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Toronto’s public transit provider is bidding farewell to one of its most iconic lines today with a goodbye party in the part of the city the trains served for nearly 40 years. The Toronto Transit Commission says the Scarborough Rapid Transit line, best known for its blue trains running on elevated tracks, served millions of […]
TORONTO — While the party died years ago at MuchMusic’s broadcast centre on the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto, the screening of a new documentary on Friday proved nostalgia for the nation’s music station is still very much alive. Thousands of people filed into Roy Thomson Hall, only a few blocks away […]
TORONTO — A large crowd of members of the Ukrainian community and politicians welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, with a standing ovation as they walked into a Canadian Armed Forces facility in Toronto Friday night. About 1,000 people gathered at the Fort York Armoury to show support for Zelenskyy, who […]
TORONTO — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeting a large crowd of supporters at a Canadian Armed Forces facility in Toronto. About 1,000 people have gathered in the Fort York Armoury to show support for Zelenskyy, who is visiting Canada for the first time since Russian troops began a full-scale assault on Ukraine in February […]
TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts’ late-season push will largely be about team management for head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. Toronto (11-1) hosts Hamilton (6-7) on Saturday night in the fourth and final regular-season meeting between the longtime CFL rivals. The Argos have clinched first in the East Division but the Tiger-Cats are battling the Montreal Alouettes […]
TORONTO — The suspension of Indian visa services for Canadians this week has prompted uncertainty among many who had hoped to travel to India in the near future. The news came Thursday as India’s visa processing centre in Canada halted services for Canadian citizens, with India saying it anticipates Ottawa will reduce its diplomatic presence […]
TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Fridayon the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,779.97, down 11.65 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Up nine cents, or 8.65 per cent, to $1.13 on 10.9 million shares. Power Corp. of Canada. (TSX:POW). Finance. Down 32 cents, or 0.86 per cent, to $36.96 on […]
TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed out Friday down just a handful of points after falling more than 400 points a day earlier,while U.S. stock markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 11.65 points at 19,779.97. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 106.58 points at 33,963.84.The S&P […]
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has shuffled his cabinet in the wake of two minister resignations, moving David Piccini from environment to labour, promoting Andrea Khanjin to cabinet as environment minister, and promoting Todd McCarthy from an associate minister to minister of public and business service delivery. More coming. The Canadian Press
A man accused or murdering four members of a Muslim family in Ontario was seen by police smiling “like he had good news” throughout his arrest, his trial heard Friday. Nathaniel Veltman, who has pleaded not guilty, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for deliberately hitting five […]