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Disney sues Hong Kong company it says is selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry. The international media and entertainment conglomerate filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against...

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21

OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employer’s offers for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The Canada Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 and Aug. 1....

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has responded with a number...

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

Government, First Nations had been preparing to move problem bear, B.C. minister says

A suitable bear trap had arrived on British Columbia’s Texada Island on Tuesday, meant to hold a grizzly that had caused a ruckus among the island’s residents. It came too late, B.C.’s minister of water, land and resource stewardship said...

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

Peel police say they’ve dismantled an organized commercial auto theft ring

Peel Regional Police have arrested three men they allege were part of an organization that stole numerous commercial transport trucks and trailers. On Monday, officers located a transport truck in the Dixie Road and Myerside Drive area of Mississauga that...

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

Suspect wanted for alleged hate-motivated assault near Junction Triangle

A suspect is wanted after police say a male was pushed off his bike in an alleged hate-motivated assault near the Junction Triangle. Toronto police were called to Bloor Street West and Symington Avenue around 4 a.m. on June 27...

Jul 17, 2025 | Local

McDonald’s Canada announces new CEO, taking effect in September

McDonald’s Canada announces Annemarie Swijtink as its new CEO. Swijtink is currently the managing director of McDonald’s Netherlands and has held the position since June 2022. The current McDonald’s Canada CEO, Michèle Boudria, has been in the role since 2022...

Jul 16, 2025 | Local

Beer Store to close another 10 locations in a changing alcohol market

Ontario’s main beer retailer says it’s closing another 10 stores across the province due to changing market conditions. The Beer Store says locations in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and several other cities are scheduled to close by the end of the...

Jul 16, 2025 | Local

Alleged hijacking of small aircraft causes diversions, delays at YVR

The Richmond RCMP says officers arrested a suspect who hijacked a small aircraft and then entered the airspace near Vancouver International Airport (YVR), causing multiple delays at the airport. People who were at the airport at the time of the...

Jul 16, 2025 | Local

Young boy, 3, reunited with parents after being found walking alone in Vaughan

A three-year-old boy found walking alone in Vaughan has been reunited with his parents. The child was found walking alone in the area of Major Mackenzie Drive and Vellore Woods Boulevard this afternoon by a concerned citizen who then called...

Jul 16, 2025 | Local