5 d. ago TTC to shut down almost 5 kilometres of subway for this entire weekend

TTC subway closures planned this weekend include a full two-day shutdown on a portion of Line 2 stretching from Kipling to Jane stationsIt will be another consecutive weekend of transit disruption in Toronto thanks to a scheduled closure spanning an over 4.5-kilometre-long stretch of the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth subway, set to last for the entire weekend of Saturday, Nov. 15 and Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.The TTC states that the latest closure is, again, due to ongoing track work, becoming just the latest in the total of 38 planned overlapping full-weekend closures announced by the transit agency at the start of 2025.Royal York Station will be closed throughout the outage, though all other affected stations will remain open for passengers to purchase or reload fare cards and connect with surface transit.TTCService on Line 2 is expected to resume in time for the start of the weekday morning rush, at approximately 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 17.

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7 d. ago Wind gusts in southern Alberta could top 115 km/h, Environment Canada warns

Residents of Banff were busy cleaning up Monday morning after a strong wind storm toppled trees and blocked roads overnight in the mountain town.

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7 d. ago TTC descended into chaos Monday morning and everyone is blaming snow

Toronto's first snow event of the season kicked off on Sunday and continues into the Monday morning rush, but a series of coinciding unplanned TTC outages have put commuters in a sour mood to start out the work week.Even if snow had nothing to do with it.Shortly after the start of morning subway service on Monday, the TTC announced an outage on Line 2 between Victoria Park and Kennedy stations due to a fire at track level. The transit agency later expanded the closure to the approximately 7-kilometre stretch between Woodbine and Kennedy stations due to debris on the tracks.Line 2 Bloor-Danforth: No service between Woodbine and Kennedy stations while we clear debris from the tracks. Shuttle buses are running between Victoria Park and Kennedy. https://t.co/R6658Ec6HG— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) November 10, 2025It didn't take long for frustrated commuters to vent their annoyance on social media, accompanied by photos of sardine-packed bus platforms in sub-zero...

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7 d. ago Trailer Park Boys ‘Bubbles’ actor Mike Smith set to appear in court for sexual assault charge

The actor who plays the famous character Bubbles from "Trailer Park Boys" is set to appear at a Halifax courtroom on Monday morning to face a charge of sexual assault.

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2 w. ago Maple Leafs’ Easton Cowan thrilled to face Sidney Crosby for first time

Easton Cowan’s National Hockey League checklist has another big item on tap. Two days after the Maple Leafs rookie scored his first NHL goal, the 20-year-old will play against Sidney Crosby for the first time when the Leafs play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. “Super cool,” Cowan said after the morning skate […]

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2 w. ago Raw and unfiltered: Inside Blue Jays clubhouse after crushing walkoff loss

LOS ANGELES — As Monday morning (when the Blue Jays arrived at Dodger Stadium) turned to Monday afternoon and evening (when they dropped a heartbreaking Game 3 of the World Series) turned to Tuesday morning, the resilient team immediately started looking ahead. They had no choice, really, after the historic 6-5, 18-inning heartbreak loss that […]

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3 w. ago Toronto Blue Jays lose marathon World Series game that ends close to 3 a.m.

The World Series produced an instant classic on Monday night.Or should I say Tuesday morning?The LA Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3, which took 18 innings to complete. They'll take a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 on Tuesday night.This game lasted six hours and 39 minutes, making it the second-longest game in World Series history.The game ended at 11:50 p.m. PDT Monday night in Los Angeles. That was 2:50 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning for fans watching at Rogers Centre in Toronto.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Offside (@offside)The longest World Series game ever came back in 2018 and also took 18 innings to complete. The 2018 game was longer in terms of real time, lasting seven hours and 20 minutes.Canadian Freddie Freeman was the hero for LA, hitting a solo home run off Brendon Little in the bottom of the 18th to send the crowd at Dodger Stadium into a frenzy.FRED...

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3 w. ago Man shot and killed in car on Abbotsford street Monday morning

Police say another shooting later in the morning was not related

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3 w. ago Man shot, killed on Abbotsford street close to 3 schools Monday morning

Police said three nearby schools were briefly placed under a shelter-in-place protocol but no students were harmed or directly impacted by the shooting.

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3 w. ago Toronto's Gardiner Expressway officially reopens 18 months ahead of schedule

Monday morning's commute for drivers in Toronto was, for once, a breeze thanks to the reopening of all six lanes on the Gardiner Expressway between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, which occurred approximately 18 months ahead of the original construction timeline.The long-awaited reopening happened on Monday morning just before rush hour, following a weekend closure that began after the conclusion of Game 2 of the World Series hosted at the Rogers Centre on Saturday night.Originally anticipated to finish in April 2027, the Gardiner's construction between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue was revealed to be way ahead of schedule earlier this year. Back in September, city manager Paul Johnson confirmed that construction on the portion of the 60-year-old would potentially wrap up by the end of 2025, months ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026.The accelerated timeline was thanks to an investment of $73 million from the Ontario government, which permitted round-the-clock w...

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3 w. ago Ottawa Senators give Linus Ullmark a day off as club recalls Hunter Shepard from Belleville

The Ottawa Senators have opted to give Linus Ullmark a break to get him ready for a trip to the Windy City. The Senators recalled veteran goaltender Hunter Shepard from their American Hockey League affiliate in Belleville on Monday morning to dress as the backup to Leevi Merilainen against the Boston Bruins at the Canadian […]

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3 w. ago Newborn dead after being abandoned at Quebec bus shelter: police

Police said in a post on X Monday morning that officers were called around 6:30 a.m. for reports of a newborn being found in a bus shelter on Chambly Road.

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3 w. ago 2,000 mink released from Iowa farm in what trade group calls ‘terrorist act’

One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law. Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and pens and nest boxes were destroyed to release the mink, which are raised for their […]

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4 w. ago What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet’s vulnerable backbone

A massive internet outage stemming from errors in Amazon cloud services on Monday morning demonstrated just how many people rely on the corporate behemoth’s computational infrastructure everyday — and laid bare the vulnerabilities of an increasingly concentrated system. But despite its omnipresence, most users don’t know what _ or where — the cloud is. Here […]

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