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Toronto's newest cultural district was officially inaugurated Saturday in North York, bringing joy and excitement to the Iranian community in the city. Persian-Canadians, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Coun. Lily Cheng (Willowdale) joined together at Centre Park to unveil Little Iran's sign. On this Thanksgiving weekend, I want to show my gratitude to the Iranian community for coming together, celebrating, Chow said Saturday. Today is really a historic day.

Matthew Althorpe, 29, of Fort Erie, pleaded guilty to facilitating terrorist activity, instructing others to carry out terrorist activity and committing an offence for a terrorist group. Althorpe admitted he created recruitment material for Atomwaffen Division (AWD), an international neo-Nazi group that was declared by the Canadian government in 2021 to be a terrorist entity. He also admitted he facilitated terrorist activities in Canada.

A 38-year-old Ontario man who faced a rare charge under Canada's state secrets law of leaking sensitive information to a foreign entity or terrorist group has been found not criminally responsible after he posted a YouTube video that disclosed nuclear power plant vulnerabilities and provided instructions on how to cause damage. James Alexander Mousaly, who worked for provincial electricity producer Ontario Power Generation, was suffering from bipolar disorder and psychosis

About two dozen former Robert Land Academy students gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday to demand better regulation of Ontario's private schools as the closed military-style school faces allegations of abuse. Their calls for change came after a CBC News investigation into allegations of historic physical and emotional abuse, and in some cases sexual exploitation, at the Wellandport private school.

There's plenty to be alarmed about. Born in the heat of US president Donald Trump's trade war, and out of the scramble to assert some measure of economic independence in an uncertain world, Bill C-5 is dressed in the language of efficiency. Should a mine or pipeline be judged vital to Canada, the nation won't wait. That speed comes, in part, from creating a single, expedited regulatory process.

Toronto police say eight people have been arrested after they allegedly broke into the office of a member of Parliament and refused to leave as part of a protest Thursday morning. Police say they were called to the protest near Bloor Street W. and Dorval Road around 11:30 a.m. They allege that about 30 to 40 people forced their way into the common area of an MP's office, and a lone staff member called 911.

Canada's economy added 60,000 jobs in September, beating expectations with gains largely led by the tariff-vulnerable manufacturing sector, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

We really want answers. Why weren't we consulted? Why was this decision taken arbitrarily?

Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz has been outspoken about the need to modernize the province's justice system and said the change is long overdue. What we're trying to achieve is a system that works for everybody on a far more equitable timeline so that you can deliver justice in a system that is really quite responsive to the public and the public's needs, he told CBC Radio's Metro Morning earlier this week.

Dozens of people gathered in Toronto on Tuesday to mark the sombre second anniversary of Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks, sharing stories of loved ones they've lost and those they're still fighting for. The event, held at Earl Bales Park, was organized by Maayan Shavit, whose cousin, Carmel Gat, was one of the more than 250 people taken hostage the day of the attack that killed more than 1,200 people.

At the beginning of this year, a climate tech startup called CarbonCapture was ready to break ground on its first commercial pilot at a site in Arizona. But the project is now about to open 2,700 miles away, in Alberta, Canada. The company started considering new locations shortly after the inauguration, as the political climate around climate projects quickly changed.

A former Toronto radio show co-host continued her testimony in a human rights tribunal hearing on Tuesday, alleging executives and management at Corus Entertainment failed to take action when concerns with "bullying" and "disrespect" were raised. Jennifer Valentyne, former co-host of Q107's Derringer in the Morning, said executives were receptive to her complaints when issues were raised in 2018 and promised to make changes.

People in Ontario will have fast-tracked access to some new cancer drugs, Sylvia Jones, the province's deputy premier and minister of health announced Tuesday. The Funding Accelerated for Specific Treatments, or FAST, program aims to connect patients to life-saving and life-changing cancer treatments almost a full year sooner, reducing delays and improving access, Jones said at the University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.

The owner of an Etobicoke-based Canadian Tire store has been fined $111,000 by the federal government for violating the guidelines of Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the federal ministry that runs the TFW program, found branch owner Ezhil Natarajan in violation of two guidelines: that wages, work conditions or the job did not match what was listed in offers of employment and that employees were assigned to work different roles than what they were hired for.

A 44-year-old man from Carden is dead after an ATV accident on Sunday night, said the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Emergency personnel responded to an ATV rollover on Lake Dalrymple Road in Carden Township, about 84 kilometers north of Oshawa, Ont., said OPP in a news release. The 44-year-old driver of the ATV had been ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, said police.

For the past 15 years, Shania Steeves has slept on sidewalks and stayed in overcrowded, sometimes unsafe shelters. She has been homeless off and on for nearly half of her life, and she has always preferred living in encampments, where she found community and support among people who are going through the same challenges. Steeves and more than 100 others in Barrie, Ont., may soon lose that support network.

He was a perfect example of what health officials have long called "frequent flyers": patients, usually homeless, who visit the emergency department or get admitted to hospital an inordinate number of times. When Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto's University Health Network looked deeper into the issue, they discovered that about 100 patients accounted for more than 4,500 emergency department visits in one year.

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"We are working with partners on fixing the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may cause and thank you for your patience," said the CBSA on social media.

Severe flaws in logistics and technology threatened the integrity of the online vote in Ontario's 2022 municipal elections, a major new study suggests and points to vulnerabilities across voting systems supplied by different vendors that left 70 per cent of races at "high or extreme risk" of compromise. The research was conducted by a group of academics from Brock, Carleton and Western universities, all of which specialize in computer engineering, cryptography and political science.

The Greater Toronto Area marked the fifth annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Tuesday in a variety of ways Tuesday, including flag raising, sunrise and drumming ceremonies. The day commemorates the lives lost to Canada's government-funded, church-run residential school system and honours the survivors and communities affected by ongoing trauma. In a news release Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation Greg Rickford said government buildings across the province would be lit orange.

A recent study ranks the noisiest cities across North America, drawing from factors like population density, traffic congestion, visitor return rates, and levels of noise and light pollution. San Jose landed at 14th place among U.S. cities with an overall score of 40.03 out of 100. The city's population density sits at 2,104 people per square kilometer, ranking 19th, while average monthly Google searches related to noise complaints come in at 8.490, placing 18th. Congestion levels hover at 29 percent, which is 14th overall.

Millions of people ski in Canada each year, drawn to the massive sprawl of Whistler Blackcomb, the steeps of Revelstoke, or the views from Lake Louise Ski Resort. But beyond the spotlight lies a quieter, often-overlooked side of Canada's ski culture: hundreds of small, family-owned, volunteer-run ski areas that keep turning their lifts even without the crowds or the hype.

A woman has died after a multi-car crash in The Township of King over the weekend, York Regional Police say. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. in the area of Davis Drive W. and Jane Street, police said in a news release issued Tuesday. Officers received "numerous reports" of a crash, and when first responders arrived they found five vehicles were involved.