Premier Doug Ford calls judge’s ruling on Ontario encampment ‘cockamamie’
An Ontario judge’s recent decision barring the Region of Waterloo from removing people living in a homeless encampment is “cockamamie,” Premier Doug Ford said on Friday. Justice Michael R. Gibson found in a decision released Thursday that a local bylaw...
Police search for man in alleged sexual assault of 8-year-old at Scarborough mall
Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a Scarborough mall. Investigators say just before 4 p.m. on May 12, the man approached the girl inside a store at Woodside Square at Finch Avenue...
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at York Region hospital
Public health officials are making the public aware of a possible measles exposure in York Region. York Region Public Health says anyone who attended the emergency room at Mackenzie Health Hospital in Richmond Hill between 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m....
Concerns raised over growing number of data centres in the GTA
For decades, the facility at 3650 Danforth Ave. in Scarborough housed a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. But since 2023, it’s been an 8 megawatt data centre operated by Stack Infrastructure. It’s one of many across the GTA that have caught the attention of at least...
Britney Spears was ‘confrontational’ and ‘flamboyant’ but tested low for alcohol during DUI stop
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears refused to get out of her BMW for about 10 minutes before her driving under the influence arrest in March. When she did, the singing superstar smelled of booze and appeared drunk in field...
Man accused of killing neighbour in Liberty Village tells court he had nothing to do...
A Toronto man facing second-degree murder charges in the death of his neighbour in Liberty Village testified in court Friday that he had nothing to do with the man’s death in the summer of 2023. The decomposing body of Toronto...
NASCAR’s Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death, 911...
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday...
Man, woman charged in death of 4-month-old near Barrie
A man and a woman from Barrie are facing charges in connection with the death of an infant in 2024. South Simcoe Police say they were called to a home on Algonquin Avenue in the Town of Innisfil in the...
Motion Picture Association slams CRTC rules on Canadian content investment
OTTAWA — The industry lobby group representing big American streaming services slammed new revenue rules on Friday forcing them to invest in Canadian content while some Canadian industry organizations said the rules are in line with what this country has...
Family of missing teen girl pleads for public’s help at one week mark since disappearance
It’s been one week since 14-year-old Esther disappeared and her distraught family made a fresh appeal for the public’s help in finding the missing teen on Friday. Speaking to media, Esther’s mother Shira said her daughter is vulnerable given that...
