More than 1 million university grads needed over next 10 years: study
A new report is sounding the alarm on the urgent need for more post-secondary students to enter Ontario’s workforce when they’re done with their studies. New analysis from the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) says there’s a greater need for what it...
Exhibition Place report rejects idea of year-round casino
For most of the year, Exhibition Place is a series of wide throughfares and empty spaces. But come late August, it transforms into the Canadian National Exhibition with rides, food and gambling. Since 1991, the CNE has operated a temporary casino...
Flair Airlines reaches 3-year tentative agreement with pilots, union says
EDMONTON — A union representing pilots at Flair Airlines says they have reached a new tentative agreement with company management. The Air Line Pilots Association says the agreement comes after 10 months of contract negotiations. It says the three-year tentative...
Elderly driver killed in single-vehicle crash in North York
A man in his 90s is dead following a single-vehicle crash in North York. Toronto police say a vehicle struck a tree in the Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West area just before 5 p.m. Thursday. The driver was taken...
‘Armed and dangerous’ suspect wanted after man, woman critically injured in Mississauga
Police in Peel Region are searching for a man after two people were critically injured in Mississauga on Thursday night. Investigators were called to a residence in the Hurontario Street and Lakeshore Road East area just after 7 p.m. Thursday...
City of Toronto ferry service to Wards Island resumes after temporary suspension
Ferry Service to Wards Island has resumed after being temporarily suspended by the City of Toronto on Thursday afternoon. A service alert on the City’s ferry schedule page on Thursday said a large tree trunk was obstructing the dock area...
Carney says it’s ‘no secret’ Trump doesn’t like CUSMA trade pact
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent claim that the United States would “do better without” the North American free trade pact. “It’s no secret the president in recent years has not been...
Some GTA schools to look different next year amid cuts, changes to classes
While summer vacation is on the horizon for thousands of GTA students, their classrooms may look a bit different next year amid staff cuts and changes to how classes are delivered at multiple school boards. “I’ve definitely already started to...
Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials
OTTAWA — A Canadian was shot and killed at a South African wilderness park on Wednesday in what authorities said appears to be an accident. The South African Police Service said a 69-year-old Canadian man asked a park guide whether...
Secretary of state Sahota says ‘foreign entity’ hired people to shoot at synagogues
OTTAWA — Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a “foreign entity.” She suggested the shooters were recruited...
