Cyclist struck by vehicle near Kensington Market
A cyclist in his 50s has been struck by a vehicle in downtown Toronto on Wednesday evening. Paramedics were called to Spadina Avenue and College Street around 8:22 p.m. for reports of a cyclist struck by a vehicle. Police say...
Highway 401 reopens after multiple closures across Durham region
Drivers on the Highway 401 saw major delays after multiple closures on Highway 401 due to multiple collisions on Wednesday afternoon. The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed at Brock Street in Whitby after a collision that sent a...
Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios
An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s hospital nurses pay increases of 5.25 per cent over two years, in a new contract their union calls disappointing. The terms of the contract as set by the arbitrator for about 60,000 hospital nurses include...
RCMP arrest 16, including ‘Queen of Canada,’ at conspiracy compound in Saskatchewan
RCMP say 16 people, including self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” Romana Didulo, have been arrested in southwestern Saskatchewan. Followers of Didulo, who has promoted various conspiracy theories, set up a “Kingdom of Canada” compound in an old school in Richmound, west...
Online hotline launched for parents to contact TDSB and TCDSB trustees
Students across Toronto are returning to school without access to their elected trustees, but a local man has come up with a solution. Parents with children in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Toronto Catholic District School Board...
Helicopter with B.C. wildfire crew makes forced landing near Pemberton
A helicopter carrying a wildfire attack crew had to make a forced landing in a forested area near Pemberton, B.C., on Wednesday. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said he was relieved that everyone aboard the helicopter was accounted for and there...
Boat accident in Nigeria leaves at least 31 people dead, authorities say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat accident on a river in north-central Nigeria killed at least 31 people, authorities said Wednesday. The overloaded boat hit a tree trunk in the Borgu area of Niger state while it carried 90 people,...
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s last surviving child, dies at 97
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who was inspired by his father to spend years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, died Tuesday at age 97. Hemingway,...
2 hikers dead, 3rd presumed dead after going over waterfall in southeast B.C.: police
KIMBERLEY — Police say the bodies of two hikers have been recovered and a third person is presumed dead after the trio fell over a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP in Kimberley, B.C., say they were alerted by SOS...
Heavy rain on the way for Toronto
After sunshine and heat, a big pattern change is coming to Toronto as a cold front brings in 10 to 20 millimetres of rain on Thursday morning. Heavy rain with the risk of some thunderstorms are set to take over...
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