56 h. ago Toronto bakery wins big at Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival

One of Toronto's favourite bakeries just earned another feather in its cap by taking the top prize at Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival.The Stanley Cup finals might be stealing the show for sports fans in Canada right now, but for foodies, another battle was being fought over the weekend: for the title of Ontario's best butter tart.Held annually in Midland, Ont., Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival (which is both the event's official name and an appropriate superlative), bakeries from all across the province flock to the small town in hopes of being recognized for their gooey, sugary confections.The enthusiasm about the festival, which just so happens to be one of the largest butter tart festivals in the entire world, is appropriate, considering the quintessentially Canadian treats were first invented in Barrie, just a short 45-minute drive from Midland, in 1900.Now in its 22nd year, the 2025 edition of the festival welcomed over 200 vendors and upwards of 100,...

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5 d. ago Ontario resident opens up about getting to be a Jeopardy! Masters finalist

Juveria Zaheer has always loved to learn, so naturally, her go-to show to watch with her dad when she was little was Jeopardy!"He would try to teach me, like world flags and capitals, and he said, 'Maybe you can go on the show some day,'" she told us on Thursday.The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) clinician who hails from Whitby, Ontario, would go on to do just that.Last week, she ended her first Jeopardy! Masters run representing Canada as one of the top three finalists, following closely behind the winner, Yogesh Raut, with a final prize of $250,000."Over the last couple of years, one small step at a time, one tournament at a time, to be able to qualify and then to play was such an honour," she said.Taking the plunge and entering the Jeopardy! poolIt has certainly been a long time coming for Zaheer.While she enjoyed watching the trivia game show, the psychiatrist wasn't the first in the family to apply for...

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7 d. ago USW: Ottawa’s inaction is costing Hamilton workers their jobs

HAMILTON, Ontario, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Steelworkers Director for Ontario and Atlantic Canada, Kevon Stewart, issued the following statement after ArcelorMittal announced it will shut down its wire-drawing mill in Hamilton, affecting over 100 workers: “This is a devastating day for more than 100 Steelworkers, their families, and the entire Hamilton community. […]

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8 d. ago Negotiations expected to resume as Montreal public transit strike enters 3rd day

Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume on the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network.

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1 week ago Montreal bus, subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike

MONTREAL — Montreal’s transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the network. The 2,400 workers began striking today after more than a year of negotiations. For the first three days of the strike bus and subway service will be limited to morning and afternoon rush hours and late […]

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2 w. ago Randall Denley: Ontario is finally forcing out DEI from schools and universities

It’s welcome news for anyone who thinks that public education should be about learning and diversity of ideas, not a playground for political activists

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2 w. ago OFL Commemorates First Official Injured Workers’ Day and Demands Recognition Be Met with Justice

TORONTO, June 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One year after celebrating the successful second reading of the Injured Workers’ Day Bill, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) proudly stands today with injured workers, community groups, allies, ONDP Leader Marit Stiles, and ONDP MPP and Shadow Minister for Labour, Mining, and Energy, Jamie West to mark […]

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2 w. ago After 40 Years, Ontario Finally Recognizes Injured Workers’ Day

TORONTO and LONDON, Ontario and OSHAWA, Ontario and PETERBOROUGH, Ontario and THUNDER BAY, Ontario, June 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Injured & ill workers will gather at Queen’s Park and across the province as they have done every June 1st for 43 summers. This year, however, they come together for the first ever provincially […]

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2 w. ago Lilo & Stitch stars share how they'd spend their perfect day in Toronto

Disney's live-action reboot of the 2002 smash-hit Lilo & Stitch hit theatres in May, and with the movie's press tour in full swing, blogTO got the chance to catch up with the film's cast to test their knowledge of local hangouts.Lilo & Stitch stars Tia Carrere and Courtney B. Vance recently sat down with blogTO to talk about how the famous actors would spend their perfect day in Toronto.Tia Carrere, who plays social worker Mrs. Kekoa in the movie, and Courtney B. Vance, who plays CIA agent antagonist Cobra Bubbles, both had plenty to say about Toronto hot spots and the city's brutally wet spring weather.Check out what the cast of Lilo & Stitch had to say about Toronto in the clip below.Lilo & Stitch stars Tia Carrere & Courtney B. Vance share their perfect day in Toronto 🙌 pic.twitter.com/UrlXdTql78— blogTO (@blogTO) May 30, 2025Do you agree with how Tia Carrere and Courtney B. Vance would spend their perfect day in Toronto?

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3 w. ago Randall Denley: Ontario ends the Ring of Fire ‘consultation’ quagmire to finally get it done

We already know people who live on traditional lands in the north are unlikely to welcome mining. They shouldn't be able to veto it

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3 w. ago Harvest ETFs announces Final May 2025 Cash Distribution for the Harvest Canadian T

OAKVILLE, Ontario — Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (“Harvest”) announces the final May 2025 cash distribution for the following distribution for the Harvest Canadian T-Bill ETF for the month ending May 31, 2025. The distribution will be paid on or about June 9, 2025 to unitholders of record on May 30, 2025. Details regarding the final […]

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3 w. ago MANDEL: AI “hallucinations” hit second GTA court case in a month

They’re called AI “hallucinations” and the made-up citations generated by artificial intelligence chatbots have just landed a second Ontario lawyer this month in hot water. The latest case involves Ontario Court Justice Joseph Kenkel rejecting written final arguments by defence lawyer Arvin Ross in an aggravated assault trial because he relied on a case that apparently […]

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last month Toronto weather doing something not seen since 1967 unlike the Maple Leafs

Much like the Maple Leafs let Toronto down with their stunning Game 7 loss on Sunday, Mother Nature is setting the city up for some disappointment in the weather department over the coming days with a cold sweep that has an uncanny tie to the hockey team beyond simply not meeting expectations.After it seemed that the long-awaited warm weather had finally settled in for the season, Southern Ontario will be hit with some comparatively frigid temperatures this week that are quite unusual for this time of year — so unusual, in fact, that it hasn't been this cold this late into May since 1967, the same year that the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup.While the GTA has already come close to the 30 C mark in spring 2025 amid some absolutely delightful, sunny conditions that have drawn us all out of our dejected winter hibernation, the Victoria Day long weekend was a bit of a letdown, weather-wise.Below-seasonal temps across the r...

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