16 h. ago ADVISORY: Workers need swift action in the face of layoffs and uncertainty

HAWKESBURY, Ont., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Government supports are urgently needed as more Canadian job losses are being announced due to U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports. The United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) are holding a media event in Hawkesbury in Eastern Ontario, with the local […]

Society

17 h. ago David Staples: Danielle Smith will fail Canadians if she cancels event with Ben Shapiro

Smith's ongoing hearts-and-minds campaign to win over Americans is in the interest of every Canadian.

Other

65 h. ago B.C. crime news: Senior living in woods in Burnaby shot | Woman stabbed in Cloverdale | Officer

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Sunday, March 16, 2025

Events

4 d. ago Defence grills witness about events before woman's stabbing death

For two days, Mathew Riley has been in a London courtroom piecing together what he saw and heard in the hours before Shaniqua Henry died. Henry was his friend and she was at his house in the early morning hours of July 19, 2022. He was part of a group with Henry who drove around […]

Events

4 d. ago The Toronto Raptors Vince Carter trade that almost happened but didn't

An injury scare was all that prevented the New York Knicks from making a trade with the Toronto Raptors to acquire Vince Carter.Carter, who spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Raptors, was eventually traded to the Brooklyn (formerly New Jersey) Nets during the 2004-05 season. Recently, however, Knicks owner James Dolan joined the Roommates Show podcast to explain how the now 48-year-old was very close to becoming a member of the Knicks instead."We were going to do the trade, and the medical team came back and told us that he had a 90 per cent severed Achilles tendon," Dolan said. "[They said] it would never hold up and that when it ruptured, he would never be the same player. For that reason, we didn't do the trade."Vince Carter went on to have five, six, seven [great] years. I kept waiting for his Achilles tendon to [tear]. It never [did]. He's putting in 30, 40 a night. I'm like, 'Ya, we certainly dodged a bullet there, didn't we.'"James Dolan says that the Knicks...

Economics

5 d. ago Psychiatric assessment for young woman charged in stabbing of child in Halifax

A 19-year-old woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in downtown Halifax last month has been ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment.

Other

7 d. ago Child calls 911 in Ontario apartment stabbing that left woman dead

Peel Regional Police say a woman has died after she was stabbed in a Brampton, Ont. apartment building and it was a child who called 911.

Society

8 d. ago Ontario to witness rare total lunar eclipse and the moon will turn blood red

Toronto is about to be graced with an absolutely stunning and extremely special celestial show in the form of a total lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon," this week.On the night of Thursday, March 13 and into the morning of Friday, March 14, residents of the city and across this side of the world will want to look to the skies, as the Sun, Moon and Earth will be in perfect alignment for the phenomenon.This will be the first blood moon — named as such because the Earth's shadow tinges the satellite completely red — visible from anywhere on the planet since 2022.The event will kick off with what is called the penumbral eclipse, the first stage in which the Moon starts creeping into the Earth's shadow, at 11:57 p.m Thursday in Toronto time, or 3:57 a.m Friday in UTC time.The partial eclipse will begin just more than an hour later, at 1:09 a.m. Friday local time (5:09 a.m. Friday UTC, for those outside our time zone), with the full eclipse commencing s...

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1 week ago Two people injured in knife fight in Delta, one injured in separate stabbing in Agassiz

A woman and a man who know each other were found with stab wounds in Delta Friday. A youth has been arrested in the Agassiz stabbing.

Other

1 week ago Honorary coach Cheryl Bernard hopes Canadians cheer on Special Olympians at world winter games

Calgary's legendary curler proud to carry flag, mentor athletes with intellectual disabilities at week-long event.

Culture

1 week ago Sailing: 2025 Season opens, 450 European Sailors Compete at Yacht Club de Monaco

MONACO, March 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 41st edition of the Primo Cup-UBS Trophy has officially set sail, the flagship event of the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), organized in collaboration with UBS, the Municipality of Monaco and the technical clothing supplier North Sails. Following an opening day dedicated to training, over 450 sailors from 10 […]

Economics

1 week ago Wisconsin judge refuses to block Slender Man attacker’s release from psychiatric hospital

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to please a horror character called Slender Man more than a decade ago after prosecutors alleged she has been quietly reading gory novels and communicating with a man who collects memorabilia […]

Events

1 week ago NEIDHART: Celebrating an exciting week for WWE, starting with John Cena’s shocking turn

What a phenomenal week it has been in WWE! The excitement began with the Elimination Chamber, which many fans, including myself, regarded as one of the best premium live events (PLE) in recent years. The atmosphere in Toronto with nearly 39,000 people on their feet was electric! The show delivered heart-pounding matches and moments that […]

Culture

1 week ago Canadian bakery’s ‘reverse tariff sale’ raises spirits in face of U.S spat

The Great British Shop's 'yuge' -- with a Y -- savings event in Halifax is a tongue-in-cheek way to keep things light-hearted in the face of the negative political climate. 

Economics

2 w. ago How to protect yourself from fraudsters: Edmonton law enforcement 

With fraud costing Canadians billions of dollars each year, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and its community partners are launching Fraud Prevention Month with an event aimed at educating the public on common scams and how to avoid them. The campaign started Monday at the Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre, where officials from EPS, RCMP, […]

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2 w. ago Huge outdoor electronic music festival comes back to Toronto this summer

One of Toronto's biggest, longest and liveliest electronic music festivals is back this summer for eight days of sun and sweet sounds.It may be hard to imagine right now, as wind chills are still consistently subjecting us to sub-zero temperatures, and we still have to take comically large steps around snow banks when exiting cars, but summer is right around the corner, and with it comes a full suite of festivals and events to keep the party going all season long.Perhaps one of the most exciting, particularly for fans of EDM and outdoor partying, Electric Island is gearing up for its 13th season of taking over Toronto's festival scene.The festival, which originally took place on the Toronto Islands, has bounced around locations over the past 13 years, dabbling with stints at Woodbine Park, Ontario Place and, most recently, Fort York and the Bentway, which seems to have stuck this time around.The festival kicks off on the Victoria Day long weekend (May 17 and 18) at — you guess...

Culture

2 w. ago Here's what's in Edmonton's draft deal with province for OEG event park and private development

City documents show the total cost of the event park is expected to be $250 million — $208 million in construction and $42 million in land costs.

Sport

2 w. ago Edmontonians struggle to continue winter sports during warm weather

The unseasonably warm seasonal stretch is making it difficult to keep winter sporting events going as Edmonton deals with above-zero temperatures.

Sport

2 w. ago Could Toronto host another WrestleMania? WWE CCO Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque says ‘it’s definitely on the list’

For the first time since 2002, Rogers Centre in Toronto hosted a WWE premium live event with Elimination Chamber on Saturday night. It was announced that 38,393 fans attended the show, a far cry from the 68,237 that packed the stadium formerly known as SkyDome for WrestleMania X-8. Which begs the question: Is the city […]

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2 w. ago Weather: Cleanup continues after Capital weathers latest storm

City road crews continued to be hard at work Saturday dealing with the remains of yet another snow event in the capital. A total of up to 10 cm of snow fell on the region between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The city imposed a winter parking ban beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday to free […]

Economics