3 h. ago Canada election race enters final days with leaders sticking to strengths

Mark Carney of the Liberals focused on U.S. tariff threats in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigned on his anti-crime platform in Saskatoon.

Politics

7 h. ago Elections Canada will let some ridings count advance ballots slightly early

Preliminary estimates released by Elections Canada on Tuesday showed 7.3 million voters cast their ballot at advance polls during this past weekend.

Politics

7 h. ago Winnipeggers urged to take part in giveaway, compost and yard waste initiatives

With spring weather here to stay, Winnipeg says it's encouraging residents to 'think sustainably' by participating in the upcoming spring giveaway weekend and compost initiative,

Culture

8 h. ago Man fatally stabbed on N.Y.C. subway after arguing with rider who stepped on his shoes: police

The victim, 38, was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his torso on Friday morning, police say

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8 h. ago Man fatally stabbed on NYC subway after arguing with rider who stepped on his shoes, police say

NEW YORK — A man was stabbed to death during the morning rush hour in the New York City subway system Friday after a dispute with another rider who had stepped on the man’s shoes, police said. Police and medical personnel responded to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway station in lower Manhattan shortly after 8:30 […]

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9 h. ago Americans ‘invade’ Nanaimo this weekend after viral TikTok invite

Tod Maffin posted a TikTok video in February inviting Americans to visit for this upcoming weekend and more than 2,000 have said they would come.

Technology

9 h. ago Americans start arriving in Nanaimo after TikTok invitation for weekend visit

It all started when Nanaimo’s Tod Maffin, bored one night, issued a message on TikTok asking Americans to come to Vancouver Island and spend their money to show their support for Canadians.

Culture

10 h. ago Outrageously colourful cluster of towers will be unlike anything else in Toronto

Ambitious plans surfaced in April for a proposal to redevelop a tract of City of Toronto-owned lands at a major transit hub with a multi-tower residential community that would look like nothing else in town.The sprawling site at 2444 Eglinton Avenue East, a commuter parking lot just north of Kennedy GO and TTC station and adjacent auto body shop, is set to be redeveloped with three new residential towers.But unlike the monotonous blue-grey glass Toronto residents are used to, these towers would feature wildly colourful designs from Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects.The City's real estate asset management agency, CreateTO, has long planned to leverage this and other sites adjacent to transit, launching the Housing Now initiative in 2019 to activate underutilized City lands and work with private developers to get affordable housing built.CreateTO announced in January 2024 that Civic Developments, Windmill Developments, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto...

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11 h. ago More beer stores in Ontario are abruptly closing down including two in Toronto

The Beer Store in Ontario is preparing to shut down four locations across the province in June, following dozens of other closures earlier this year. In a news release on its website, The Beer Store revealed that two locations in Toronto, namely those at 761 Queen St. W. and 1270 Woodbine Ave. in East York, would be closing for good on June 15. Two other stores in Ontario, including one at 7676 Islington Ave. in Woodbridge and one at 2144 Carling Ave. in Ottawa, will also be shutting down on the same day. In addition, the company noted that The Beer Store site in Sault Ste. Marie, located at 250 Bruce St., will be closing its retail footprint and transforming fully to a distribution warehouse to "better service the needs" of customers. "The Beer Store has been in business for over 97 years, and we take pride in serving our customers with the best service possible while offering a wide selection of beer and an easy...

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13 h. ago Almost 5km of TTC subway will shut down for this entire weekend

A TTC subway closure this weekend will shut down almost five kilometres of track at the western end of Line 2.The transit agency will shut down subway service on Line 2 between Kipling and Jane stations for the duration of the weekend on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27.The closure is just the latest in a round of repairs in what has proven to be a year of major disruption on Toronto's rapid transit network, and is once again being chalked up to “planned track work.”Throughout the closure, the roughly 4.7-kilometre stretch of track spanning Kipling, Islington, Royal York, Old Mill, and Jane stations.All stations along the closure will remain accessible for passengers looking to purchase and reload fares or connect with surface routes.Subway service between Ossington and Jane stations will be replaced by shuttle buses from 11 p.m. nightly until the end of service, from Mon., April 28 to Fri., May 2, due to planned track work. Visit https://t.co/oGvGSqEmR4 to pl...

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13 h. ago Oilers playoff parties, Rapid Fire improv, and more things to do in Edmonton this weekend

South of the rink, north of the Bob and Doug statue, DJ DJ Alize will be hosting the official Tailgate Party from a balcony at the tip of the arena overlooking the crowd, spinning tunes when appropriate.

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17 h. ago Halifax woman turning to social media to find those responsible for hit

Avia Raiche-Marsden says her life has been thrown out of sorts since she was injured in an accident over the weekend. She is now concussed and suffering from memory loss.

