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Pensions must play part with housing
As Toronto city workers clean up from Labour Day parades this week and more than 300,000 students begin a new school year in Toronto's publicly funded school board classrooms, many recent college and university graduates are starting their first jobs in public service.
Please stop killing our local wildlife
Dear Public: Please don't feed the birds. No, really. DON'T feed them. You may think you are helping them, but you are not. You are hurting them. Even killing them.
Zelenskyy's top diplomat a surprise cabinet resignation
A spate of resignations from Ukraine's government came with one major surprise: the departure of Dmytro Kuleba, the career diplomat who courted western support for his country's defence as its tireless foreign minister.
World pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly
Two-thirds come from Global South due to lack of proper waste collection
Crews slow progress of blaze in California
Firefighters battling a California wildfire that has burned through more than 13 square kilometres of the high Sierra made significant progress slowing its growth on Wednesday, but hundreds of residents whose homes are threatened remained under evacuation orders.
Netanyahu eyes control of border
PM insists keeping hold of corridor along Gaza-Egypt frontier as U.S. crafts new truce proposal
Giller Prize drops Scotiabank from name
Bank still lead sponsor, but won’t be part of branding due to controversy over weapons investments
Stronach Group settles lawsuit out of court
Belinda Stronach pleased’ litigation launched by niece, brother resolved
Man attempts to flee police by driving over top of them
Police say vehicle was stolen, contained weapons
Bigger rink is a win for team, but fans lose out on intimacy
So, it's official, the Toronto PWHL team will play its home games in the upcoming season at the CocaCola Coliseum at Exhibition Place.
Hits and misses of Liberal, NDP pact
Original supply and confidence deal laid out 24 pledges across seven policy pillars
Rap video may be linked to killing in Black Creek
Police concerned about rising violence based on retaliation
Promoting fairness for farm workers
New program helps grocers and consumers reward growers for treating migrants well
Teen kills four at high school
Student, 14, arrested after shooting at Georgia campus injures nine others
Crime scene photos help to form timeline of Sherman killings
Police photos of the Barry and Honey Sherman crime scene suggest she was attacked after she entered their home on Old Colony Road not carjacked and taken into the house as was initially speculated in police documents.
A loveless marriage, a strategic split
It was a marriage of convenience that ended because it was no longer convenient. No need for progressives to shed a tear, or for Liberals to fear the fall of the government, or for Conservatives to celebrate.
Singh breaks with Liberals
NDP’ exit from supply and confidence’ agreement could lead to early election call
50 Years Later, Pinnacle Man' is Identified - The body of a man found frozen in a small Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago has finally been identified.
The body of a man found frozen in a small Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago has finally been identified. Nicolas Paul Grubb's remains were found in a Pennsylvania cave in January 1977 by two hikers.
Stranded, Secluded and 'Without Options' - Via Rail passengers were stuck in 'the middle of nowhere' for 10 hours after two breakdowns.
Via Rail passengers were stuck in 'the middle of nowhere' for 10 hours after two breakdowns. Marcella Malt was forced to do a scheduled job interview on the Via Rail train on Saturday after it broke down between Montreal and Quebec City. Her husband said people were calling Ubers, taxis and car services but they were so secluded they were without options.
How Scandal Threatens Clean-Tech Innovation - The Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund has been mired in mismanagement and conflicts of interest.
The Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund has been mired in mismanagement and conflicts of interest. Peter McArthur, chair of the Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association, says clean tech could one day provide the solutions that help reduce the likelihood of forest fires, flooding or heat waves.
Russian Missiles Kill Dozens - Strike on military facility, hospital injures: more than 200, others still buried.
Strike on military facility, hospital injures: more than 200, others still buried. Two ballistic missiles blasted a military training facility and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing at least 51 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began.
Getting Away with It - Drivers who block intersections in gridlocked core rarely ticketed by police.
Drivers who block intersections in gridlocked core rarely ticketed by police. As of mid-August, Toronto police had issued just 113 tickets under the city's box-blocking bylaw in 2024.
TDSB Talks Phone Use With Students - Director says board staff working on policy that recognizes addictive nature of technology.
Director says board staff working on policy that recognizes addictive nature of technology. New provincial rules say phones must be off and out of sight all day for kids up to Grade 6.
Police Sound Alarm on Gun Violence - City saw three homicides over holiday weekend
Police search the scene of a homicide Sunday in the area of Times Road and Eglinton Avenue West. In Toronto over the weekend, a 37-year-old Brampton man, a 15-year-old boy and a 64-year-old man, both from Toronto, were fatally shot in separate events.
Deadline looms for Air Canada pilot strike
The clock is ticking on a potential Air Canada pilots strike that would wreak havoc on air travel, and at least one aviation expert is betting it will happen — and that Ottawa would be unlikely to step in with back-to-work legislation.
Lululemon outlook and stock don't align
Sometimes a company and its share price part ways.
Festival prepares for year without Bell sponsorship
Flow, Listerine, Beyond Meat among dozens of new event backers
Harper offers a blueprint
The first-place Philadelphia Phillies brought a comfortable lead in the National League East into Rogers Centre Tuesday for a quick twogame series with a superstar lineup packed with household names like Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Aaron Nola and Zach Wheeler.
Appreciate this golden age as it nears end
Novak Djokovic had a simple explanation for his third-round loss at the U.S. Open on the weekend: that after competing in the French Open, Wimbledon and the Olympics between May and August, the 37-year-old Serb arrived at Flushing Meadows feeling like he was out of gas.
President's choice
Weir surprises some by selecting Hughes for his International squad