4 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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8 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 […]

Culture

8 h. ago Plunging world oil prices are a mixed blessing for Albertans

While low world oil prices may be good for drivers as the busy summer driving season approaches, experts warn that government budgets could take a big hit.

Economics

9 h. ago Eastern Ontario Health Unit confirms two measles cases in region

The two individuals, related, contracted measles during travel outside the Eastern Ontario region, the health unit said Friday.

Economics

9 h. ago Teen charged with mischief over graffiti in Arnprior and McNab

A 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged with three counts of mischief in connection with graffiti incidents in the Arnprior and McNab-Braeside area, Ontario Provincial Police reported Friday. The youth was then released from custody and scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on June 5, the OPP added. Police […]

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12 h. ago Telus CEO decries ‘race to the bottom’ through price matching with competitors

The chief executive of Telus Corp. says there’s more the company can do to attract new customers without necessarily having to lower prices to match its competitors. President and CEO Darren Entwistle said Friday he was encouraged by Telus’s performance in its first quarter as it added 218,000 net new customers, up around 9,000 compared […]

Economics

12 h. ago Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis

Pikangikum First Nation submitted a motion asking the court to compel the government to provide the emergency funds to deliver adequate water and sanitation to the community.

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12 h. ago Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high

The former bus driver was found not criminally responsible after the judge found that the accused was likely in psychosis when he crashed the bus into the daycare in 2023.

Events

12 h. ago SNOBELEN: Carney’s biggest challenge is learning to be a leader

Former Ontario finance minister Floyd Laughren was fond of saying that you need two things to become a successful politician: Grey hair and hemorrhoids. He explained that grey hair made you look wise and the hemorrhoids made you look concerned. Prime Minister Mark Carney may put Laughren’s theory to the test. Carney is undoubtedly smart. […]

Politics

12 h. ago Habemus domum! Leo XIV’s ‘immaculately rehabbed’ childhood home being sold

The small brick home in Dolton, just outside Chicago, had been listed at $199,000 but the owner is considering raising the price

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13 h. ago Ontario Science Centre and shady developers lead plot of new Law & Order episode

A recent episode of a Toronto-based crime drama opens with the deaths of a billionaire pharmaceutical CEO and his philanthropist wife, and quickly turns its focus to a public science museum caught in the middle of a land dispute and redevelopment battle — sound familiar?While fictional, the storyline closely mirrors the real-life situation that unfolded with the Ontario Science Centre, which closed at its site near Don Mills last year following a controversial structural report that solidified its relocation.Similar to its other episodes, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent dives into a story inspired by Toronto's real-life headlines. The show's season 2, episode 9, titled "Bitter Pill," opens with the shocking discovery of a billionaire couple, Stanley and Didi, who are found murdered in their luxurious home.Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman (Kathleen Munroe) and Detective Sergeant Henry Graff (Aden Young) are called to investigate the high-p...

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14 h. ago Ontario rent prices keep on crashing and here's where they are cheapest

Though Ontario rent prices vary greatly based on where in the province you're looking, if you've been thinking of moving toward or within Toronto, now is an opportune time to get a (relative) bargain on a place.Though the GTA is perennially one of the most expensive places in North America to live, tenants have gotten a bit of a break in recent months due to the softening of the local real estate market that's got investors, sellers, landlords and realtors growing increasingly distressed, if not completely running for the hills.The average monthly rate for an apartment in downtown T.O. — as well as in North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga, East York, and other parts of the area — plummeted again in April, as Ontario as a whole saw the largest annual decrease in rent bills of any province.Rentals.ca and Urbanation, which crunch the numbers each month based on the listings available on their sites, now put Toronto's aver...

Economics

14 h. ago People in Ontario are obsessing over the burgers at this new food truck

Toronto residents tend to fall into the trap of fancying ourselves the centre of the culinary world in Ontario (and that's not entirely without reason), but one new food truck has people trekking outside of the city for their larger-than-life bites.Quickly after launching in May of 2024, customers began referring to Andrew and Tara Schroeder's food truck, Mason Jar Food Co. as a 'classy food truck' and, while they hadn't specifically set out to create that, they admit that it does perfectly describe the business.Located in Haliburton County, the food truck, which serves up elevated takes on food truck staples, is the culmination of years of experience in the hospitality industry, both together and individually, for husband-and-wife team Tara and Andrew, who tell me they had dreamt of creating their own culinary venture long before opening the truck."In our travels, we would often point out how well a food truck could do at the&n...

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14 h. ago ‘Strong smell’ prompts Ontario police to force their way into home full of animals

Provincial police say officers were forced to break into a home in Orillia, Ont., on Wednesday after a neighbour reported a 'strong smell' emanating from inside.

Events

15 h. ago Ontario measles outbreak: Convincing unvaccinated ‘slow going’, top doc says

Since October, Ontario has recorded more than 1,400 measles cases linked to an outbreak that began at a large gathering with guests from Mennonite communities in New Brunswick.

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15 h. ago Art expert pleads guilty to selling works to suspected Hezbollah financier

LONDON — An art expert who appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt show pleaded guilty Friday to failing to report that he sold pricey works to a suspected financier of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, was charged with failing to disclose art sales between October 2020 and December 2021. He pleaded guilty in […]

Economics

17 h. ago Brewing change: USW celebrates first contracts at five newly unionized Starbucks locations

TORONTO, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The United Steelworkers union (USW) is proud to celebrate a significant milestone in the fight for workers’ rights: the ratification of the first collective agreements at five unionized Starbucks locations across Ontario. Following the successful ratification at Starbucks Waterloo Uptown (#4733), workers at four additional stores have now […]

Culture

17 h. ago NOVAGOLD Closes $179 Million Underwritten Upsized Public Offering of Common Shares

All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. (“NOVAGOLD” or “the Company”) (NYSE American, TSX: NG) closed its previously announced upsized public offering of 47,850,000 common shares of NOVAGOLD at a price to the public of $3.75 per share. All of the shares […]

Economics

17 h. ago Netflix releasing documentary about infamous Toronto mayor Rob Ford

Just when Toronto residents thought we might be able to move past the scandals of our late, disgraced mayor, Rob Ford, Netflix has announced that they'll soon be dropping an entire documentary about it.The not-too-distant past of 2013 and 2014 proved quite the... unique years in Toronto.In case you weren't there (or you just blocked it from your memory entirely), Toronto became the subject of global attention and mockery when videos of then-mayor Rob Ford, brother of current Ontario Premier Doug Ford, smoking crack cocaine surfaced.To make matters worse, Ford later admitted to consuming the drug in "one of my drunken stupors," which, suffice it to say, caught on like wildfire. Just months later, another crack video surfaced, Ford checked himself into rehab, and Toronto spent the next several years doing some rehabilitation of its own reputation.After Ford passed away in 2016, talk about Crackgate generally subsided, save for a particularly on-the-nose plotline...

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18 h. ago French Power Price Plunges Below Zero as Solar Floods the Grid

French day-ahead power tumbled below zero for the first time since July last year as solar generation this weekend is set to overwhelm the grid.

Economics