9 d. ago Toronto bar shuts down permanently after decades in business

A Toronto restaurant that's been a neighbourhood favourite for decades has officially closed permanently due to development.Death, taxes, and your favourite restaurant shutting down. These are truths we must all come to accept one day or another, and Toronto's had a particularly rough go in the "restaurants closing" department as of late.While over the past several months, the city has welcomed a number of exciting (and tasty) new concepts, we've also had to say goodbye to more than a few longstanding institutions.We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but we're about to add yet another closure to that list.As of Aug. 31, Davisville Village staple Kramer's Bar & Grill has officially entered the deadpool.Located at the intersection of Yonge and Davisville, the bar, on first glance, was nothing entirely special; just your typical neighbourhood sports bar, serving pints and wings on occasionally sticky tabletops.It was the community...

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1 week ago EDITORIAL: Diplomatic parachutes give quitters a soft landing

Barely five months after the general election, at least three Justin Trudeau-era cabinet ministers are rumoured to be leaving government to take up diplomatic posts abroad. And the silence is deafening from those who slammed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for triggering an Alberta byelection after he lost his Ottawa-area riding in April. He was criticized […]

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1 week ago How a SIM farm like the one found near the UN threatens telecom networks

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms” across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations. Matt McCool, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s New York field office, said agents found multiple […]

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2 w. ago ‘Everything has gone great’: The imagined thoughts of Chrystia Freeland

‘Before I entered politics, Canada was a cruel, inward-looking place that would sooner cut the GST than fund gender-inclusive rice farming projects’

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2 w. ago B.C. RCMP assistant commissioner charged with assault, choking

On Friday, the BC Prosecution Service announced that Andi MacKay KC was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case in August.

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2 w. ago RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul charged with assault, choking, in B.C.

VICTORIA — One of the top RCMP officers in British Columbia has been charged with multiple counts of assault while off-duty, leading to the appointment of a special prosecutor. The BC Prosecution Service says Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, who is the RCMP’s Pacific Region commander, is accused of assault and assault by choking against one […]

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2 w. ago BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Don’t shed a tear for departing Liberals – they will be fine

WATCH: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Lorrie Goldstein and Brian Lilley on Chrystia Freeland and the other Liberals who are leaving Mark Carney’s government. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must […]

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2 w. ago New Toronto restaurant serves Korean street food staple you might not know about

A new Korean restaurant in Toronto is serving up a special street food dish that many others in the city don't have.Korean food is everywhere you look in Toronto and, more often than not, it's really, really good. All too often, though, it tends to conform to the tried-and-true formulas.There's nothing wrong with playing it safe, of course: if it works, it works, but it does make it all the more exciting when a more novel concept pops up. Just look at the utter pandemonium caused by the opening of North York's Nakwon Kisa earlier this summer.People in Toronto are hungry for Korean food; that much is obvious, but more than that, they've got an appetite for restaurants that put unique spins on the cuisine.The latest Korean restaurant to capture the hearts and stomachs of Toronto diners is Koreatown's Mura Cupbop, which serves what it describes as "comfort food in a cup."Officially opening for business on Sept. 2, Mura Cupbop serves — you guessed...

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2 w. ago John Ivison: Politics have become too serious for Chrystia Freeland

Freeland was a continuation of the utopian virtue-signalling of a Trudeau era that was less rigorous about results

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2 w. ago Chrystia Freeland, qui a fait tomber Trudeau, quitte son poste de ministre

Chrystia Freeland, celle qui a fait tomber Justin Trudeau, quitte son poste de ministre du gouvernement Carney, a-t-elle annoncé mardi.

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2 w. ago Chrystia Freeland leaving cabinet to serve as special envoy to Ukraine

Freeland, one of the most staunch supporters of Ukraine in the federal government, has been a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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2 w. ago Chrystia Freeland quitte ses fonctions de ministre et devient représentante pour l’Ukraine

L’ex-vice-première ministre était, au gouvernement Carney, ministre des Transports et du Commerce intérieur.

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2 w. ago Chrystia Freeland to leave cabinet for Ukraine envoy role: Reports

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to leave cabinet for a special envoy role with Ukraine, according to multiple media reports. The announcement could come as soon as later today. Freeland joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet meeting this morning in Ottawa but blew past the TV cameras and did not answer any […]

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2 w. ago KINSELLA: Chrystia Freeland deserves more credit for showing guts

She took on many powerful men -- Trudeau, Trump -- and won big victories

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2 w. ago Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland to step down from cabinet

Freeland is of Ukrainian descent and a staunch supporter of the country amid its war with Russia

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4 w. ago Couple from China leaves glowing review after visiting Ontario

Although many headlines nowadays tend to focus on Canada's growing challenges, one international couple's recent story serves as a reminder of what makes this country truly special. The couple detailed their experience visiting Canada in a Reddit thread, which quickly went viral and garnered nearly 3,000 upvotes and over 260 comments. "Canadians are mind blowing NICE," the couple from China wrote, noting that they travelled to the country to assess its livability. "The first day we arrived in Toronto, we lost Internet access due to issue from the SIM cards. Three strangers navigated us to the accommodation when we didn't even ask! One of them even walked a 500m detour to show us the transit station," the couple wrote. Canadians are mind blowing NICE!byu/Electronic-Pick-1481 intoronto"And on the same day, the local baker gave us our first order for free as a welcome," they continued, writing in the comments that their...

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