News/Canada/Toronto (Page 21)

Toronto An Ontario court has given The Body Shop Canada the approval it needs to sell the majority of its business to a private equity firm. During a virtual hearing on Friday, a judge allowed the cosmetics retailer to proceed with a sale to an affiliate of Markham, Ont.-based SerruyaContinue Reading

Toronto Days before its board pulled support for a controversial documentary about Russia’s war in Ukraine, TVO was ready to defend the film, documents obtained by CBC Toronto show. Public broadcaster prepared key messaging in support of documentary and its creator John Rieti · CBC News · Posted: Dec 13, 2024 4:31Continue Reading

Toronto Home Care Ontario is calling on the province to significantly increase the number of visits and hours of home care by 10 per cent a year for the next three years — roughly 16.5 million hours of additional care.  Home Care Ontario calls on province to fund an additional 16.5 millionContinue Reading

Toronto Premier Doug Ford’s government is introducing new legislation that it says will give municipalities and police services legal powers and tools to dismantle homeless encampments and crack down on public drug use with fines or jail time. Ontario premier has said he is willing to use notwithstanding clause to enactContinue Reading

Toronto Premier Doug Ford says Ontario could cut off energy to the U.S. if president-elect Donald Trump makes good on a threat to impose steep tariffs on Canadian goods. Ontario premier spoke after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Canada’s premiers WednesdayMuriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Dec 11,Continue Reading

Toronto Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the country’s premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports. Doug Ford says federal government promised to present plan on negotiations with TrumpAllison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 10, 2024Continue Reading

Toronto Faculty, students and staff across the University of Toronto’s three campuses gathered Tuesday to watch professor emeritus and artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receive his Nobel Prize. Hinton, 77, is a professor emeritus at U of T and pioneer of AI researchCBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2024 1:10Continue Reading

Toronto A summary of U.S. prosecutors’ evidence in the case of Toronto-area resident Muhammad Shazeb Khan reveals new details about how investigators first learned of his alleged support for ISIS, and how they say he put in motion his plot to ‘slaughter’ Jews in New York. Lawyer suspects Muhammad ShahzebContinue Reading

Toronto After a penguin in England lost her waddle, her caretakers found a unique way to get her on her feet again — with some help from the Toronto Zoo.  Zookeepers in England used technique that helped Toronto penguin with similar illness Sarah Petz · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09,Continue Reading