We used to send medical supplies only, but the last two containers we have sent, we have included food, like canned food. We are sending non-perishable items of food that can last. That is what we can do because it is badly needed.
As previously reported, AAFC staff were notified in late January about plans to eliminate around 665 positions and close seven research facilities - three research and development centres at Guelph (ON), Quebec City (QC), and Lacombe (AB), and four satellite research farms at Nappan (NS), Scott (SK), Indian Head (SK) and Portage la Prairie (MB). The committee is planning to hold at least four meetings to learn more about the cuts.
It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary of the incident approaches. The safety board said it's still working on its final report, and the work done so far includes a "comprehensive" metallurgical examination of the plane's landing gear and wing, as well as an analysis of flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
This game opened exactly how you'd like to see the first game of a big tournament start, with some physical engagement. It began in warmup with Tom Wilson's antics patrolling the center-ice line, and then it carried over to start the game. Two of Canada's best players, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon, set the tone with two big hits - first, a MacKinnon reverse hit on Michael Kempny, and then McDavid absolutely lined up and destroyed Lukas Sedlak.
One of seven complainants in the first sex assault trial for billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, which began Thursday after it was delayed last week, has started testifying in a Toronto courtroom. The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, has alleged she was sexually assaulted by Stronach in 1981. Stronach faces a total of 12 charges, including sexual assault and forcible confinement.
Toronto police officers issued more than $2 million in parking tickets to drivers who parked their vehicles along designated snow removal routes in the last two weeks of January, data shows. Police parking enforcement officers handed 21,508 tickets to drivers who parked on snow routes in the city from Jan. 15 to Jan. 30, with each ticket carrying a fine of $100, according to the Toronto Police Service.
A preliminary investigation into the incident found the derailment happened because nine screws holding down rail fastenings on part of the track leading into Union Station gave way under fatigue, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay said. These lag screws should be fastened by four screws in the plate. At this particular location they were fastened by two, he said, citing the latest track standards, updated in 2016.
With the NHL not happening due to the 2026 Winter Olympics, more eyes were on the AHL All-Star Showcase taking place during their break. And the Toronto Maple Leafs' representative absolutely shone above the rest. Toronto Marlies netminder Artur Akhtyamov was chosen to be the member of the Leafs organization that went to Rockford, Illinois to play in an East vs. West matchup and during the skill competition went completely off. The 24-year-old Russian goalie shut the door in just about every opportunity he had.
Air Transat said it was canceling all flights to Cuba until at least April 30. This follows "the rapid developments of the past few hours and the announcement by Cuban authorities of an anticipated aviation fuel shortage at destination airports," it said in a statement. Cuba warned on Sunday that jet fuel will be unavailable at airports across the island beginning 10 February through 11 March.
📸: @tomwilson/Instagram Story Canada's Olympic hockey team spent more time bonding together ahead of their first game of the tournament on Thursday. Tuesday, the group of hockey players, which included Washington Capitals stars and Logan Thompson, attended the the speed-skating short track event at the Milan Ice Skating Arena. Wilson posted a photo of the group together and it's epic.
"The impact that the Tempo is going to have on women's basketball is going to be exponential," Toronto team president Teresa Resch told ESPN. "I think you can look at what happened with the Raptors 30 years ago. The 'Vince Carter effect.' You hear those kids talk about -- they're not kids anymore, they're very talented young men playing basketball and representing our country really well on the international stage -- the representation is huge. The fact that you can see it, you can be it."
The total proposed 2026 operating budget amounts to $18.9 billion, with 31 per cent being covered by property taxes and 24 per cent made up of federal and provincial funding. The rest is made up of smaller measures, including rate programs (12 per cent), transit fares (six per cent), and reserves (nine per cent). Chow submitted her budget proposal on Feb. 1, based on a city staff proposal put forward on Jan. 8.
Over the past seven years, I've worked for multiple companies shipping blockchain integrations and production-grade financial infrastructure in Lagos, Amsterdam, and now Toronto. I started my career in Nigeria, where I was born and raised, and moved to Amsterdam in May 2023 after a short career break for a job as a senior software engineer. I returned to Nigeria after a year and worked until I received my Canadian work visa through my wife in October 2024.
Love made me leave behind a place right near my parents in Houston to join my partner in a town without a single restaurant. I'd first met my partner a decade earlier, but we'd reconnected more recently - while long-distance - over a shared love of stories, coffee, and baseball. From the beginning, it was clear that if we were to close the distance gap, it would be me who moved.
As the 2025 tax season approaches, Bill Bisson is stuck in tax limbo, still waiting for the Canada Revenue Agency to resolve a $3,471 penalty stemming from his 2023 return a charge he and his tax adviser say is an obvious CRA error. It's frustrating, it has created a lot of stress for me, said Bisson, who lives in Beaver Bank, N.S., just outside Halifax. It just keeps hanging over my head.
Via Rail says recent train cancellations along its Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor were in response to "heightened operational pressure." A number of trains between Toronto and Ottawa, Ottawa and Montreal, and Montreal and Ottawa were cancelled "end-to-end" Monday due to what Via Rail's live tracker called "operational constraints." Pressed for details, the federal Crown corporation declined to be interviewed but said via email that the cancellations are a short-term measure meant to "protect service reliability" during what's expected to be a challenging time.
My cofounder and I officially founded West Tek Defense Corporation in August 2022. We were doing smart rifles for the military. It was complicated. (At one point, we were literally balancing redox equations for propellant in the ammo.) The physics background we both had helped a lot; essentially, everything we saw was something we'd encountered in a class or during personal research. We spent about three years on the entire process. Ultimately, we found out it wasn't going to work - mostly because of regulation.
