10 h. ago Downtown Calgary revitalization report optimistic as safety concerns persist

Despite the city's claim that progress is being made in revitalizing Calgary's downtown core, one business owner tells Global News that she hasn't seen much improvement.

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5 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Man sought for stabbing in city’s downtown core

Investigators help identifying a man sought in an assault with a weapon investigation. Toronto Police say officers responded to a call for a stabbing in the area of Sherbourne St. and Dundas Street E. just before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. It’s reported that a man was involved in an altercation with another person when he […]

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8 d. ago A massive sand dune is coming to the middle of downtown Toronto

While much of Toronto's downtown core can best be described as a concrete jungle, one area is getting a particularly intriguing dose of nature this summer in the form of an enormous artificial sand dune.The onslaught of warmer temperatures and sunny days signals the return of some of Toronto's most celebrated spring and summer traditions, from outdoor concerts at Budweiser Stage to the cherry blossom bloom at High Park, but this year, the city is also gearing up for some interesting new events and attractions to keep things fresh.Down at The Bentway, Toronto's reclaimed public space under the Gardiner Expressway, there's a particularly vibrant suite of programming scheduled to take place throughout the season, including the return of their popular roller skating rink and Art Socials.Some additions for the 2025 spring and summer season promise to be a little bit more... unique, though, like Sand Flight, an immersive dance performance that takes place atop an enormous sand d...

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1 week ago Newborn baby left on doorstep of home in London, Ont.: police

Police in London, Ont. are looking for the mother of a newborn baby which was left on someone’s doorstep just north of the downtown core of the city on Wednesday afternoon.

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2 w. ago In Calgary courts: Driver who killed Okotoks woman and her adult son spared jail term

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from April 7-11, 2025

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2 w. ago ‘In a fight with one man’: Trump’s tariffs have autoworkers in Oshawa, Ont., on edge

For more than a century, Oshawa, Ont., has been the city of autoworkers. The decades-old Canadian Automotive Museum in the downtown core, murals depicting locally made vehicles and the city’s beloved Oshawa Generals hockey team, named after one of the auto giants, are all symbols of that glorious — and often treacherous — history. The […]

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3 w. ago Varcoe: Calgary office vacancy rate creeps above 30% — 'Like climbing out of a hole made of quicksand'

Two major factors could shake up efforts to revitalize the downtown and fill empty office buildings in the core. One is ongoing oilpatch consolidation, which has pushed the downtown office vacancy rate back above 30 per cent during the first three months of the year. The tremors from U.S. tariff threats are creating uncertainty, but […]

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3 w. ago Jury trial begins for suspect in killing of Calgary woman in downtown core

The jury trial for the suspect in what police say was the random murder of a Calgary woman in the downtown core is set to commence Monday following several delays. Michael Adenyi is charged with first-degree murder in what police say was the random killing of Vanessa Ladouceur, who was attacked around 6:40 a.m. on […]

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3 w. ago Important Advisory: Barrie ice storm power restoration update

BARRIE, Ontario, March 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alectra Utilities advises that due to severe damage to trees and electricity infrastructure, power restoration in the downtown core of Barrie will not be completed by Monday morning. Alectra crews will be working overnight and through the morning to restore power, however businesses and residents in the […]

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3 w. ago Former Toronto steakhouse to finally get new tenant after months sitting vacant

One of Toronto's preeminent downtown steakhouses has closed down permanently, and after sitting dormant for months, it's finally about to get a new tenant.Let's face it: steakhouses in Toronto are a dime a dozen, but that doesn't discredit the very real and good things they're doing for the city's residents, namely ensuring we all get our fair share of Surf and Turf and $25 cocktails when the whim strikes.In the past year or so, the city's steakhouse numbers, both within and beyond the downtown core, seem to have been on a steep increase, with new-ish additions like Animl, Linny's and Blue Bovine earning their fair share of limelight in the past several months.Unfortunately, with such a surge also comes the inevitable loss of some preexisting establishments: it's just the law of the concrete jungle.This past summer, one such casualty was The Shore Club, Toronto's own location of what was once a nationwide chain that has since been reduced to just a sing...

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3 w. ago Iconic art that's been on display at Toronto subway station for decades is moving

For the first time in 47 years, a legendary piece of art that's called Spadina subway station home for decades is set to be displayed at a Toronto museum as part of a larger exhibition celebrating the work of renowned Canadian artist Joyce Wieland. In the mid-1970s, as the TTC was planning to expand its network with nine new subway stops stretching out of the downtown core, it commissioned several artists to create artwork for the upcoming transit stops, including Wieland. Recognized globally as one of the leading Canadian contemporary artists of the 20th century, Wieland's artwork "Barren Ground Caribou" continued the ecological themes in her work. The nostalgic quilt, which consists of layers of cotton fabric stuffed with synthetic batting, has been a fixture at the station's Kendal Avenue entry since it was unveiled in 1978. In 1975, Wieland said that the quilt "expresses aspects of the public's growing awareness of their environment and its preservation,...

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3 w. ago Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city

The city-designated outdoor sheltering site, north of the downtown core, will soon take up a smaller footprint with fewer residents and shorter operating hours.

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4 w. ago Calgary man killed in early morning house fire, woman in serious condition

One person was killed and another taken to hospital in serious condition following an early morning house fire in Calgary.

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