Corus receives CRTC approval to go ahead with recapitalization transaction
TORONTO — Struggling media company Corus Entertainment Inc. has received a lifeline. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Thursday granted regulatory approval for a recapitalization plan that would see a change in ownership and shift effective control of all...
Weekend need-to-know: Polish and Ukranian festivals take over Toronto’s west end
Summer may be winding down but Toronto’s festivals are still going strong with several neighbourhoods celebrating their heritage and culture this weekend, including the Polish Festival in Roncesvalles and the Ukrainian Festival in Bloor West Village. Road closures will be...
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President...
Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren’t the target, new Trump rule says
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by President Donald Trump’s administration...
Amazon bumps hourly wages by $1 for operations workers in Canada
VANCOUVER — Online retailer Amazon says it is raising the average hourly base wage in Canada to $26.27, up by $1 from last year. A statement from the company on Wednesday says the bump represents a four per cent year-over-year...
Florida woman pleads guilty to defrauding fund for Jeffrey Epstein victims
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money. Jennifer Percival, a scholar who...
Trump administration again denies visas for Palestinian delegation to attend the UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has denied visas for a high-level Palestinian delegation to attend an annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations for the second year in a row. The State Department said Wednesday that Palestinian...
Why Auston Matthews is still a Toronto Maple Leaf
TORONTO — From confusion to conviction. The last time Auston Matthews addressed local reporters at the Toronto Maple Leafs’ west-side headquarters — one month removed from a season-ending knee injury and two years away from unrestricted free agency — the captain dropped a...
Subway service resumes on stretch of Line 2 Bloor-Danforth after power outage
The TTC says subway service on Line 2 between Woodbine and Broadview stations has resumed after a brief disruption due to a power outage. There’s no word on what caused the outage, which lasted roughly 25 minutes during the afternoon...
Trump calls possible Canada-EU move a hostile act after escalating trade war
WASHINGTON — After further escalating his trade war Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said if Canada becomes the first associate member of the European Union it could be a “hostile act.” Speaking to reporters in North Carolina, the president said...
