Canada’s women’s rugby team inspires next generation of players
Canada is one game away from hoisting the Women’s Rugby World Cup crown. The team is facing England in the finals this Saturday. Junior girls’ players from local rugby club Toronto Nomads said it has been exciting to see the...
Wildfire that triggering evacuations and alerts near Peachland, B.C., grows overnight
KELOWNA — Emergency officials in British Columbia’s Okanagan region say a wildfire that has forced hundreds to evacuate has grown to more than two square kilometres in size. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says in a release that all evacuation orders...
Labubu-maker Pop Mart to open first Canadian store at B.C. mall
The Chinese toy maker behind the popular Labubu dolls will soon open its first store in Canada. Pop Mart’s debut Canadian location will be in British Columbia at the CF Richmond Centre mall, south of Vancouver. The chain says it...
Ontario ends 2024-25 with lower deficit than predicted, enacts agency hiring freeze
Ontario wrapped up the 2024-25 fiscal year with a significantly lower deficit than initially projected in the budget, yet the province will implement a modified hiring freeze in an effort to control ballooning agencies, Treasury Board President Caroline Mulroney said...
Tow-truck shot at in Markham, no injuries reported
York Regional Police say a tow truck was shot at in Markham on Friday afternoon. It happened at around 2:30 p.m. at Markham Road and 14th Avenue. No injuries have been reported. The intersection was closed for an investigation, but...
More than $400,000 worth of purchased flights and vacation packages allegedly lost to a Calgary...
It was a travel offer that Sylvia Estopacia described as hard to resist. An all-inclusive vacation for five days at a luxury hotel in Punta Cana, Mexico—flight included—all for $630 per person. Estopacia, a Filipino based in Montreal, says the...
Man shot dead in Richmond Hill, police say
Police say a man has died after a shooting in Richmond Hill Thursday night. Officers were called to Parker Avenue near King Road and Yonge Street just before 7 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Constable James Dickson says when...
‘It’s just terrible over there,’ Premier Doug Ford says of Marineland
The situation at Marineland, the tourist attraction where 20 whales have died since 2019, is “terrible,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday. There are 30 belugas left at Marineland, according to a database maintained by The Canadian Press based on...
Barriers keep many immigrant nurses out of Canadian hospitals, despite demand
A new Statistics Canada report says only 63 per cent of immigrants who came to Canada intending to work as nurses were employed in the field by 2021. The study looked at immigrants admitted between 2010 and 2020 who identified...
Microsoft reduces Israel’s access to cloud and AI products over reports of mass surveillance in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday it had disabled services to a unit within the Israeli military after a company review had determined its artificial intelligence and cloud computing products were being used to help carry out mass surveillance of...
