Two charged after $2M worth of illegal cannabis seized in Ontario: police
Provincial police say they’ve charged two people from Mississauga after seizing more than 4,000 illegal cannabis plants in the Niagara region. Police say officers responded to a location on Highway 3 in Wainfleet on Feb. 26, after a referral from...
‘Got a foot pursuit’: Helicopter footage captures arrests of 3 youths in North York carjacking
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) shared helicopter footage of the arrests of three youths charged in an alleged armed carjacking last weekend in North York. Officers were called to the Victoria Park Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East area at around 8:30...
Cycling advocates seek injunction to halt potential work to remove Toronto bike lanes
Cycling advocates are seeking an injunction to halt any potential work to remove bikes lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue ahead of their Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge scheduled for April 16. Ontario can’t begin work...
Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests. The poll of Canadians’ voting intentions has both parties sitting at 37 per cent. It shows a drop of six...
Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury that will keep him out...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which will keep him out of the Masters and leaves in question whether he can play in any other major...
US factories likely to feel the pain from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is once again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada. Trump on Wednesday will effectively plaster 25% taxes – tariffs – on all steel and aluminum imports....
Carney transition team met with PMO staff Tuesday, hope for PM swearing in by Friday
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister by the end of the week but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of his transition team that...
Toronto police apologize, delete podcast that saw officers credit Oct. 7 terror attacks for leading...
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is apologizing to the Jewish community after it published a podcast that featured two Muslim liaison officers seemingly crediting the October 7 Hamas terror attacks for leading people to study and ultimately convert to Islam....
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. The National...
Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration. The turtle was detected Friday...
