Most Canadians want to ban or regulate algorithmic pricing, poll shows
Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate the use of algorithms to set prices, a new poll suggests — with half of respondents saying the practice is unfair because it can result in people paying different prices for...
Boy fatally struck by Lakeshore West GO train in Mississauga
A boy has died after being struck by a Lakeshore West GO Train just west of Long Branch GO station. Peel police say the child, believed to be either 12 or 13 years of age, was struck in the area...
Calls for judge to apologize to officers in Zameer case are inappropriate: observers
Calls for an Ontario judge to apologize for suggesting three Toronto police officers lied and colluded in a high-profile criminal trial are inappropriate and undermine public confidence in the justice system, some legal observers said Wednesday. The president of Toronto’s...
CBSA opens 372 immigration investigations to ‘disrupt extortion networks’ in Canada
OTTAWA — Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened 372 immigration investigations in an effort to “disrupt extortion networks” across the country. It says the CBSA began formally monitoring immigration enforcement cases potentially linked to extortion in the Pacific...
Toronto officer charged with allegedly accessing private police databases
A Toronto police officer has been charged with allegedly accessing private police databases. The police service says Const. Abbas Popal, 25, allegedly unlawfully accessed the databases multiple times between January 2024 and April 2025. He’s been charged with unauthorized use...
Toronto Fire to provide update on ‘unprecedented’ Thorncliffe Park condo fire on Thursday
Toronto Fire Services (TFS) will provide an update Thursday on the Thorncliffe Park condo fire that stubbornly burned for weeks, displacing hundreds of residents. In a release, TFS said Chief Jim Jessop will speak at 1 p.m. at Toronto City...
Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother’s death after new trial ordered
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham woman in a case that drew international attention...
Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard co-recipient of A.M. Turing Award
A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year’s recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Université de Montréal professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing Prize with IBM Research scientist Charles H. Bennett. The...
Shaq O’Neal offering to pay for the funeral of Georgia girl, 12, who died after...
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school. The former NBA superstar said he doesn’t want...
Hundreds of Ontario cases tossed, compromised after police officers violated Charter rights: report
Charges were tossed or evidence was excluded from Ontario court proceedings hundreds of times over the past decade due to police officers in urban areas violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a new report examining more than 600 cases...
