Bassist Carol Kaye tells AP she’s declining Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, ‘Permanently’
NEW YORK (AP) — Carol Kaye, a prolific and revered bassist who played on thousands of songs in the 1960s including hits by the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel and Barbra Streisand, told The Associated Press on Friday that she...
Canada Transport Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ by BC Ferries deal with Chinese company
VICTORIA — Canada’s transport minister says she is “dismayed” BC Ferries contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that includes “unjustified” tariffs on Canada. Chrystia Freeland, in a letter to her B.C....
Concerns raised for students in GTA schools as heat wave approaches
With temperatures expected to soar into the 30s next week, and humidity making it feel even warmer, it will be a sweltering end to the school year, especially in schools without central air conditioning. Some parents are expressing concern about...
Man dead after truck, motorcycle crash on Gardiner Expressway
A man in his 20s is dead following a crash involving a truck and a motorcycle on the Gardiner Expressway. Toronto police say the crash occurred on the eastbound portion of the highway at Islington Avenue just after 7:30 p.m....
Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
OTTAWA — A security and defence partnership pact Prime Minister Mark Carney will sign with European leaders in Brussels on Monday will be among the most wide-ranging agreements with a third country Europe has ever reached, a senior EU official...
Police seek help identifying individuals in suspicious incidents involving children
Peel Regional Police are trying to identify a man after reports he was taking photographs and approaching children at a park in Brampton earlier this month. Police received two separate reports in early June about the same elderly man at...
B.C. mall owner’s push to buy 25 Hudson’s Bay leases faces landlord opposition: docs
An agreement Hudson’s Bay signed to sell about two dozen leases to a B.C. entrepreneur has encountered a major barrier, new court filings show: landlords who own the properties are overwhelmingly opposed to her moving in. The Thursday filing is...
Pharmacists push for ability to administer more publicly funded vaccines
Ontarians can already get some routine vaccines administered at the drugstore, and now pharmacists are calling on the province to make more vaccines free and easier to access – a move they say would help relieve some of the burden...
Police identify suspect in fatal Danforth stabbing
Toronto police have identified a suspect wanted in the stabbing death of a 36-year-old man at a plaza in the Danforth and Coxwell avenues area on Tuesday night. Investigators say an altercation occurred between two men just after 11 p.m....
Mississauga man charged in alleged Scarborough assault and robbery
A 21-year-old Mississauga man is facing a total of nine charges following an alleged robbery in Scarborough earlier this year. Police say a man and another person met through social media and agreed to meet up. The man picked up...
