84 m. ago DEAR ABBY: Fiancee treats man more like a child than as a partner

DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She’s a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a […]

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7 h. ago Iconic Toronto snack window is back after closure some worried was permanent

Toronto locals devastated by the closure of a snack window that had long served as a summer go-to in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood will be happy to know that the independent shop is back.The 1872-built gingerbread storefront of Park Snacks is iconic for many reasons, from the ice cream and hot dogs it serves up exclusively during the summer months, to the adorably retro aesthetic it brings to the block, to what it stands for as one of the city's few side street businesses.But, anyone eager to hit up the independent business when spring 2024 rolled around was crestfallen to find it shuttered — which some understandably may have thought to be for good, given that it had been put up for sale at the end of the previous summer."With the building for sale, I pulled out at the end of the 2023 season and did not open in 2024," operator Bernard Dunford, who has been involved with the community staple since 1999, explains to blogTO.With Toronto'...

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7 h. ago Giant bridge under construction will soon join iconic Toronto skyline view

The iconic skyline view enjoyed from the Leaside Bridge over the Don Valley will soon be even more dynamic, as the early stages of construction advance for what will likely prove one of the most significant bridges ever built in Toronto.Under construction since 2024, the new Don Valley Crossing bridge will play an integral role in the future Ontario Line subway — a 15.6-kilometre transit route linking the upcoming Eglinton Crosstown LRT in the north with Exhibition Place in the south.Serving 15 new stations, including a stretch through the heart of downtown, the line will include a combined underground and above-grade right-of-way that will cross the Don Valley (and the Don Valley Parkway) twice along its route. This routing requires two separate bridges to carry trains across the valley.While the smaller Lower Don Bridge, which will cross the Don River in the West Don Lands and Riverside neighbourhoods, is set to be the more visually flashy of the two crossings, boa...

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7 h. ago Toronto subway stations actually had a smart design until the TTC ruined it

Sometimes sticky and often dreary, for better or worse, Toronto’s subway stations have a distinct look to them that can sometimes feel a bit random.But, despite the harsh fluorescent lights and brutalist feeling, the TTC originally designed its stations with purpose and reason — before throwing it all out the window.Recently, the Youtuber Not Smooth Steve dug into the little-known history of the TTC colour coding that used to define the city's stations."I've known about the colour code for many years and don't recall where I first heard of it,” Steve tells blogTO. "It's just one of those weird things you never really think about, but once you know it exists, you can't help but see it!"Thanks to Steve, we now have an overview of how subway stations used to look in Toronto and, with a little cursory research, what exactly went wrong.The OG colour schemeThe station look for Toronto's subway was simple: clean lines,...

Culture

7 h. ago Big changes may be on the way for one of Toronto's top seasonal events

One of Toronto's most prominent seasonal events, which is regularly ranked one of the best of its kind in the world and draws nearly a million people to the city's most historic neighbourhood each year, may look a whole lot different in 2025.Any local looking to get into the holiday spirit come wintertime knows to hit up the Distillery Winter Village, which takes over the district's cobblestone streets with festive food and drink, charming vendor stalls reminiscent of a European holiday market, a monumental Christmas tree, and all sorts of activations and photo ops.While it has always taken place around the end of December, the event has greatly expanded both in scope and length in recent years, going from just 10 days in its inaugural iteration to more than seven weeks —  running seven days a week — by 2024.Despite the event in many ways putting the unique pocket of the city on t...

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7 h. ago Les bulletins de la semaine à l’Assemblée nationale: Éric Caire a peu de mémoire au sujet des artisans de son projet d’identité numérique

Voici les élus ou les personnalités politiques qui se sont démarqués pour les bonnes ou les mauvaises raisons au cours de la dernière semaine.

