News/Canada/Toronto
Ford government’s legal challenge against federal carbon tax in court today
Ontario’s legal battle against the federal Liberal government’s controversial carbon tax is expected to be heard Monday in the province’s top court. Premier Doug Ford’s...
Radiohead inquest recommends licensing companies that build temporary stages
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a drum technician who was crushed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto is...
Ernest Hemingway rented his Toronto apartment for $85/month. Now you can buy it for $730K
An apartment briefly occupied by Ernest Hemingway at the end of his tenure in Toronto went up for sale Tuesday, putting a spotlight...
Incompetence ‘clearly staggering,’ father of man killed by Radiohead stage tells inquest
The father of a drum technician who was crushed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead show in Toronto, has described as “clearly...
Pot stores are now legal in Ontario — get ready for lineups, shortages and delayed openings
Inside Nova Cannabis in Toronto’s bustling Queen Street West neighbourhood, the shop’s budtenders are crowded around a low table, taking whiffs of tiny...
External review of Toronto missing persons’ cases will probe if bias affected McArthur investigation
An independent review into how Toronto police handle missing persons investigations will be expanded to include the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur after...
Federal government ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement
An Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, with the money earmarked to...
Ottawa announces $150M for flood mitigation across GTA
The federal government on Tuesday pledged $150 million for four flooding and storm mitigation projects in Toronto and York Region, after a summer...
Man, 22, snatched in armed kidnapping in Markham, Ont.
A 22-year-old man is the victim of an armed kidnapping in Markham, Ont., York Regional Police say. Wanzhen Lu was forced into a...
Brampton, Ont., mayor ‘livid’ after feds ‘dumped a convicted pedophile’ into his city
Brampton, Ont., residents are “livid” over a decision by the federal government to move a woman with multiple convictions for sexual assaults against small...
YouTube star Lilly Singh to host daily late-night show on NBC
Some Indian-Canadian flair is coming to late-night TV as YouTube star and comedian Lilly Singh becomes the first woman of colour to host a...
Ontario wants to ban phones in the classroom. Critics wonder how that will be enforced
Some education experts have expressed concerns that Ontario’s plan to ban the use of cellphones in classrooms will be ineffective and nearly impossible to...
A tree fell on their dream home, and that was just the beginning of their nightmare
When Brian Carlson-Graves and Daniela Malandruccolo bought their dream home in 2015, they didn’t think they might lose it twice. Their house, on the...
Police investigate death of 11-year-old Brampton girl in Amber Alert
An 11-year-old girl was found dead at a residence in Brampton, Ont., about an hour after an Amber Alert was issued late Thursday night,...
‘China is your daddy’: Backlash against Tibetan student’s election prompts questions about foreign influence
What might otherwise be the usual mudslinging around a student election has turned into a political firestorm on a Toronto university campus, where a...
We know who you are — turn yourself in, Toronto police tell woman videotaped tossing chair from condo
Toronto police say they know the identity of a woman caught on video throwing a chair from an upper floor of a downtown...
