What you need to know about Carney’s pitch for private investment in airports
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants private investors to take over operations at Canada’s four largest airports in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. Speaking at a government-led investment summit in Toronto on Tuesday, Carney said the policy...
Toronto man faces multiple charges after allegedly sexually assaulting underage victims lured on Snapchat, Instagram
A Toronto man is facing new additional charges after he allegedly lured more than one underage victim through social media and sexually assaulted them. This comes after officers found another victim in addition to the one lured in June. Investigators...
Emmy Awards ratings down nearly 10% from last year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ratings for the Emmy Awards were down nearly 10% from last year, with the viewer numbers dipping again after a couple of years of growth. About 6.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the 78th primetime...
Four years into $10/day program, child-care waitlists growing in some Ontario cities
When Angela Zhu was newly pregnant, she knew that finding a daycare spot in Toronto would be challenging so she and her husband joined 40 different waitlists, thinking surely that would be sufficient. It wasn’t. “My friend joked to me,...
Man in his 60s injured in Etobicoke e-bike collision
Toronto police say a man in his 60s was injured after his e-bike crashed with a vehicle in Etobicoke Monday afternoon. The collision occurred around 3:06 p.m. in The Queensway and Grand Avenue area, near Park Lawn Road. Police said...
Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit
TORONTO — Bell Canada intends to quadruple the size of its planned data centre project in Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced at Canada’s first-ever investment summit on Monday. Carney said the project is expected...
What the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline could mean for oil flows
CHICAGO (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s closure of a major oil pipeline after a recent attack is raising fears that global energy markets in crisis because of the war with Iran could face even starker shortages, pushing prices higher for fuel...
Day one of investment summit sees billion-dollar announcements, changes to tax policy
OTTAWA — Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are in Toronto this week for Canada’s first-ever national investment summit. Prime Minister Mark Carney has set an ambitious goal of attracting $1 trillion in new investment to Canada over the...
Darlene Love, at 85, finally gets the spotlight to herself in a new documentary at...
TORONTO (AP) — It’s cosmic justice that Darlene Love, whose career in music so often went uncredited in her youth, still sings so well at age 85. The new documentary, “Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been,” is punctuated by...
McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate to vote on Monday for the first time in three months, looking noticeably more frail after he was hospitalized for a June fall in his home. McConnell’s...
