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Rob Alexander’s father wasn’t supposed to be on Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985. “My mother had actually booked him on an Air France flight to go see his mother in India,” recalled Alexander, who was in his teens at the time. “One of the guys that we knew, he worked for Air […]

TORONTO — Illustrator Maurice Vellekoop has won Ontario’s top literary award for his graphic memoir “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together.” Ontario Creates announced Vellekoop as the winner of the $20,000 Trillium Book Award at a gala dinner in Toronto on Wednesday night. The autobiographical project tells the story of Vellekoop’s early life, […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is willing to give First Nations what they want for their support in developing mines, but they cannot “keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government” for more money. Ford is set to meet Thursday with several dozen chiefs who are part of Anishinabek […]

TORONTO — New data on the explosive growth of women’s sport in Canada underscores its rising popularity, but also reveals that its structural supports still lag behind. Jessica Doherty, vice-president of strategy and growth at Torque Strategies, presented findings from a new national survey on Wednesday morning at the espnW Summit Canada at Toronto’s Evergreen […]

Defender Jade Rose signed with Manchester City, while high-scoring teenage forward Annabelle Chukwu was called up by Canada coach Casey Stoney for games against Costa Rica and the U.S. in the upcoming FIFA international window. Wednesday was a good day for young Canadian soccer talent. Rose, who at age 22 already has 30 caps for […]

Police say they have arrested 20 people and laid more than 100 charges following an investigation into tow truck-related violence across the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto police say they launched a wiretap investigation dubbed “Project Yankee” last October to gather evidence of a group committing crimes to control the towing industry. Police services in Durham […]

Peel Region police say they have arrested two men as part of an investigation into an alleged $300,000 liquor store theft ring. Investigators allege that a 25-year-old suspect is responsible for an “extensive number of thefts” from various LCBO stores in the region. They say a 29-year-old suspect is believed to have helped co-ordinate the […]

Canada coach Casey Stoney has called up teenage forward Annabelle Chukwu, who has scored a Canadian record 39 goals in 42 international youth-level appearances, for games against Costa Rica and the U.S. in the upcoming FIFA international window. The eighth-ranked Canadian women host No. 43 Costa Rica on June 27 in a special Pride Celebration […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada Despite provincewide protests, Ontario’s Bill 5 officially became law on June 5. […]

TORONTO — For Domee Shi, making a movie about an introverted kid getting abducted by aliens felt oddly familiar. Not because she’s had any close encounters, but because she remembers being a teenager longing to be taken away to a world where her weirdness was understood. The Toronto native co-directs “Elio,” a Pixar animated sci-fi […]