Toronto Buddies in Bad Times, city hall at odds over constructionWith a month to go before the kickoff of Pride Month in Toronto, the city’s premier queer theatre space is facing a city order that limits access to its main stage area. Structural work at Buddies in Bad Times started without aContinue Reading
Opponents of a planned housing project in Ontario’s Beaver Valley are warning that the proposal opens the door to development across much of the protected Niagara Escarpment. The project would see 280 townhomes and 90 apartment units built close to the Beaver River near Kimberley, Ont., at the site ofContinue Reading
Toronto Allegations of improper medication reviews at Shoppers Drug Mart, and corporate pressure to hit billing targets for them as outlined in a recent CBC News investigation, has prompted some to take a closer look at the Ontario government program. Health minister says all programs, including MedsCheck, continually assessed ShoppersContinue Reading
Toronto The Ontario government is introducing new measures to crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools as the province sees an “alarming rise” of vaping and cellphone distractions in classrooms. Changes come as province sees ‘alarming rise’ of vaping, cellphone use in classroomsCBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2024 11:35 AM EDT |Continue Reading
Toronto·Recap Brad Marchand became the Bruins’ all-time leading playoff goal-scorer and added an assist as Boston suffocated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams’ first-round playoff series. Veteran forward passes Neely to become Boston’s all-time leading playoff goal-scorerJoshua Clipperton · The CanadianContinue Reading
Toronto Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. Demonstrators rallied against ban on Friday as civil liberties group called ban ‘undemocratic’Muriel DraaismaContinue Reading
Toronto A charge against a Toronto man accused of flying what police called a “terrorist flag” at a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this year has been withdrawn. Toronto police says decision does not mean it didn’t have reasonable grounds to lay charge Vanessa Balintec · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2024 5:20 PM EDT |Continue Reading
Toronto Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs radio announcer Joe Bowen wasn’t shy about his frustration with a listless crowd at Scotiabank Arena Wednesday night, as the team dropped game three of its first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. Longtime radio voice Joe Bowen says crowd needs to be proactive, notContinue Reading
Toronto Government tells Ajax woman she may not be CanadianLast September, 32-year-old Arielle Townsend came home to a letter from the federal immigration department stating her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked. Townsend, who lives in Ajax, Ont., was “completely blindsided.” Immigration Canada told woman her citizenship mayContinue Reading
