3 d. ago Calgary man charged after 17 guns stolen from local business

A Calgary man is charged with 28 offences in relation to the theft of 17 guns worth more than $26,000 from the Calgary Shooting Centre over the weekend. On June 28, a man broke into the shooting centre, located at 7130 Fisher Rd. S.E., and stole the firearms from a display case. He fled the […]

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4 d. ago Tropical storms Barry, Flossie form off Mexico’s Pacific and Gulf coasts

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Barry formed Sunday near Mexico’s southeast coast and is expected to drench the region for several days. The storm’s centre was located about 55 km east-northeast of Tuxpan, Mexico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h and was moving northwest at […]

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6 d. ago Groups secure injunction pausing Alberta government's transgender health

Alberta government legislation preventing doctors in the province from providing gender-affirming care to minors has been paused under a court judgment released Friday. The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta decision granted an injunction application led by Egale Canada and the Skipping Stone Foundation. Justice Allison Kuntz, in her written decision granting the temporary injunction, […]

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9 d. ago Life Sciences Ontario Releases New Report Calling for Urgent Action to Bridge Critical Funding Gap Threatening Ontario’s Innovation Leadership

TORONTO — Life Sciences Ontario (LSO), in partnership with Shift Health, today released a comprehensive report highlighting the urgent need for targeted intervention to address the critical seed-stage funding gap that threatens Ontario’s position as a global life sciences leader. The report, “Catalyzing Ontario’s Life Sciences Economy,” reveals that while Ontario’s life sciences sector is […]

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9 d. ago Ford vows Ontario Place parking lot will offer ‘massive return on investment’

The Ontario government unveiled Tuesday the final designs for the new Ontario Place public space, including a new 3,500-spot parking lot that will cost $400 million. Artists’ renderings also showed 50 acres of public beaches, trails, parks, playgrounds, interactive fountains, event spaces, an updated marina, a state-of-the-art Ontario Science Centre, Live Nation’s revitalized year-round amphitheatre […]

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1 week ago Toronto outdoor venue to get futuristic update in Ontario Place rebuild

Ontario Place's iconic Budweiser Stage amphitheatre is getting a dramatic overhaul as part of the sweeping and controversial revitalization of the waterfront site, and here's what it will look like. On Tuesday, the Ford government unveiled the final designs for the new Ontario public space, including the redesigned venue, which will be able to host up to 20,000 guests in the summer and nearly 9,000 in the winter, transforming it into a year-round indoor-outdoor concert destination. A map of the future revitalized site shows a large section devoted to the Therma megaspa, the Live Nation music venue, the new Ontario Science Centre, and a massive publicly owned parking structure. The venue's renderings show its east side entrance as well as the east pavilion. "For the past 30 years, our amphitheatre has presented and hosted some of the biggest and best Canadian and international artists," said Wayne Zronik, President of Business Operations for ...

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1 week ago No decision on temporary Ontario Science Centre location, minister says

Ontario's infrastructure minister says the government has not decided whether there will be a temporary science centre while a new one is being built at Ontario Place.

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1 week ago Here's where to watch Canada Day fireworks in Toronto for 2025

Canada Day fireworks in Toronto are a classic way to kick off the summer, and this year, there are plenty of opportunities to catch a show no matter where you live. Whether you're celebrating Canada's 158th birthday or just enjoying some summertime fun, you'll find all sorts of dazzling fireworks displays happening across the city. As always, the City of Toronto is hosting official fireworks shows on Tuesday, July 1 at multiple locations, including Harbourfront Centre, Mel Lastman Square, Ashbridges Bay Park, Milliken Park, Stan Wadlow Park, Centennial Park (Etobicoke), and Amesbury Park. All City-supported events are free to attend and do not require tickets. With the exception of the Harbourfront Centre show, which kicks off at 10:45 p.m., all the other fireworks displays begin at 10 p.m. and run for approximately 15 minutes.     View this post on Instagram           A post s...

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2 w. ago ‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

One year after closing the Ontario Science Centre, plans for a new site face delay, the roof remains intact, and staff call the shutdown a “manufactured crisis.”

