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Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain

A new software update prevented a third radar outage in the last two weeks at New Jersey’s busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday. At a news conference, Duffy...

May 13, 2025 | Local

Ayami Sato makes history as first woman to play in professional Canadian men’s league

She’s a legend in her own right, and now, she’s rewriting the rules in Canadian baseball. Thousands came out to Christie Pits Park on Sunday to watch history unfold as Ayami Sato, a star pitcher from Japan, became the first...

May 12, 2025 | Local

Man wanted in connection with a trio of east-end knifepoint robberies

Toronto police are searching for a suspect in connection with three separate east-end robbery investigations. Investigators say all three incidents occurred within a three-hour span on May 8 between 7:22 a.m. and 10:44 a.m. in the Chapman Avenue and Dawes...

May 12, 2025 | Local

Bobrovsky blanks Maple Leafs in Game 4 as Panthers tie series 2-2

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series....

May 12, 2025 | Local

Classified, Kellie Loder, Maggie Andrew big winners out of East Coast Music Awards

ST. JOHN’S — Atlantic music stars Classified, Kellie Loder and Maggie Andrew emerged as top winners at this year’s East Coast Music Awards on Sunday as days worth of festivities honouring the region’s musicians wrapped up in St. John’s, N.L....

May 12, 2025 | Local

Tribunal orders Toronto doctor’s license revoked following harassment of girls

A Toronto doctor has had his medical license revoked after he pleaded guilty to criminal harassment of more than a dozen girls and admitted to public masturbation. A tribunal at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found the...

May 12, 2025 | Local

York Regional Police investigating two hate crimes in Vaughan

Police in York Region are investigating two separate incidents of hate in Vaughan. Police were called to a park in the Bathurst Street and Major Mackenzie Drive West area on May 8 following reports that a swastika had been spray-painted...

May 12, 2025 | Local

Five Starbucks shops in Ontario ratify first collective agreements

TORONTO — The United Steelworkers union says workers at five Starbucks locations in Ontario have ratified their first collective agreements. The union says the union-led contracts are a significant milestone in the push for collective bargaining at the coffee giant....

May 12, 2025 | Local

Quebec lends forest fire teams to battle Saskatchewan and Ontario blazes

QUÉBEC — Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says it is sending reinforcements to Ontario and Saskatchewan to help teams fight several forest and brush fires. Two CL-415 firefighting aircraft and their crews will head to Dryden, Ont., while two other...

May 12, 2025 | Local

U.S. authorities find body of missing Quebec hiker in New York state’s Adirondacks

The body of Quebec hiker reported missing in northeastern New York state has been found, state authorities confirm. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says in a statement the body 22-year-old Leo Dufour was discovered over the weekend...

May 12, 2025 | Local