1 hour ago TFC loans teenage defender Adam Pearlman to CPL’s Halifax Wanderers

Toronto FC has sent teenage defender Adam Pearlman on a season-long loan to Halifax Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. The 19-year-old Canadian youth international from Maple, Ont., made his first-team debut with TFC off the bench in July 2023 against St. Louis City SC, having signed a short-term contract. He graduated to the […]

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2 h. ago All three of Ontario's main political parties score high marks on supporting manufacturers in a pre

Ontario’s three mainstream political parties are pledging support for industry in the face of a looming trade war with the U.S.

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3 h. ago Mitch Marner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and his wife are having a baby

The family of Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner will be growing by one in the coming months.Gaby McCabe, wife of Leafs defenceman Jake, shared the news on her Instagram story over the weekend, complete with what appeared to be a few party favours from a baby shower."Oh boy! Welcome Baby Marner. Love your Lady Leafs," a card in the photo posted by Mrs. McCabe read, suggesting a baby shower was held by the Leafs wives and girlfriends. It's also likely a safe assumption that the child will be a boy.The new baby is the Marners' first.Mitch and Steph are having a baby! 🐣 pic.twitter.com/Ab91RmoTWr— 𝒏𝒆𝒂. (@theroserenity) February 24, 2025The couple will be the second high-profile Leafs pairing to have a baby on the way in recent months, with Morgan Rielly’s wife, Tessa Virtue, giving birth to a baby boy named McCormick in August 2024.The Marners first met in elementary school but then reconnected and began dating during Mitch's junior hockey career wit...

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3 h. ago Toronto police charge 2 men after search allegedly turns up gun, drugs

A man who was allegedly armed and in possession of drugs was busted when officers searched a home, according to Toronto Police. Members of the Gun and Gang Task Force arrested two men after executing a search warrant in the Jameson Ave.-Queen St. area at around 6 p.m. on Sunday. Police allege one man was […]

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3 h. ago LILLEY: Ontario cops seizing fentanyl at the Canadian border

Ontario's Operation Deterrence showing results due to OPP and local police aiding in border measures.

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3 h. ago BlackRock® Canada Announces Final February Cash Distributions for the iShares® Premium Money Market ETF

TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the final February 2025 cash distributions for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF. Unitholders of record on February 25, 2025 will receive cash distributions payable on February 28, 2025. Details […]

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3 h. ago Blue Jays’ spring training game against Tigers cancelled due to rain

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training game against the Detroit Tigers scheduled for Monday afternoon was cancelled due to rain. Right-hander Bowden Francis, Toronto’s scheduled starter, was set to make his spring debut as he looks to build on his strong finish to the 2024 season. The Blue Jays said on social […]

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4 h. ago Elizabeth Holmes fails to overturn her Theranos fraud conviction

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, will remain in prison after losing a bid Monday to overturn her fraud conviction, with a federal appeals court saying she hadn’t proved there were legal missteps during her trial for defrauding investors with false claims of what her blood-testing startup could achieve. The […]

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4 h. ago Trump says he’s moving forward with tariffs on Canada, Mexico next week

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said devastating duties on products from Canada and Mexico are coming next week after the levies were paused for a month. During a Monday news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House, Trump was asked whether he was moving ahead with tariffs against his country’s closest […]

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4 h. ago Toronto cop on Ontario Sunshine List gets house arrest for attempted frauds

Const. Ronald Joseph 'was the lynchpin of a fraudulent scheme' that involved staging car accidents 'and motivated entirely by greed,' said the judge

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4 h. ago N.S. premier retreats on bill that allowed firing of auditor general without cause

Tim Houston says he no longer supports the bill's amendments, which would have also permitted ministers to veto the release of auditor reports.

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4 h. ago Las Vegas woman accused of drugging, robbing men in dating app ‘romance scam’

Aurora Phelps, who is in custody in Mexico, faces 21 counts, including wire fraud, bank fraud, identity theft, kidnapping and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.

