City of Toronto staff propose pilot project to simplify street parking signage
Parking on many Toronto streets can feel like a chore at times, but municipal staff say they want to embark on a pilot project that would work to simplify the messaging to drivers in a bid to make regulations easier...
Suspect wanted in Dufferin Grove sex assault investigation
Toronto police are searching for a man who is accused of sexually assaulting someone in the city’s Dufferin Grove neighbourhood earlier this week. According to investigators, the suspect approached a victim from behind near Bloor Street West and Brock Avenue...
How Canadian accounts got swept up in X’s location feature accuracy issues
Last week the X platform, formerly Twitter, began its rollout of a new location feature meant to disclose which country account holders post from. It aimed to increase transparency on the platform and help users spot the fake accounts known...
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA — Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be open next month. For security reasons,...
Canadians fighting rare cancer may have to pay $600K for last-ditch treatment
Access to a vital therapy, known for treating adults with multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer, is being stalled in Canada, health advocates say. The one-time treatment, called CAR T-cell or Carvykti, has been successful in the United...
Man, 43, charged in deadly hit-and-run collision
A man from Toronto has been arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run collision that happened in Scarborough last spring. According to authorities, a 27-year-old woman was crossing the road at Birchmount Road just north of St. Clair Avenue East...
Ontario man awaits clarity after new trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year-old girl
A lawyer for an Ontario man whose conviction in the killing of a 10-year-old girl decades ago was set aside this week said Friday he hopes to have some clarity on the fate of his client’s case by the end...
Airbus orders immediate software change on A320 aircraft which may ground flights
Airbus, one of the world’s largest commercial passenger jet makers, has ordered an immediate software fix on a “significant” number of its A320 aircraft following an incident last month in which one of its planes suffered a sharp loss of...
Man arrested after BB gun threats send Clarington high school into lockdown: police
A man has been charged in connection with a road-rage incident that forced a Clarington high school to be placed on lockdown earlier this week. According to police, a dispute between the occupants of two vehicles began off school property...
‘Significant concerns’ raised as Ontario exempts training centres from municipal and planning laws
Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario’s embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising “significant concerns” for the province’s municipalities and opposition parties. The government recently passed a labour bill that includes provisions...
