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TORONTO — Canadian disability rights activist Taylor Lindsay-Noel hopes her small role in the upcoming film “Being Heumann” will help amplify the message behind her work — that accessibility remains a daily challenge for many people with disabilities. Lindsay-Noel, known as Access by Tay online, posts reviews about accessibility at restaurants and businesses across Toronto, […]
WASHINGTON — As the United States braces for pivotal midterm elections this November, there’s a new and unexpected issue on voters’ minds in many states: President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada. “Canada is our friend, our closest ally and our biggest trading partner,” Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins told Politico in an interview […]
TORONTO — A union representing more than 6,100 University of Toronto program coodinators, academic advisors, lab assistants and IT workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate that could put them in a position to walk off the job on the first day of classes. United Steelworkers says 96 per cent of ballots cast […]
TORONTO — Two fires possibly linked to electric bikes broke out in separate locations within hours of each other in Toronto on Sunday. Toronto police say a large fire was reported just before noon in an alleyway in the north end of the city, sparked by an e-bike battery. They say the blaze was extinguished […]
TORONTO — A union representing more than 6,100 University of Toronto program coodinators, academic advisors, lab assistants and IT workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate that could put them in a position to walk off the job on the first day of classes. United Steelworkers says 96 per cent of ballots cast […]
HAMILTON — There’ll be much more than just bragging rights on the line Monday for Wynton McManis and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton (4-8) hosts Toronto (5-6) in the annual Labour Day clash, which is always the biggest rivalry game between the two franchises. But the Ticats will be playing for their season before a Hamilton […]
GRAND BEND — Provincial police say a man who was reported missing after failing to return from a kayaking trip on Lake Huron has been found dead. OPP say the body of the 37-year-old was recovered from Lake Huron off the shore of Grand Bend, Ont. Police say they had been looking for the kayaker […]
TORONTO — Toronto FC avoided coming up empty in their goal-filled contest against Chicago Fire FC on Saturday, but lamented after the fact that they couldn’t hold onto a halftime lead. “We can’t wait until we’re down to show that kind of urgency,” Toronto FC head coach Robin Fraser said after earning a point. Derrick […]
TORONTO — Jets roared over downtown Toronto on Saturday as the Canadian International Air Show kicked off. This year’s show, hosted annually on the city’s lakeshore, features the final flight of the Snowbirds over Ontario’s capital until at least the 2030s. The nine-jet aerobatic team will be grounded at the end of the 2026 season […]
Jasmeet Raina leaned on comedy days after the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when students at school began circulating rumours that his uncle was Osama bin Laden. “They were like, ‘Oh yeah, we saw Osama drop him off at school,’” he said. The driver was his father, who is Sikh, wears a turban and took Raina […]