42 m. ago Ontario pauses 15 government advertising campaigns deemed to be partisan

When Doug Ford called a snap election, Ontario's top civil servant paused 15 government ad campaigns that had previously been flagged by the auditor general as partisan.

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43 m. ago Ontario votes 2025: Party leaders fan out on last weekend of election campaign

Ontario's main party leaders are fanning out across the province today, with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford expected to visit Thunder Bay, Iroquois Falls and Timmins.

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1 hour ago Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

PARIS (AP) — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in _- and now they’re among France’s most famous fugitives. The man whose card was stolen, identified in police documents as Jean-David E., is offering to split the cash with the […]

Economics

2 h. ago 1,000 Bulgarian nationalists protest against government plans to adopt euro currency

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Police in Bulgaria’s capital clashed with nationalist protesters Saturday who demanded that the government scrap plans to bring the country into the eurozone. About 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Sofia office of the European Commission, which is the European Union’s executive branch, and began throwing red paint and firecrackers […]

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3 h. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Mother Mother, Paper Birch café launch and Taste of Africa at Arden

Mother Mother: Sister and brother Molly and Ryan Guldemond bring their high-energy electro-folk band from B.C. into a nice week of Canadiana Downtown arena shows where Our Lady Peace just stopped the show Thursday to sing the national anthem after Connor McDavid scored that sweet sudden-death goal. MM’s set list could include Verbatim, Burning Pile, […]

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3 h. ago Video shows truck slamming into Ontario hobby shop, thieves snag $16K in RC trucks

OPP say they are on the hunt for three people after a pickup truck was rammed into a hobby shop in Paris, Ont. before thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of RC trucks.

Economics

3 h. ago Thieves steal $16K worth of RC trucks after truck slams into Ontario hobby shop

OPP say they are on the hunt for three people after a pickup truck was rammed into a hobby shop in Paris, Ont. before thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of RC trucks.

Economics

7 h. ago ‘I feel disrespected’: Ontario town considers removing U.S. flags from its buildings

An Ontario township is moving to remove permanently affixed American flags from community buildings, citing growing tensions with the U.S over trade and political relations.

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9 h. ago Teva and Sanofi Present New Positive Phase 2b Study Results at ECCO 2025 Reinforcing Best

Teva hosting investor call Monday, February 24 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. ET New detailed data from the RELIEVE UCCD study support overall efficacy and safety of duvakitug in all pre-specified subgroups across the different doses New endpoints presented include findings on clinical and endoscopic outcomes and histological- endoscopic mucosal improvement Findings to form the basis […]

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14 h. ago RCMP board rejects bias claim over ‘Three Amigos’ comment in misconduct case

A police conduct board has decided not to recuse itself from a hearing for three British Columbia RCMP officers who are facing possible dismissal over alleged racist group chats.

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14 h. ago Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, police, cleared of ‘baseless’ DUI allegation

Global News has learned that the Vancouver police became aware of social media posts from developer and ex-political commentator Alex Tsakumis in late 2023.

Events

15 h. ago L.A. district attorney opposes new trial for Menendez brothers, still deciding on resentencing

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles district attorney said Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez in the 1989 killing of their parents but hasn’t made up his mind on whether to support a resentencing bid that could lead to their freedom after nearly 30 years in prison. The brothers were […]

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15 h. ago Ontario Liberals suspend Oshawa candidate over social media post

Ontario’s Liberals have suspended their candidate in Oshawa over an inflammatory social media post. The suspension for Viresh Bansal comes after several Liberal candidates called on leader Bonnie Crombie to dump him. Bansal posted a response in 2023 to an NDP statement on the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar after Prime Minister Justin […]

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16 h. ago Ontario Liberals drop candidate under fire for comments about killing of Sikh leader

On Monday, the Progressive Conservatives unearthed a past post from Liberal Oshawa candidate Viresh Bansal referring to the killing of a Sikh leader.

Events

16 h. ago Ruby Dhalla disqualified from Liberal leadership race over ‘extremely serious’ violations

The party’s national director, Azam Ishmael, said Dhalla was in violation of 10 leadership rules including inaccurate financial reporting

Politics

16 h. ago Racial slurs, swastika and nudity: Pickering meeting under police investigation

Durham Regional Police say the disturbing and hate-motivated disruptions took place at a city Zoom meeting on Feb. 12.

Economics

17 h. ago Man injured while trying to break up fight dies in Calgary hospital, charges pending

A man who Calgary police said tried to break up a fight at a restaurant in the city's southeast has died in hospital, and now charges are pending in the investigation. 

Events

17 h. ago Trump orders tariffs on digital service tax countries, including Canada

Trump's order directs his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs to 'combat' digital service taxes imposed on U.S. tech companies by foreign countries.

Economics

17 h. ago Canadian First Nations call for stable, equitable funding for local police

The TsuuT'ina Nation Police Service, known by its community as Tosunga, is one of three self-administered police forces on First Nations in Alberta.

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17 h. ago Toronto pourrait réadhérer à l’Association française des municipalités de l’Ontario

La métropole s’était retirée du regroupement en 2018 à la suite de la réduction de la taille de son conseil municipal.

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