Thai lawmakers to vote for a new prime minister as candidates promise an early election
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai lawmakers are gathering Friday to select a new prime minister as major parties made competing promises to soon dissolve Parliament and call an election as a way to resolve the country’s political crisis. Only five candidates,...
Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia is missing, says DND
A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia has been reported missing since Tuesday. A news release from the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces says an investigation and search efforts are ongoing. Lt.-Gen. Steve Boivin, commander...
New toonie commemorates life and work of First Nations artist
Canada’s currency is seeing a historic moment, with a new toonie beginning circulation on Thursday. Daphne Odjig, from Wikwemikoong Unceded Territory in Ontario, is the first woman and visual artist to be featured on a Canadian coin. “It’s part of...
New video shows moment Parkside Drive speed camera is cut down
It’s a question that’s been asked many times over the past few months: Who keeps vandalizing one of the city’s most profitable speed enforcement cameras? Video footage has emerged that might help provide some answers. The two-minute late-night video obtained by...
Cyclist struck by vehicle near Kensington Market
A cyclist in his 50s has been struck by a vehicle in downtown Toronto on Wednesday evening. Paramedics were called to Spadina Avenue and College Street around 8:22 p.m. for reports of a cyclist struck by a vehicle. Police say...
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s last surviving child, dies at 97
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who was inspired by his father to spend years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, died Tuesday at age 97. Hemingway,...
2 hikers dead, 3rd presumed dead after going over waterfall in southeast B.C.: police
KIMBERLEY — Police say the bodies of two hikers have been recovered and a third person is presumed dead after the trio fell over a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP in Kimberley, B.C., say they were alerted by SOS...
Heavy rain on the way for Toronto
After sunshine and heat, a big pattern change is coming to Toronto as a cold front brings in 10 to 20 millimetres of rain on Thursday morning. Heavy rain with the risk of some thunderstorms are set to take over...
Highway 401 reopens after multiple closures across Durham region
Drivers on the Highway 401 saw major delays after multiple closures on Highway 401 due to multiple collisions on Wednesday afternoon. The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed at Brock Street in Whitby after a collision that sent a...
Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios
An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s hospital nurses pay increases of 5.25 per cent over two years, in a new contract their union calls disappointing. The terms of the contract as set by the arbitrator for about 60,000 hospital nurses include...