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27 h. ago Toronto urged to hand contract for subway cars to Ontario company

Toronto is currently in the midst of an urgent procurement process to buy 55 desperately needed new cars to run on its Bloor-Danforth subway line.

Economics

29 h. ago Cherry blossoms, Earth Day and more beautiful things to honour this weekend in GTA

It’s the last weekend of April — can you believe it? The Maple Leafs will be in Ottawa to play the Senators in Game 4 on Saturday night, but there will be a tailgate party in Maple Leaf Square at Scotiabank Arena, with the game being played on the outdoor big screen. And while there […]

Culture

31 h. ago Toronto's most iconic Jamaican patty shop opening in new neighbourhood

A Jamaican patty shop in Toronto that could very likely be categorized as the city's most iconic is gearing up to open a brand-new location, but it won't be around forever.Many are of the opinion that the almighty Jamaican patty is at least equally worthy of signature dish status in Toronto as the city's official signature dish, the peameal bacon sandwich.In terms of accessibility, at least, you'll be far more likely to find yourself within spitting distance of a patty than a peameal bacon sandwich, save (maybe) for if you're physically inside of St. Lawrence Market.Indeed, there's really no shortage of places in Toronto where you can find a patty when the craving hits, so much so that it would be entirely conceivable to think that they'd all just blend into the background.Against unparalleled competition in the city, though, Oakwood Village's Randy's Patties has managed to rise above the noise and stay there ever since 1979.After shutting do...

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31 h. ago Ontario transplant shares the hate they get just for simply existing in Alberta

A recent transplant from Ontario to Calgary was met with a harsh message in a grocery store parking lot.In a photo shared to Reddit, the user explained that they had just moved from Ontario and hadn't yet changed their licence plates. While shopping at Walmart, they returned to their vehicle to find a note tucked under the windshield wipers."My stomach dropped thinking someone hit my car and left their contact information," they wrote.Instead, the note read: "Dam Easterners coming to Alberta to be safe. Gutless cowards."It's not entirely clear what the author of the message meant by "safe in Alberta." Perhaps they were briefly possessed by the ghost of Ralph Klein, given the tone toward eastern Canadians.From Ontario first grocery experience someone left a note on my car.byu/woundedrhyme1 inCalgaryCalgary commenters were quick to call out the note-leaver, many pointing out the irony of an anonymous note accusing someone else of being c...

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33 h. ago Liverpool likely to crowned English Premier League champions by end of the weekend

One of the more unlikely outcomes of the season should be confirmed on Sunday. If Liverpool can avoid defeat at home on Sunday against Spurs, they’ll be named Champions of England for a record-tying 20th time. Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on Wednesday means Liverpool only needs a draw, one more point, to get […]

Sport

33 h. ago Ontario Place megaspa company fires back after making international headlines

It's been nearly four years since residents first learned of the major players tapped to redevelop Ontario Place, the expansive lakeshore green space that for many years served as the best amusement park in Toronto, if not the entire province.That also means it's been just as many years of drama surrounding the overhaul, as the public quickly became aware of how much of the space it would be losing to private entities, and at what cost — to taxpayers, the environment, and more.There had been propositions to build everything from a casino and condos to a landmark Ferris wheel and public gardens on the 155-acre property, some of these ideas being understandably less popular than others.In the end, the key brand that the provincial government selected to take over the coveted lands was Therme Group, an Austria-based spa company that will build a wellness facility that ...

Society

33 h. ago Watching a Toronto Maple Leafs game at Maple Leaf Square made me a believer

MLSE's Toronto Maple Leafs tailgate parties have become an integral part of NHL playoff season in the city year after year, and I, a non-sports watcher, went down to find out what all the fuss is about for the first time.Let's set the stage. It's the eve of Game 2 in the battle of Ontario, and I'm packed like a sardine in a southbound TTC train headed, alongside dozens if not hundreds of blue-clad compatriots, to watch the game from outside Scotiabank Arena at Maple Leaf Square.Now, I'm a Leafs fan by virtue of birthright only — I can count on one hand the number of full games I've actually sat through — but, already seeing the sheer volume of fans planning to be physically present at the game (a tiny fraction, surely, of their total fan base), it's beginning to dawn on me that I've been missing out on something major this whole time. I just have to figure out what, exactly, that major something is, and Maple Leaf Squar...

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39 h. ago From the archives: What happens if a man wears his straw hat too early in the season?

The early years of Calgary were a time when most men wouldn’t dare venture downtown without donning a hat. But, if a gentleman chose the wrong chapeau, he had to be prepared for some ribbing — and even a story in the local newspaper! The below story (from the Calgary Herald archives) told the entire […]

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