 TTC streetcars to be diverted for construction at King and Church

A major downtown Toronto intersection will be shutdown as of next week for the remainder of the summer, leading to the diversion of three TTC streetcars. The City will be replacing the watermains at King and Church streets as of...

May 7, 2025 | News

TIFF CEO says Canada’s role in Hollywood shouldn’t be ignored amid film tariff threat

TORONTO — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says he isn’t panicking over U.S. President Donald Trump’s film tariff threat — in part because he says Canada plays a key role in Hollywood’s global dominance. Cameron Bailey says...

May 7, 2025 | News

India fires missiles into Pakistani territory in what Islambad calls ‘act of war’

ISLAMABAD (AP) — India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday, killing at least eight people including a child, in what Pakistan’s leader called an act of war. India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked...

May 7, 2025 | News

Controllers briefly lost contact with Newark planes before wider flight disruptions

The long flight delays and cancellations plaguing Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and spilling over to airports across the U.S. can be traced to a week ago when air traffic controllers temporarily lost communications with planes in the...

May 7, 2025 | News

Hudson’s Bay to bring back commission for workers: Unifor

TORONTO — Unifor says Hudson’s Bay has reversed a decision to stop paying commission to workers. Unifor Local 40 President Dwayne Gunness says the liquidating company informed staff last week that they’d start getting commission again, after announcing it would...

May 7, 2025 | News

Conservatives choose Andrew Scheer as interim Opposition leader

The Conservative caucus has chosen Andrew Scheer to lead the party in Parliament during the spring sitting. The Saskatchewan MP-elect and former party leader will assume the duties of Opposition leader in the House of Commons when the sitting begins...

May 7, 2025 | News

Trump says only 21 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now believed to be alive

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,” Trump said of the hostages being...

May 7, 2025 | News

Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court...

May 7, 2025 | News

Carney confirms Trump to attend G7 in Alberta next month

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will meet again in person with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alta., in June. Carney says the meeting at the White House today involved a “wide-ranging and constructive”...

May 7, 2025 | News

‘I thought he did really well’: Doug Ford reacts to Mark Carney’s meeting with Donald...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford praised Prime Minister Mark Carney’s performance in an Oval Office meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. “I thought he did really well and very productive,” Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park shortly after the...

May 7, 2025 | News