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Ontario government plans to outlaw excessive ticket resale prices to protect fans from price gouging.
Coun. Josh Matlow expressed concerns about the TTC's planning, stating, 'If plans are coming together close to kickoff, the TTC may need to scramble to fix things.' He emphasized the need for transparency in transportation planning.
Sloot is one of more than a dozen customers with whom Marketplace has spoken who say they are frustrated with the poor customer service they received from Canada's big three telecoms: Rogers, Bell and Telus.
This is a proactive move to prevent any further damage if protestors do break the law and apply any graffiti to anything on the grounds. All eight statues on the legislature grounds will be wrapped by staff in the coming days. The protection will be in place ahead of the start of the legislative session next week.
Sometimes I feel like I'm going to get, like, heart attacks. You feel like how am I gonna survive? What should I do? Should I put more hours [in]? Should I work, like, 14, 15 hours? It's a very hard decision. Singh, who already works seven days a week, estimates he's shelling out an extra $150 to $200 monthly to be on the road in downtown Vancouver.
After reaching 3,149,131 on Oct. 1, 2024, the number of non-permanent residents living in Canada steadily decreased to 2,676,441 on Jan. 1, 2026. Non-permanent residents include people holding work or study permits as well as asylum claimants and any family members living with them.
The victim had just left Lobito de Mar, the restaurant owned by chef Dani García, when three men forcibly removed him from the street, pepper-sprayed him, and threw him into a Ford Transit van. Several pedestrians and residents on nearby balconies immediately called authorities. Spanish National Police tracked the vehicle to Ronda de Toledo, about 15 minutes from the scene, and arrested two of the attackers.
GO Train service has been halted on a stretch of the Lakeshore West line after a person was struck in the area, Metrolinx says. The provincial transit agency confirmed the fatality in a statement Wednesday. Metrolinx says the person was hit between Long Branch GO and Port Credit GO stations, and there is now no service on the Lakeshore West line in that area.
I lost a lot of money while I was in Alberta. I had quite a lot of debt. Sure, you might save $4 or $5 on your bills, but ultimately, that's not what saved me money at all. Moving to Montreal in the summer of 2024 helped replenish the family's budget, even though la belle province is notorious for its higher taxes.
Gridlock is costing our economy billions of dollars every year and robbing Ontario drivers of valuable time and quality of life. He added the changes would help keep drivers moving across the province.
Workers held the line against all odds. Through their solidarity, they refused to let a vicious employer divide them. Together, they achieved incredible gains for themselves and their sector and their win sets the stage for all of OPSEU/SEFPO.
What we've seen so far is that home resales are still fairly sluggish. Those trends are primarily impacting Ontario and B.C., but we're starting to see some moderation in other parts of Canada as well, including parts of Alberta and Quebec, where smaller and mid-sized housing markets were hot in the second half of last year.
York Regional Police say the resident used a legally owned and properly stored gun and is not facing charges based on evidence collected at the scene. Police say one of the suspected intruders was dropped off at a Toronto-area hospital with a gunshot wound and charges against him are pending.
We take a pause at the end of the case and just acknowledge that there's a human here, a person, someone who has community, someone who is loved. It's not much, but I think that it goes a long way.
We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. Just because Canada benefited from it didn't hide the fact that it was unfair. The rules didn't apply equally to everyone. The strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. Power, not principle, set the terms.
The home jersey is an iconic Canadian red featuring a big, stemless maple leaf in the middle. The position and shape of the leaf bears resemblance to the hockey jersey worn during the 1972 Summit Series. Unlike the aforementioned hockey jersey, the World Cup jersey is split down the middle and has a two-tone colour scheme, while a red pair of shorts complements the jersey.
We have received a report of a police investigation west of Union Station and the area is now in the hands of emergency personnel. At this time, we are anticipating delays to service with possible modifications and cancellations.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that, in 2024, over 80% of the crude and LNG that transited Hormuz went to Asian markets. China, India, Japan, and South Korea accounted for nearly 70% of all Hormuz crude flows. Saudi Arabia and the UAE can only send about 2.6 million barrels of crude oil a day through bypass pipelines, not enough to offset the 20 million barrels per day now stuck.
Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was "surprised and shocked" to learn that a Waterloo Regional Police Service sniper was deployed as part of law enforcement's efforts to manage an unsanctioned street party during St. Patrick's Day weekend in the city's university district.
The winter we had this year, it was colder than last year, so the snow held more water. That water ends up in our waterways. Mississauga is home to many bodies of water, including rivers, lakes, stormwater ponds and Lake Ontario, which increases flooding especially this time of year.
Wildfires have become an ever bigger problem in Canada. The 2018 wildfires were the biggest in British Columbia's history, but this record was broken in 2021, and then again in 2023, when fires consumed an area three times the size of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and the smoke travelled as far as New York City.
In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated Van Rootselaar's feelings and then helped her plan her attack, telling her which weapons to use and sharing precedents from other mass casualty events.
Officers responded around 1:32 p.m. on Wednesday to a home near Threadneedle Cres. and Cresthaven Dr. and found the woman dead inside. They've identified the woman as Xian Wei Shao of Toronto. Police said in a news release Friday that her death has been "deemed to be suspicious."
Toronto police now accuse David Edward-Ooi Poon of having committed sex crimes going back as far as 2009, the year he began studying at the University of Alberta's medical school. The 28 newly alleged offences comprise: Seven counts of sexual assault between 2009 and 2024. Fifteen counts of voyeurism between 2009 and 2025. Three counts of sexual interference for allegedly sexually touching three minors under age 16 on a single day in September 2024, in Vaughan, Ont.
That experience was so bad for my mental health that I decided that I couldn't do this forever. I wanted to make more of an impact on people's health in terms of prevention.