City of Toronto tables final offer to CUPE Local 79 as Monday strike deadline looms
The City of Toronto says it has tabled a final offer to CUPE Local 79 — the union that represents 27,000 inside workers — with wage increases that are nearly double the current rate of inflation. In an update Wednesday...
Crombie says she won’t ask any Ontario Liberals to step aside so she can have...
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says she intends to try again to win a seat in the legislature, but she won’t ask any caucus members to step aside to open up a riding for her. In last week’s election, the...
Panama president calls Trump’s talk of ‘reclaiming’ the Panama Canal a lie
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his address to Congress that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal. Trump was referencing a deal announced...
Canadians cancel U.S. travel plans amid anger over tariffs
MONTREAL — Airlines and travel companies are seeing bookings to the United States plummet as Canadians rethink their plans amid anger over the trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump as well as a weak loonie. Travel agency...
Gene Hackman’s dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor’s death
Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist. The couple’s German shepherd, named Bear, survived along with a second dog named Nikita, but their kelpie...
Several men arrested in ‘prolific’ LCBO theft ring targeting 50 GTA stores
Peel Regional Police have arrested several men in what authorities called a prolific LCBO theft ring that saw the suspects target as many as 50 locations across the GTA. Officers said the alleged thefts occurred between August 2024 and February...
Man stabbed on TTC streetcar: Toronto police
Toronto Police say a man has been stabbed onboard a TTC streetcar. It happened in the Dovercourt Road and Queen Street West area at around 1:14 p.m. Tuesday. Paramedics tell CityNews the victim was transported to hospital in serious but...
Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO — Federal Health Minister Mark Holland is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for women under 50. Last year Holland ordered...
How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump’s tariffs
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war. The president’s executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on...
A closer look at Canadian efforts to address U.S. concerns about border security
The United States imposed sweeping tariffs Tuesday on Canadian products, claiming Canada has failed to adequately address the southbound flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismissed the U.S. rationale as “completely bogus, completely unjustified, completely false.”...
