Former environment minister details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir
OTTAWA — Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says federal security agencies initially refused to offer her protection — and wouldn’t even show her the risk assessment they’d completed — as she faced a rising tide of threats and harassment online...
Man wanted for alleged sexual assault aboard eastbound TTC subway
Toronto police are searching for a man after someone was allegedly sexually assaulted aboard a TTC subway train on Friday. Investigators say the incident occurred on the eastbound Line 2 Bloor-Danforth train as it approached Christie station just before 4...
Myles Straw’s RBI double lifts Toronto Blue Jays to win over Baltimore Orioles
Myles Straw doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Friday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tied the game 1-1 with an RBI double in the fifth and added another...
New Ontario safety rules welcome after crash, not blanket solution: daycare coalition
Ontario’s proposed measures to boost daycare safety are welcome, but the province should be cautious not to impose a “blanket” solution given the diversity of programs in the province, a coalition that represents hundreds of child-care centres said Friday. The...
‘Mice are everywhere:’ Farm Boy employees speak out amid fail health inspection at midtown location
Farm Boy employees are speaking out after a failed health inspection temporarily shuttered the Midtown Toronto store this week. The grocery store at Yonge Street and Soudan Avenue was closed on Monday after failing a City of Toronto DineSafe Inspection....
Canada summoned Russian ambassador after Polish drone incursion
Ottawa summoned Russia’s ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, over the incursion of Russian drones into Poland. CityNews has confirmed that Global Affairs Canada reprimanded Stepanov on Wednesday. Multiple Russian drones entered Polish territory between Tuesday and Wednesday, and NATO allies...
Bonnie Crombie pouring cold water on two-thirds threshhold to retain Liberal party leadership
Voting is underway among 2,300 delegates at this weekend’s Ontario Liberal Party convention in Toronto, which will decide the future of Bonnie Crombie as leader. Heading into the convention a poll by Mainstreet Research finds 36 per cent of Liberals...
‘Hypocritical’: Trustees scrutinize Education Minister’s expenses, accuse him of wasteful spending
A new twist in the ongoing spat between the Ford government and school board trustees. Education Minister Paul Calandra has been hammering school boards, accusing them of wasting money, but now it is his spending that is coming under scrutiny....
Toronto live music venue The Velvet Underground set to close its doors
Another downtown Toronto live music venue is closing its doors. The Velvet Underground on Queen Street West said in a social media post that it will close at the end of October once its lease runs out. “While we’re closing...
Former climate minister McKenna describes struggles over carbon pricing in new book
OTTAWA — Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna says the Justin Trudeau government’s efforts to explain the consumer carbon price to Canadians were “half-hearted” — and just getting a meeting with the prime minister to discuss it “seemed impossible.” McKenna...
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