Ontario Integrity Commissioner investigating Labour Minister David Piccini
Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner has launched an investigation into Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini, 680 NewsRadio has learned. The inquiry is related to the selection of applicants to the Skills Development Fund Training Stream. In a letter obtained by 680 NewsRadio,...
Jewish people most targeted community for hate incidents in York Region since 2024: Police Chief
York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween said they are doing everything they can to make sure the Jewish residents feel safe as the community remains the most targeted group for hate crimes in the area over the last two years....
TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States....
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett, who reported on the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was...
U.S. trade rep says access to Canada’s dairy market key to CUSMA review
Canada will have to open its market to the United States when it comes to dairy products as part of a renegotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told members of the U.S. Congress on Thursday that concerns related...
US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The State Department announced...
Making lawyers swear Oath of Allegiance to monarch unconstitutional: Alberta court
EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has ruled that requiring prospective lawyers to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the reigning monarch is unconstitutional and infringes on religious freedom. The Court of Appeal of Alberta made the decision Tuesday in Prabjot...
US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people....
Petition calls on feds to protect residential school survivor testimonies from destruction
Some of the historic documents collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which went on to form the foundation of Canada’s reckoning with its dark past of residential schools, are now at risk of being destroyed in 2027. In partnership with the...
Flight Centre survey shows Canadian travel to the U.S. down 40 per cent
It’s been a Canadian tradition to fly down south for the holidays and get a break from the snow, but all of that has changed after a turbulent year with our next-door neighbour. According to local travel agencies, Canadians are increasingly choosing...
