50 m. ago Through plague, scurvy and heat, lemonade has always been there for us

When life hands you lemons, it’s not necessarily trying to destroy whatever scant fibres of sanity you have left. On the contrary, lemons may very well be the thing that ends up saving you! On some level, lemons have always been looking out for us, even if we insist on making them the sourpuss in […]

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78 m. ago Fans are outraged over Ticketmaster's handling of Coldplay shows in Toronto

Coldplay fans are sounding off on social media after a messy rollout for the band's Toronto shows left many heartbroken and shocked over tickets getting flipped for sky-high prices.The Music of the Spheres World Tour touched down in Toronto this month, with two back-to-back shows left at the Rogers Centre on July 11 and 12. But for many fans, trying to score tickets has been nothing short of a disaster.One frustrated fan tagged the band directly in a post on X:"@coldplay please do something, I have been a huge fan for years. I want to see you in Toronto. I have sat on TICKETMASTER for months/days & hours there were released tickets at 9 I got them but it glitched and now they are being resold for 1600$! I am a true fan who wants to come😭"The tweet has struck a nerve with other fans who also experienced Ticketmaster glitches, queue chaos, pricing disparity, and disappearing seats — even after waiting for hours in line. To make things worse, tickets that were originall...

Sport

97 m. ago Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, euthanized after injury

Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, was euthanized Thursday. Patches O’Houlihan, ridden by Sofia Vives, held off My Boy Prince to win the Grade 2 Highlander by a neck at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday. Patches O’Houlihan was pulled up after the race and left the track in a van for further examination. Veterinarians […]

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98 m. ago Cops probing suspected gruesome dismemberment murder in Scarborough

Cops are investigating a suspect dismemberment murder after officers discovered the remains of a Scarborough woman stuffed in a suitcase early Friday. On Friday morning, the Toronto Police Homicide unit announced its detectives were taking charge of the investigation. Cops have not officially confirmed the details, announcing only that it was a homicide investigation. Police […]

Events

2 h. ago 83,000 stethoscopes: Things LHSC's alleged $50M fraud losses could buy

Reporter Heather Rivers went price shopping for things in health care to see how far lawsuit damages sought by the London hospital might go.

Economics

2 h. ago HSBC Exits Banks’ Climate Coalition Abandoned by Wall Street

HSBC Holdings Plc has left the world’s biggest climate alliance for banks, which was rocked over the past eight months by an exodus of the biggest US lenders.

Society

2 h. ago Ottawa to reimburse auto dealers on hook for $11 million in unpaid EV rebates

OTTAWA — The federal government will explain today how it plans to reimburse auto dealers who were left hanging when Ottawa suspended its electric vehicle rebate program earlier this year. In January, Transport Canada paused its popular Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program — iZEV — after its funding ran out. Ottawa spent nearly $3 billion […]

Economics

3 h. ago Such oversight must include the hospital's internal audit department becoming involved early in the awarding of major contracts to ensure future allegations of abuse, a step that is not taken now, he

Greater accountability and oversight needed in the awarding of contracts at London Health Sciences Centre, says a former hospital executive

Politics

12 h. ago Bessent Says Trump and Soros Have Something in Common: Impatience

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a room full of billionaires in Sun Valley that President Donald Trump shares a personality trait with his former boss, the famously liberal financier George Soros: Both are impatient when working on high-stakes deals.

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17 h. ago In Calgary courts: Despite rage at the loss of his mom, son of woman killed in Calgary crosswalk tells motorist he holds no animosity towards her

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from July 7 to 11, 2025

Events

18 h. ago Wickens to drive feature race at home seven years after crash left him paralyzed

Robert Wickens’s promising racing career seemed like it was cut tragically short after a 2018 crash left him paralyzed from the chest down. But almost seven years later, Wickens is racing in the headline event of the Chevrolet Grand Prix, competing at the highest levels of his sport in Canada for the first time since […]

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19 h. ago Family of murdered Texas nursing student files $65M wrongful death lawsuit

The family of a Texas nursing student killed mere days before her graduation ceremony has filed a $65 million wrongful death lawsuit. The parents of 23-year-old Elizabeth “Tami” Odunsi, a British-American student at the Dallas-area Texas Woman’s University, said they listened helplessly on speakerphone at their London home as their daughter was stabbed to death […]

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20 h. ago Brad Pitt requests Angelina Jolie’s private messages amid bitter legal battle

Pitt sued Jolie over the 2022 sale of her stake in their winery, Chateau Miraval, to the Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of Stoli Group.

Events

20 h. ago Unordered Amazon packages pile up in San Jose home for over a year

Chinese company selling faux-leather car seat covers had used unwitting woman's address as its U.S. 'return center'

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20 h. ago Teachers, opposition blast Ford government school board takeover as ‘power grab’

On Thursday, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles was joined by teaching unions and a Toronto District School Board trustee to oppose recent major moves by the education minister.

Politics

21 h. ago Italian belly dancer arrested in Egypt for offending public morals

While belly dancing has its roots in the Middle East, an Italian woman was accused of offending public morals and arrested by Egyptian authorities last month. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, who belly dances under the name Linda Martino and is a social media influencer with more than 2.2 million Instagram followers, was arrested at the […]

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21 h. ago Police shaken by teen’s alleged violent sex attack on Ontario girl, 8

'This has definitely been a tough one for our officers ... Sometime people forget many police officers are also parents,' OPP spokesman said

Events

21 h. ago Motorcyclist allegedly spotted racing through GTA at nearly 300 km/h

York Regional Police have charged a Richmond Hill man with multiple criminal and provincial offences after it’s alleged he attempted to dodge officers by racing across the GTA on a motorcycle at speeds approaching 300 km/h. On July 4 at approximately 10:30 a.m., officers patrolling near Bloomington Rd. and Hwy. 404 in Aurora observed a […]

Sport

22 h. ago Woman convicted of stowing away on flight to Paris faces extradition to Connecticut

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman convicted of stowing away on a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or a passport won’t be released from custody as she faces new charges of breaching security at a Connecticut airport. Svetlana Dali was sentenced Thursday to time already served for her illegal ride […]

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22 h. ago Dramatic video shows Georgia cops breaking window to rescue kids from scorching car

Heartbreaking body-cam footage shows authorities in Georgia smashing a car window to save two children, who were soaked with sweat after being left alone for 41 minutes. Cobb County deputies responded to 911 calls about two young children crying inside a parked vehicle a mall in Atlanta. “I am standing outside of the Dick’s (Sporting […]

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