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Man, 31, dies after car rear-ends tractor trailer on Hwy. 407 in Brampton

A 31-year-old Toronto man has died of his injuries after a car rear-ended a tractor trailer on Highway 407 in Brampton Monday morning. Provincial police were notified of a crash just before 5 a.m. on the eastbound portion of the...

Jul 9, 2025 | Local

Youth cyclist injured in collision with vehicle in Vaughan

A youth has been taken to hospital after colliding with a vehicle while on a bicycle in Vaughan. York police were called to Dufferin Street and Beverly Glen Boulevard just before 3 p.m. The extent of the youth’s injuries is...

Jul 9, 2025 | Local

Hudson’s Bay lender fighting retailer’s Ruby Liu deal, seeking ‘super monitor’: docs

TORONTO — One of Hudson’s Bay’s biggest lenders says the department store chain has handled its liquidation so badly that a court should end a buzzy but fraught lease transaction the retailer signed with a B.C. billionaire and subject the...

Jul 9, 2025 | Local

1 dead, 4 injured in fiery crash on the Gardiner Expressway

A multi-vehicle crash has left one person dead, four others injured and has closed the westbound lanes of the Gardiner Expressway. Toronto police and fire are on the scene of the fiery collision that happened just after 5:30 Tuesday evening...

Jul 9, 2025 | Local

CBC News anchor Travis Dhanraj says he was ‘forced’ to resign from broadcaster

TORONTO — Longtime TV journalist Travis Dhanraj says he’s been “forced to resign” from CBC News. The former host of “Canada Tonight” announced his departure in an email to CBC staff that alleges a culture of “retaliation, exclusion, and psychological...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local

Hot Docs veteran programming directors Heather Haynes, Elizabeth Radshaw step down

TORONTO — Two veteran staff members of the Hot Docs film festival have left the beleaguered documentary organization. The festival confirmed Monday that director of programming Heather Haynes and director of industry programs Elizabeth Radshaw have both departed. Haynes, who...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local

Durham police seek suspect after gunshot fired during Oshawa road rage incident

Durham Regional Police are trying to track down a suspect after a gunshot was fired during a road rage incident in Oshawa on Saturday night. Officers were called to the Rossland Road East and Wilson Road North area at around...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local

Man, 91, evicted from Little Italy rental unit, forced to sleep in a shelter

A 91-year-old man has been evicted from the rental unit in Little Italy that he has called home for the last 20 years and will be sleeping in a Toronto shelter Monday night. Isidoro Ventullo has lived in a one-bedroom...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local

Cierra Ortega exits ‘Love Island USA’ villa following backlash over resurfaced racial slur posts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer’s “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the hit reality series is set to air on Peacock. Her departure, announced Sunday, followed weeks...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local

Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood

As deaths from catastrophic Texas flooding surpassed 100 on Monday, local officials in one of the hardest-hit counties have still revealed little about what, if any, actions they took to safeguard residents, tourists and visitors in an area known as...

Jul 8, 2025 | Local