‘Didn’t have my glasses on’: 81-year-old Order of Canada officer wins $25M Lotto Max jackpot
Throughout his career, Coffey advocated for causes in Toronto and across Canada, supporting Indigenous communities.
World Happiness Report lists Canada as happiest G7 country
Canada may be the happiest member of the G7, according to the recently released World Happiness report, but it’s taken quite a tumble over the past couple of decades. The report, edited by a professor ...
Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, ...
Taliban release an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan
An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration that Qatari ...
Liberals vow to cut GST for first-time homebuyers purchasing homes for $1M or less
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will scrap the GST for first-time homebuyers who purchase a home with a sale price at or below $1 million. Carney promised the measure during his ...
Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID’d as gang members and deported, lawyers say
A crown over a soccer ball. An eyeball that “looked cool.” Flowers. Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 ...
Toronto could buy $10.7M worth of World Cup ticket packages from
With many soccer fans anticipating the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the City of Toronto’s World Cup committee is looking at ways to purchase ticket packages and potentially re-sell them for marked-up prices, ...
Police investigating after man found dead on University of Toronto campus
The Toronto police homicide unit is investigating after a man was found dead near Queen's Park on Wednesday morning.
Judge calls Trump administration’s latest response on deportation flights ‘woefully insufficient’
A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees to El Salvador did not violate his court order in a growing ...
City of Vaughan orders closure of some roads, sidewalks ahead of planned demonstration near Orthodox synagogue
The City of Vaughan has ordered the closure of some sidewalks and streets ahead of a planned demonstration near an Orthodox synagogue on Thursday night.
Blue Jays’ Shapiro on Guerrero Jr. contract talks: ‘I think we’re going to sign him’
It has since been reported by Sportsnet, The Athletic and The New York Post that the gap in talks was around $50 million.
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumes dazzling show with lava fountains hundreds of feet high
Lava from Hawaii’s most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet (215 meters) Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from ...