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2 w. ago ’The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a temporary location — and the old building’s roof that was said to be at risk of collapse appears to […]

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2 w. ago First Toronto location of Calgary restaurant chain finally opening next month

The highly anticipated Toronto location of a popular Canadian bar and restaurant chain is finally opening next month.It's been nearly a year since the stylish Calgary restaurant chain Central Taps announced that it'd be taking over the Ossington space that once housed the iconic Venezia Bakery, before going virtually silent.The city wondered when, if ever, they'd get to experience it for themselves.As time went on, the initially projected "early 2025" opening date became increasingly harder to believe in, until, finally, over halfway through 2025, the chain broke its silence on the Toronto location's developments, sharing an official opening date for Central Toronto Ossington.Hey, nothing worth having ever arrives on time, does it? Just look at the Eglinton LRT. At least Central didn't make Toronto wait for quite so long.At long last, Central Toronto Ossington is opening its doors to the public on Thursday, July 3, jus...

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2 w. ago International cafe known for its baked goods is opening two new Ontario locations

World-renowned Korean bakery chain Paris Baguette is gearing up to open its latest Toronto location, this time taking on a brand-new neighbourhood.Despite opening its first Canadian location at the Yonge-Sheppard Centre in North York just over two years ago, Paris Baguette has more than made its mark on Toronto's culinary scene.Over its nearly 40 years in business, the South Korea-founded global chain has made a name for itself serving up sweet confections that are almost as delightful to look at as they are to eat, including mochi donuts, impeccably layered trifles, cream-filled croissants and bombolone.They even serve up some unique savoury options, like croissant-wrapped hot dogs and crabmeat-filled croquettes.Nowadays, the chain, recognized as one of the top 500 franchises in the world by Entrepreneur, boasts 4000 locations worldwide, including the two additional locations that have opened in the city in the years that followed: a Yorkville flagship ...

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2 w. ago SUNMI Opens Its First North American Experience Center in Atlanta

SUNMI launches the Business IoT 2.0 Era with a Full Range of Third-Generation Flagship Products ATLANTA — SUNMI, a global leader in smart business IoT solutions, proudly announced the grand opening of its first North American SUNMI Home in Atlanta’s central business district. Serving as a flagship experience center, the location offers partners and industry […]

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2 w. ago This huge cave hidden under Toronto will soon be a busy subway station

A future Toronto subway station is being carved out below a busy downtown intersection, just one of the so-called "caverns" laying the literal groundwork for the forthcoming $27 billion Ontario Line.At the core of the 15-station, 15.6-kilometre route between Exhibition Place and the now-defunct Ontario Science Centre, a six-kilometre tunnelled section will carry trains in underground tunnels spanning from Liberty Village to the Don River.But before tunnel boring machines can chew these tunnels, the station sites must be primed with excavation — a complex commission for construction crews to carry out in the constantly congested core.The ongoing excavation at the future Queen-Spadina Ontario Line station bears striking similarities to the operation at the nearby King-Bathurst stop, with vast subterranean voids now forming what will eventually be the stations' platforms and tunnels.At the Queen-Spadina site, Metrolinx has shared a detailed construction update ...

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3 w. ago Metrolinx won't reveal cost to rename Toronto LRT station before it even opens

The public was fuming last year when the Province suddenly shuttered the Ontario Science Centre and announced its future relocation to the Ontario Place redevelopment, and now, more evidence that the attraction ever existed in Flemingdon Park is being erased.While we will likely never know all the details behind the decision, what we do know is how unnecessary the whole ordeal seems to be, with experts saying the attraction's Flemington Park building was fine to continue operating, contrary to Ford's assertion that it had structural deficiencies. (The allegedly problematic roof, in fact, has withstood rain storms and record snowfall since the closure.)It will also come at a huge cost to taxpayers: nearly $1.5 billion over 50 years — more than the estimate to maintain the existing facility included in the Province's own business...

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3 w. ago Enormous cavern below major Toronto intersection is getting even bigger

Construction has reached a fever pitch on the downtown Toronto stretch of the future $27 billion Ontario Line subway.The new transit line will relieve existing subway interchanges with a 15-station, 15.6-kilometre route between Exhibition Place and the shuttered Ontario Science Centre — including a six-kilometre underground section between Exhibition Place in the southwest and the Don River in the east The stations being constructed along this tunnelled section are among the most complex and expensive on the line, involving unique construction methods and intensive subterranean mining, all without disrupting the already-chaotic downtown traffic situation.Metrolinx recently shared a fascinating update on the future King-Bathurst station, where crews have been working to excavate a cavernous void below the stop's namesake intersection since last year.The vast hollowed-out space being mined below King and Bathurst, known as the north site cavern, recently crossed an impo...

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