22 h. ago A Toronto home that's been in the same family for over 100 years just hit the market

Toronto's Lawrence Park is famous for its stately multi-million dollar homes, manicured lawns, and more history than your average block in the city.But even among the area's grand old properties, 213 St. Leonards Ave. stands out for quite a unique reason: it's been in the same family for over a century; 102 years, in fact, according to its listing agent."We still have the original blueprints inside," says agent Michael Silverberg.A view into the dining room. He adds that the house is an original Tudor revival, and has "such great charm." "It's got the original facade, original brick around the fireplace and original floors," he tells us.An aerial view of the property. Sitting on a 50-foot-by-150-foot south-facing lot on one of Lawrence Park's most prestigious streets, it's pretty evident from one look that the home oozes heritage. The original front facade. The timeless exterior style that ...

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31 h. ago Here's a first look at the brand new Simons store at Toronto's Yorkdale mall

Canadian department store chain Simons is boldly eschewing the doom-and-gloom narrative that's dominated the shopping mall landscape in the GTA lately, entering a phase of ambitious expansion at a time when competitors like Hudson's Bay, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom (and before them, Sears and Eaton's) no longer exist in the market.The Quebec-based retailer, known as purveyors of stylish choices under both exclusive house labels and well-known designer names, has just officially opened a new location in Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, with another coming to the CF Eaton Centre this fall.And, we got an early peek at the store on Thursday morning before it launched to the public.Taking over the two-level anchor space formerly held by a Nordstrom, the outpost is the eighteenth store for Simons, and its biggest one outside of Quebec. But if you're expecting anything like the standard department store, or even like any other S...

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42 h. ago Toronto’s first Simons location marks ‘new chapter’ for department store: CEO

TORONTO — Wandering through Simons’s newest store a day before it opened on Thursday, Bernard Leblanc had a quiet confidence despite the busyness surrounding him. Across almost every inch of the flagship store at Yorkdale mall in Toronto, staff were scurrying to unwrap and steam the last of the location’s merchandise, vacuum carpets and dress […]

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54 h. ago Ottawa spending $25M to help companies build EV chargers, buy lower

OTTAWA — The federal government announced $25 million in funding Wednesday for companies to build more than 850 electric vehicle chargers, mostly in Quebec. The money will also help companies finance the purchases of natural gas-powered transport and recycling trucks to help companies lower emissions. According to the government nearly a quarter of Canada’s total […]

Economics

59 h. ago Nouvelle charge des médecins de famille contre le projet de loi sur leur rémunération

Accusé de «dénigrer» les omnipraticiens, le gouvernement Legault continue de défendre la pertinence de son approche.

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3 d. ago Texas man wearing pacifier asked girls for ‘diaper change’: Cops

Weirdo Wesley Worl is in a league all his own. The 45-year-old Texas man is facing criminal charges after police say he confronted two young girls in a Tyler, Texas, school parking lot. Worl was attired in a diaper and armed with a pacifier around his neck. He allegedly shouted at the terrified girls: “Goo […]

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4 d. ago Shooter kills 3 in Target parking lot in Texas before being captured, police say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas’ capital, killing at least three people, before stealing two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said. Austin Police Chief Lisa […]

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4 d. ago Dirty soda trend bubbles up to Canada with ‘Mormon Wives’ as inspiration

Jeremy Guenette was sitting in an Idaho parking lot waiting for his kids to finish back-to-school shopping two years ago, when he noticed business was booming at a nearby truck mixing colas, cream and fruity flavours. “For about 45 minutes, I just watched people come and go from the Soda Tsunami. They probably had about […]

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9 d. ago Men charged in connection with 44 migrants found in truck in Quebec to stay detained

Ogulcan Mersin, Dogan Alakus and Firat Yuksek appeared in a Sherbrooke, Que. courtroom today following their arrest over the weekend.

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9 d. ago Man, 20, arrested in Quebec for rapper’s murder at Yorkdale mall

Two other Quebec men, 23 and 28, still wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for last month's murder in North York

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9 d. ago Judge to rule on bail for 3 men charged in alleged plot to take land near Quebec City

QUEBEC — A judge will rule today on whether to grant bail to three men facing terrorism charges in an alleged plot to forcibly seize land in the Quebec City area. Simon Angers-Audet, 24, Raphael Lagace, 25, and Marc-Aurele Chabot, 24, face charges of facilitating a terrorist activity, and other charges related to the illegal […]

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9 d. ago Quebec man charged, 2 others sought in fatal Yorkdale mall parking lot shooting

Police say they have charged one man from Quebec, and are looking for two others, in connection to a fatal shooting of a man in the parking lot of Yorkdale mall in Toronto.

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9 d. ago Judge to rule on bail for 3 men charged in Quebec militia plot

Quebec court Judge René de la Sablonnière heard evidence and arguments in July and was expected to rule last week, but informed lawyers he needed more time.

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1 week ago Police look to ID two women after July 6 Montreal Road altercation

According to police, on July 6 at about 2:30 a.m. two victims were leaving a Montreal Road business when a group of women assaulted them in an empty parking lot.

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1 week ago BB gun found after shooting at Sherwood Park RCMP detachment: ASIRT

A BB gun was recovered after a suspected armed man found inside the secure parking lot of the Strathcona County RCMP detachment in Sherwood Park was shot by police.

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4 w. ago Disturbing video captures alleged kidnapping attempt in Florida

A shocking kidnapping attempt caught on video has led to the arrest of a man in Florida. In the surveillance video released by police, the suspect is seen dragging a woman, while holding her in a chokehold, into a dark grey pickup truck in a parking lot in St. Augustine. The woman can be heard […]

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4 w. ago Yorkdale shooting victim was rapper with ties to Montreal gangs: Report

The man who was shot dead early Thursday in the parking lot of Yorkdale Shopping Centre is reportedly a rapper linked to Montreal gangs. Montreal’s La Presse reported that the victim is a rapper known as Lil Bentley, whose real name is Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean. The 28-year-old was outside the mall’s entrance no. 3 around […]

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4 w. ago Woman in her 70s dead after unprovoked stabbing in Toronto parking lot, police say

The male suspect, who investigators said wore a balaclava, fled the area on foot but police said there was no serious threat to public safety

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4 w. ago Woman killed in daytime stabbing at Toronto commercial parking lot

Police said officers responded to calls for a stabbing in a commercial parking lot at Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East, near Don Mills Road in North York.

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