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4 h. ago NBA star Kevin Durant explains why he loves Toronto and the Raptors

Though he never has suited up for the Toronto Raptors in his 17-year pro career, Kevin Durant has had quite the connection to Canada's lone NBA franchise.In 2014, team ambassador Drake got fined for trying to recruit Durant to Toronto while the NBA star was in attendance at his OVO Fest concert in the city.In 2019, Durant and his Golden State Warriors side faced off against Toronto in the NBA Finals, where he suffered a season-ending injury during Game 5 that ended up sidelining him for the following season.Despite the bad memory of the injury — and an often-referenced clip of fans cheering after Durant hit the floor before the severity was recognized — Durant has often referenced the energy he felt in the city during that series.And in 2022, while he was a member of the Brooklyn Nets, Durant was heavily linked to a possible trade to the Raptors before eventually being shipped to the Phoenix Suns.But Durant's connections to Toronto actually run much longer than...

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4 h. ago Toronto bakery and chocolate shop reopening following closure

After closing its original location in Toronto nearly a year ago, a Filipino-inspired bakery and chocolate factory are preparing to open in a fresh new space with a bigger vision.Founded by Rae Abayan, Bakerrae serves Filipino-inspired baked goods made from scratch using French techniques, while Chachalate — founded by Ry Lee — is an ethical chocolate company that uses directly traded cocoa beans.Though the closure of their former spot at 149 Main St. marked the end of an exciting chapter, the two businesses are embracing their second chance at a physical shop — one that will be bigger and better."Having our own space to create is really important," Abayan told blogTO. "We developed a great community in the Upper Beaches, and that was something we knew we wanted to get back."Thankfully for customers, Bakerrae and Chachalate will be uniting under one roof once again — this time, at a shop in East Chinatown near Broadview and Gerrard Street East....

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4 h. ago Toronto readies for flood risk as piles of snow start to melt this week

Toronto officials say the city is ready to respond to any potential flooding as piles of snow accumulated during recent storms start to melt.

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4 h. ago Dog that went through Humber River ice not recovered: Toronto Fire

It was a sad ending to a story involving thinning ice over a Toronto waterway as the weather warms up. Officials with Toronto Fire said they responded to a search for a dog that fell through the Humber River on Saturday afternoon. “Our crews were dispatched at approximately 4:46 p.m. to Home Smith Park at […]

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4 h. ago More than 200k people are calling for Canada to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have signed a petition calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke the Canadian citizenship of dual citizenship holder Elon Musk.Petition e-5353 was started by Nanaimo, B.C. resident Qualia Reed and backed by NDP Member of Parliament Charlie Angus, who had a biting response to U.S. President Donald Trump's 51st state comments.It was initiated on Feb. 20 and has garnered over 200,000 signatures in four days. As of Monday afternoon, 200,883 Canadians and counting have signed it.The petition accuses the Tesla CEO and now senior advisor to Trump of "engaging in activities that go against the national interest of Canada." It claims Musk has used his wealth and power to influence Canada's elections and has now become a member of a government "attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.""The attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed," reads the petition. "We, the undersigned, citizens of Can...

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5 h. ago Mayor Olivia Chow slammed for ‘tone deaf’ video celebrating beef patties

In case you didn’t know, Feb. 23 marked Jamaican Patty Day in Toronto. But if you follow Mayor Olivia Chow on social media, then she already let you know in one of her infamous videos. From getting to know members of snow removal crews, meeting vendors at St. Lawrence Market and chatting up TTC riders, […]

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5 h. ago Snow shoveling tied to massive spike in heart attacks at Ontario hospital

Southlake Health’s Regional Cardiac Program says it responded to double the usual number of heart attacks last week, and doctors say it's linked to shovelling snow.

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5 h. ago ‘HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID’: Woody Harrelson rips Fauci over ‘extraordinarily evil s***’ to Joe Rogan

Woody Harrelson has eviscerated Dr. Anthony Fauci, accusing the White House’s former top doc of doing “extraordinarily evil s***.” On Saturday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, the Now You See Me star called out Fauci for his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak and his push of azidothymidine (AZT) during the AIDS crisis in the […]

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