2 h. ago Some Ontario residents set to receive government payment this week

Monthly Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB) payments are scheduled to be distributed to Ontario residents this week.Eligible Ontario residents who are registered to receive the payment can expect to see the deposit in their bank account on Friday, Oct. 10.Are you eligible for the Ontario Trillium Benefit?The OTB is a tax-free combination of three payments: the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit.You must be eligible for at least one of the payments to receive it on a monthly basis.You could get a maximum of $1,283 for the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit if you're between 18 and 64 years old, $1,461 if you are 65 or older, $285 if you live on a reserve or in a public long-term care home, and $25 for the time you lived in a designated college, university, or private school residence in 2024, according to the province's website.The Northern Ontario Energy Credit is designed to assist ...

Politics

2 h. ago Impressive Toronto proposal might actually be a place people can afford to live

Declining housing prices have, thus far, failed to bring Toronto homes back to a level where the average resident can afford to purchase, but even people just scraping by might soon be able to call this striking new development home.CreateTO, an agency that manages the City's real estate assets, has applied to bring an impressive new complex to an underutilized site next to Fairbank Station on the still-unopened Eglinton Crosstown LRT.The new two-building complex from Montgomery Sisam Architects at 9 Shortt St. (no, that isn't a typo) aims to transform a City-owned parking lot with a 41-storey tower and a six-storey mid-rise.The August rezoning application comes roughly four years after the site was first identified as one of 39 potential affordable housing sites under City ownership in 2021 — part of a broader plan to leverage property assets and inject thousands of affordable rentals into the local housing market.CreateTO revealed the design for the project this summ...

Culture

3 h. ago Philippine Rate Cut Unlikely This Week Despite Tame Inflation

Philippine inflation stayed below the central bank’s target range in September, but the central bank isn’t likely to cut its benchmark interest rate at this week’s meeting following the peso’s recent weakness.

Economics

9 h. ago Senators make rookie defenceman Carter Yakemchuk the club's final cut

Carter Yakemchuk will start his professional career in the American Hockey League. The Ottawa Senators’ top prospect, selected No. 7 overall in the 2024 National Hockey League draft, was the final cut on Monday as the club submitted its Opening Night roster by the 5 p.m. deadline with the team’s first regular-season game Thursday at […]

Sport

9 h. ago South Carolina’s top law official says no arson evidence so far in fire that destroyed judge’s home

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State agents have so far found no evidence that a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island was intentionally set, the state’s top law enforcement official said Monday. The Saturday blaze nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane […]

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9 h. ago Markets continue ‘positive tone’ from last week as mining, energy send TSX higher

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index finished higher as energy and mining companies had a strong day, while U.S. markets were mixed amid continuing excitement around AI. Brianne Gardner, senior wealth manager with Velocity Investment Partners at Raymond James, said that much of the gains in equity markets on Monday appeared to be a “continuation […]

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10 h. ago New Brunswick farmers build corn maze to honour Blue Rodeo’s 40th anniversary

Blue Rodeo is woven into Canada’s fabric — and now the legendary band is quite literally part of the country’s landscape. Blue Rodeo is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a cross-Canada tour that opened in Calgary last week and finishes with back-to-back shows at Toronto’s Massey Hall Jan. 23-24. Ahead of the band’s New Brunswick […]

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11 h. ago LILLEY: Community group takes councillor to court over south Etobicoke shelter

A community group in Etobicoke has filed a lawsuit against their own councillor and a supplier claiming they enriched themselves over contracts surrounding a controversial shelter.  The suit was filed last week in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Ward 3 Councillor Amber Morley and Bruce Davis, the president of a company called Public […]

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12 h. ago Shots fired at Indian restaurant chain locations in Surrey, Maple Ridge

Last week, a restaurant under the same name in Maple Ridge, located at 21768 Lougheed Highway, had bullet holes in its front windows.

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13 h. ago Disney Plus to increase prices by up to $3, bring Hulu branding to Canada

TORONTO — Disney Plus is rolling out another price increase in Canada. The streaming home to the Star Wars and Marvel franchises says the monthly cost of its commercial-free streaming packages is set to rise by up to $3 starting in November. A representative for the company says the price of its standard high-definition subscription […]

Economics

14 h. ago People don’t hate the office, they hate the commute — and that’s driving demand for suburban work spaces

Garry Marr: The return to the office might not mean a return to downtown as travel times test 'commute tolerance'

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14 h. ago Todd: NHL brass content to keep cycling down endless path of mindless violence

Last week's Canadiens-Senators debacle is further proof the league has no interest in deterring injurious on-ice conduct by fringe players.

Sport

15 h. ago Hundreds of climbers stranded on Mount Everest amid freak blizzard

The freak blizzard struck during China's Golden Week holiday, which marks the start of a busy tourist season on Mt. Everest.

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16 h. ago With deficit set to soar, Ottawa shifts budgets from spring to fall

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government plans to table the federal budget in the fall going forward, ending the long-standing practice of releasing the document in the spring. The Liberals intend to introduce this year’s budget on Nov. 4, after foregoing a spring budget following the April election. The parliamentary budget officer predicts […]

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16 h. ago Anasens and MAVAND Sign Distribution Agreement for DrugAsens™ Across Key European Markets and Australia

MONTRÉAL & ESCHWEILER, Germany — Anasens Inc., a developer of rapid, connected point-of-care detection tools, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with MAVAND Solutions GmbH for the commercialization of DrugAsens™, Anasens’ oral-fluid multidrug testing solution, in key countries across Europe and in Australia. The agreement strengthens Anasens’ international footprint and accelerates access to […]

Economics

17 h. ago Police investigate hate crime after mosque set on fire in English coastal town

LONDON (AP) — Police were investigating Monday what they called a hate crime after a mosque was set on fire in an English coastal town. The fire on Saturday night came two days after two men were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish year, […]

Events

19 h. ago Cartoon break: Editorial chuckles from the past week (Oct. 6, 2025)

Monday morning. It’s here. You deserve a one-minute humour break. Here’s what we published from our editorial cartoonists this past week:

Culture

19 h. ago Repeat offenders are 'gaming the system,' St. Thomas police chief tells MPs

Nearly one-third of all criminal charges St. Thomas police laid in the past three years were for failing to comply with court orders, the city’s top cop told a committee of MPs. St. Thomas police Chief Marc Roskamp was one of several witnesses invited to testify before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice […]

Events

21 h. ago Bimiralisib, Topical PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor Shows Up To 92% Clearance Rate And Superior Tolerability In Proof

Torqur AG Announced Full Phase 2 Results at EADV Congress 2025 BASEL, Switzerland — Torqur AG, subsidiary of Swiss Rockets incubator and a clinical-stage company advancing targeted therapies in oncodermatology and oncology, announced the results of the full Phase 2 proof-of-concept study results of topical bimiralisib gel (2%) for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK) […]

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22 h. ago Heineken® Is Calling People Back to the Office But Not in the Way You Might Think

As debate rages on about going back to physical desks five days a week, Heineken® has cheekily renamed pubs across the UK to ‘The Office’ to celebrate one of the best parts of the working day – after-work socialising It comes as almost half of hybrid workers (46%) say they’re missing out on catch-ups with […]

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