Society

8 h. ago HEARTBREAKER: Maple Leafs lose in overtime on goal by Brad Marchand

The defending Stanley Cup champions aren’t going down without a fight. It’s a series now, as the saying goes, after the Florida Panthers beat the Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime in Game 3 on Friday night at Amerant Bank Arena. The Leafs lead the best-of-seven 2-1, with Game 4 on Sunday night in Sunrise. The […]

Culture

9 h. ago LEAF NOTES: Once students of tactics, Toronto now studied by rivals

The Maple Leafs had been trying to copy other clubs’ tactical blueprint for years. But as they put together a fourth straight 100-point season and try to make it to the conference final, other teams are leaning over for a peek. “I look at the Leafs now,” Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan to […]

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10 h. ago Sixth Annual Nursing Now Ontario Awards Celebrate Outstanding Nurses

TORONTO — Three exceptional nurses, celebrated for their unwavering dedication to improving peoples’ lives and advancing Ontario’s health-care system, will be honoured at the sixth annual Nursing Now Ontario Awards (NNOA). These prestigious awards recognize excellence in nursing across three categories: nurse practitioner (NP), registered nurse (RN), and registered practical nurse (RPN). Aligned with National […]

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11 h. ago AbCellera Presents Positive Preclinical Data on ABCL575 at the 2025 SID Annual Meeting

ABCL575 is a novel, half-life extended anti-OX40L monoclonal antibody that is being developed for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) In preclinical studies, ABCL575 shows potent inhibition of inflammatory pathways, favorable in vivo pharmacokinetics (PK), and potential for less frequent dosing compared to a clinical benchmark VANCOUVER, British Columbia — AbCellera (Nasdaq: ABCL) today […]

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12 h. ago MAPLE LEAFS NOTES: Matthew Knies toeing the line in screening Sergei Bobrovsky

Screening Sergei Bobrovsky is one thing. Sticking an elbow or a forearm in the face of the Florida Panthers goaltender is another. Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies was told by the referees to tone it down a bit during Game 2 when he deliberately got his right elbow and arm up in front of Bobrovsky […]

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12 h. ago Sikh parade in rural N.B. gets permit after concerns raised on social media

Members of the Sikh community in a rural part of New Brunswick say they're upset after criticism and objections to this weekend's religious festival and parade in Beausoleil, N.B.

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12 h. ago WARMINGTON: Bonsie makes Maple Leafs fans feel like they’re in attendance at road games

But the play-by-play man and his sidekick Jim Ralph are actually calling the playoff action from a studio in Toronto

Sport

12 h. ago Gold Glove second baseman Andres Gimenez placed on injury list as Blue Jays look to salvage road trip in Seattle

As the Blue Jays look to find some road magic in Seattle with a three-game series agains the Mariners starting Friday night, they’ll be doing so without their best defensive infielder. The team announced that second baseman Andres Gimenez has been placed on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to May 8) with what is being […]

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12 h. ago Toronto judge accuses lawyer of using AI and fake cases to make legal arguments

The lawyer's factum included links to non-existent cases, alleged misreadings of real cases, and what the judge said were 'possibly artificial intelligence hallucinations'

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13 h. ago Obsidian Solutions Group Joins Groundbreaking Initiative to Support NASA and the Firefighting Community With Wildfire Modeling and Analytics, Management, and Decision Making

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Obsidian Solutions Group is proud to announce its support to the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) and its groundbreaking research and development initiative—the Applied Sciences Center for Resilience Studies (ASC). The ASC creates a nexus between researchers and practitioners, enabling and advancing collaboration among government agencies, industries, and academia to enhance […]

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14 h. ago Guardian Capital Group Limited Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Capital Group Limited (Guardian) (TSX:GCG) (TSX:GCG.A) announces the results of the director elections held at its annual meeting of shareholders earlier today. Each of the director nominees listed in Guardian’s management information circular dated March 27, 2025 (the Circular) was elected as a director of Guardian, to […]

Economics

14 h. ago MANDEL: Oshawa thoracic surgeon loses licence over creepy crime in Beach

What a crime against the cancer patients he could have saved. But due to his sick acts, Oshawa thoracic surgeon Dr. Armen Parajian has been rightly stripped of his licence to practise medicine. For two years, a man behind the wheel of a white Jeep terrified residents in the Beach, with Toronto Police issuing repeated […]

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14 h. ago Hudson’s Bay garnered 17 bids in process to find new owner for retailer, assets: docs

TORONTO — A new court filing shows a process meant to find a new owner for Hudson’s Bay and its assets has yielded 17 bids. A report filed Friday by Alvarez & Marsal, a court monitoring firm guiding Canada’s oldest company through creditor protection, does not name the bidders but says the offers were made […]

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14 h. ago Gates accuses Musk of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ with DOGE cuts

The feud between billionaires Bill Gates and Elon Musk ramped up this week, with Gates accusing Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through massive cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development, one of the first targets of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service under the Trump administration. In an interview with the Financial Times on […]

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