Ontario to provide ice storm recovery funding for businesses, municipalities
The Ontario government says it’s introducing two financial assistance programs to help municipalities and businesses recover from a severe March ice storm. The storm in late March left nearly 400,000 homes and businesses with power outages and damaged property as...
Toronto police officer injured in crash with transport truck during motorcade training exercise
A Toronto police officer suffered non-life threatening injuries after the motorcycle he was riding and a transport truck collided on Highway 403 in Mississauga. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The police officer was...
Federal immigration agents asked to leave Dodger Stadium parking lot, team says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers organization said Thursday that it asked federal immigration agents to leave the Dodger Stadium grounds after they arrived at a parking lot near one of the gates. Dozens of federal agents with...
Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday...
Coun. Brad Bradford uses campaign-style announcement to push King St. congestion relief plan
Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford put forth a plan Thursday he says would ease crippling congestion in downtown Toronto but some are questioning the approach he used to deliver his message. Standing in front of a podium with his name on...
Rescuers respond as rock slide hits group of hikers in Banff National Park
Rescue crews, paramedics and police scrambled to a remote region of Banff National Park on Thursday, after getting word that a group of hikers were hit by a rock slide and it was possible some were killed. At least two...
Saskatchewan government plans to extend life of coal plants: Minister
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s government is planning to extend the life of the province’s coal plants before moving to nuclear power generation, says a letter from the Crown Investments Corporation Minister. Jeremy Harrison wrote to SaskPower employees Wednesday that the decision...
Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK — Canada’s food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises to be disinfected. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency...
US starts evacuating some diplomats from its embassy in Israel as Iran conflict intensifies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and President Donald Trump warns of the possibility of getting directly involved in...
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans are on track to release so much greenhouse gas in less than three years that a key threshold for limiting global warming will be nearly unavoidable, according to a study to be released Thursday. The report...
