2 h. ago Is the federal government failing public servants with disabilities?

Public Service Confidential's V. C. de la Ronde explains how ableism is "still deeply embedded in many workplace cultures" including the public service.

Politics

11 h. ago Vancouver city councillors look to reinstate funding for school meal programs

The city's funding of school meal programs is a small investment for a big reward, says councillor who wants the funding reinstated after cuts

Society

12 h. ago Hospice Calgary facing funding shortfall as demand for grief, end

The organization relies on public donations to cover about 50 per cent of the cost of its programming

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12 h. ago New MP’s Ajax election win follows messy City Hall failures 

Jennifer McKelvie rode a Toronto city council cold streak into Parliament. McKelvie, a deputy mayor and longtime councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, won the federal riding of Ajax in last Monday’s election, running as a Liberal. She picked up 56.3% of the vote, ahead of the 39.1% for Conservative Greg Brady. McKelvie’s history in east Scarborough […]

Politics

13 h. ago Ottawa police investigating after two bodies found in water in two days

In a social media post on X, police said a kayaker located a body in the Rideau River just north of Smyth Road at around 1:30 p.m. Sunday

Events

14 h. ago Durham Region police reveal first homicide of 2025, launch probe

According to the Durham Regional Police Service, a 47-year-old man was found dead inside his car on April 30 during a wellness check. The coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Events

17 h. ago Missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before vote on intensifying Gaza war

BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel — A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport on Sunday after its impact on open ground within the perimeter left a plume of smoke and caused panic among passengers. The Houthis have targeted Israel throughout the war in Gaza […]

Events

25 h. ago ‘Inhumane’: Wrong turns into Ontario shouldn’t lead to U.S. deportations, advocates decry

Dozens of people are reportedly crossing from the U.S. into Ontario by mistake, triggering detentions and deportations by customs officers down south.

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30 h. ago Toronto woman building a beauty empire that's unlike anything else in the city

Upon moving to Toronto from Russia, Valeria Mozheyko was struck by the lack of beauty bars in the city that offered the same high-quality care she was accustomed to back home.Rather than settle for what she could find, she took matters into her own impeccably manicured hands, and, in 2023, Project Essence was born.Valeria herself admits that she never dreamed of becoming a business owner, nor did she have any work experience in the realm of beauty prior to opening her own business, but where there's a will, there's a way, and her experience as a customer at such establishments primed her to know exactly what she wanted out of her own business."As a customer, I wanted high-quality services, but I also wanted good customer service. I wanted to be taken care of," she tells me, "and I just couldn't find a place in Toronto that had both."Valeria founded Project Essence in the absence of the beauty bars she was accustomed to in Russia.In her own experi...

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30 h. ago «Je suis en voie d'abandonner mon travail»: voici les pires exemples de bris de services et de communication défaillante en transport scolaire

«Je suis en voie d'abandonner mon travail»: de nombreux parents découragés par les bris de service et de communication en transport scolaire.

Sport

30 h. ago Jamais sans mon AirTag: l’école ne sait pas vraiment où est votre enfant

L’école ne sait pas vraiment où est votre enfant: de nombreux cas d’élèves égarés par le transport scolaire ou le service de garde.

Society

42 h. ago Trump démantèle: la radio Voice of America reprendra ses émissions

La radio Voice of America, que l’administration de Trump avait commencé à démanteler mi-mars, va finalement reprendre du service la semaine prochaine.

Society

43 h. ago Anthony Gismondi: 10 wines B.C. restaurateurs should stock to give customers a break

These wines should be stocked for summer to give customers a break.

Economics

46 h. ago Opinion: New compassionate intervention act offers better protections for individuals

In 2015, I testified in the trial of J.H. v. Alberta Health Services, regarding a man who had been involuntarily hospitalized for nine months under provisions of Alberta’s Mental Health Act (MHA), but who was, as his psychiatrist also testified, “not getting any specific treatment” for his alleged mental disorder. Justice Kristine Eidsvik determined that […]

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54 h. ago Restaurant known for Toronto's best jerk chicken opens second location

A hidden gem Toronto Caribbean restaurant that's gained a reputation for serving the best jerk chicken in the city has finally expanded with a new location.Leslieville's Gerrard Square Shopping Centre is one of those if-you-know-you-know places in Toronto that make the city so unique.For my part, the mall always carried a sort of looming, ominous air. Probably because my parents used to joke that they'd leave me there whenever I behaved badly growing up, but I digress. The mall's inescapable 'Gerrard Scare' and 'Scary Square' nicknames just go to show that I'm not the only one.More recently, though, the mall's been getting a renewed wave of respect — even popularity — as more and more people in the city flock to it for, more or less, one reason: the food.The mall food court has seen several buzzworthy tenants come and go over the past few years, but its main claim to fame, in my opinion at least, has a...

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54 h. ago That time rock legend Jimi Hendrix was put on trial in Toronto

Toronto has seen its fair share of music stars roll through Pearson Airport over the decades, but no one has made an entrance quite like rock and roll legend Jimi Hendrix.Landing at Toronto International Airport (now Pearson) ahead of a sold-out 1969 show at Maple Leaf Gardens, Hendrix was stopped by customs for a suspicious substance found in his luggage.What followed was a surreal mix of courtroom drama, fan frenzy, and, despite the arrest, an unforgettable show from the legendary guitar god.The lead-upDetailed in the book Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight by John McDermott, it was on May 3, 1969, when Jimi Hendrix and the Experience came to Toronto from Detroit — where whispers of a drug bust surrounded them.Brushing off the suggestion of drug possession, the "Purple Haze" artist was pulled aside by security who suspected him of having "illicit substances" in his bag.After creating a mobile test lab, it was found that the substances in ...

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54 h. ago This Ontario wellness retreat has you staying in a tiny box in the middle of the woods

This secluded wellness retreat in Ontario is perhaps the most serene way to reconnect with nature without sacrificing on luxury.Wellness may be the buzzword to end all buzzwords in 2025, being co-opted by everything from luxury clubs offering some seriously Cronenbergian-sounding services to cold plunge camps that encourage you to take a dip in frozen lakes, but it's not without reason.In 2025, when the world seems to be careening ever deeper into utter chaos, the notion that there are concrete steps (that can come in varying degrees of scientific complexity) we can take to support our own — say it with me — wellness, is a comfort.It's a small way to feel in control of an otherwise out-of-control period in human history.But that's not why I called you here. I only bring it up because Garth and Rebecca Bigelow, who own Muskoka-based vacation rental venture Unique Stays, have found a similar sense of peace in the whole 'wellness' thing, a...

Events

54 h. ago L’intelligence artificielle au service de la conception de logiciels

L’IA ne fait plus qu’assister les ingénieurs dans leurs tâches : elle commence à penser avec eux.

Culture

57 h. ago Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO ruled unfit for trial and ordered hospitalized

NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Friday that the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is not competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges and ordered him hospitalized to see if his mental condition improves. Michael Jeffries’ lawyers sought the ruling last month, writing in a letter filed in a New York federal […]

Science

58 h. ago Gatineau police opening surveillance camera registry to fight crime

Gatineau police are creating a “surveillance camera registry” and are asking business owners and residents with outdoor cameras to sign up. “By registering their cameras, residents can partner with the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) to help police officers and investigators advance investigations following a crime that may have occurred in […]

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