Toronto’s ‘cherry blossom watch’ says it’s almost time for popular spring pilgrimage
Toronto’s largest public park says its famous cherry blossom trees are showing their first signs of impending bloom. Every year, thousands of locals and visitors descend on High Park during peak cherry bloom season and the park’s nature centre says it’s almost time to...
Man shows up at Toronto hospital with life-threatening gunshot wound
Police are working to determine where a shooting happened after a man has shown up at a Toronto hospital with a gunshot wound. Officers were called to the hospital just before 8:30 p.m. The victim was then transported to a...
Canada can’t afford to lose immigrants during trade war with U.S.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are escalating fears of a global recession, and a Toronto-based immigration lawyer says, Canada can’t afford to lose talented immigrants in the country right now. “We don’t want to lose good people, we can’t afford it,...
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
BOSTON (AP) — The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In...
U.S. Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, which could allow troops...
Toronto police say suspects rammed cruisers with stolen vehicle
A man and woman are facing charges after police allege they were spotted in a stolen vehicle and rammed police cruisers in an attempt to evade arrest. Investigators say a Toronto Police Special Constable spotted a stolen 2021 Chevrolet Silverado...
Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam
Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest moment of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth...
Woll backstops Maple Leafs over slumping Hurricanes as Toronto reaches 50 wins
Joseph Woll made 25 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs moved closer to clinching the Atlantic Division title by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Sunday, reaching the 50-win mark. Pontus Holmberg, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares scored...
Peel police searching for missing vulnerable couple in their 80s
Police in Peel Region are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing vulnerable couple in their 80s. Investigators say Mr. and Mrs. Weismann were last seen driving a 2011 gold/yellow Ford Escape with the license plate TWR710 in...
FAA says company whose sightseeing chopper crashed, killing 6, is ceasing operations immediately
The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in flight and crashed in New York, killing the pilot and a family of five visitors from Spain, is shutting down operations immediately. The...
