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Richard Falk, an international law expert from the United States, told Al Jazeera that he was questioned at Toronto Pearson international airport on Thursday alongside his wife, fellow legal scholar Hilal Elver. list of 3 itemsend of list A security person came and said, We've detained you both because we're concerned that you pose a national security threat to Canada,' Falk, 95, said on Saturday in an interview from Ottawa, the Canadian capital. It was my first experience of this sort ever in my life.

"The city is a hydra with many heads, and a lot of times those heads don't communicate with one another," Preyra said. "It's very hard on citizens, especially when they follow the process as directed."

Provincial police say two people have been arrested and another is wanted in an investigation into an attempted murder and a homicide in southern Ontario. OPP say York Region police officers responded to a report of a shooting in Vaughan, Ont., the night of Nov. 12, 2020 and one person was injured and taken to hospital. They say OPP officers responded to a shooting at a home in Bolton, Ont., the afternoon of Jan. 18, 2021,

The shelves at Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre's food bank haven't been as stocked up as they used to be, but the need is greater than it's ever been, it says. And now the centre at Dundas Street and Parliament Street is one of the spots that fears losing funding after this year's federal budget left key reconciliation programs without guaranteed money beyond spring 2026.

Don Valley Parkway, Bayview Avenue and Bloor Street on and off-ramps have been fully closed nightly from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. due to ongoing rehabilitation work since Nov. 3 and its now expected to last until Nov. 21. Starting Thursday at 9 p.m. until Friday at 5:30 a.m. Adelaide Street E. will be fully closed from Parliament Street to Eastern Avenue, and Eastern Avenue will be fully closed from Sumach Street to Broadway Avenue.

Protesting parts of a new bill that would limit construction of new bike lanes in Ontario, dozens of cyclists pedalled to Queen's Park through downtown Toronto Thursday morning to push back against what they say is yet another baseless provincial attack on cycling infrastructure. Bill 60 is an omnibus bill proposed by Premier Doug Ford's government in October, which has already drawn criticism from Toronto City Council, housing advocates and environmentalists, as well as cyclists.

Three young people are dead and a fourth is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash on a gravel road near Hanover on Tuesday. All four teens were students at John Diefenbaker Senior School (JDSS) in Hanover and were between the ages of 15 and 17, said West Grey Police Const. Allyson Iles said. Three of the teens, two boys and a girl, were thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

Mayor Olivia Chow, who introduced the motion Wednesday to oppose the bill, said the proposed legislation would be harmful to the roughly half of Torontonians who rent housing. We should ask other municipalities to join us and let us do everything we can to lessen the impact this bill would have to Toronto's renters, because they deserve fairness, she said. They deserve civility and security, just like everybody else does.

The history of the Olympic Games, while marked by athletic achievement, is consistently contrasted by infrastructure challenges. Across host cities, from Athens to Rio and Beijing, similar issues arise: significant cost overruns and the complex issue of legacy. The big question is: What is the best viable long-term use for purpose-built sport venues? Montreal's 1976 Games shared this fate after building an Olympic Park that faced heavy criticism for cost overruns and debt from specialized construction.

The Shermans were found dead from strangulation in the basement pool area of their home on Old Colony Road in Toronto's North York neighbourhood on Dec. 15, 2017, and the case has remained unsolved. I'm encouraged, to a small degree, that the case is still active, that [the police] haven't since said. we can't solve this,' Krawczyk told CBC Radio's Metro Morning earlier this week. I honestly don't know where they're at, and I respect that, she said.

Over 250 Quebec doctors are applying to be able to work in Ontario, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The surge of applications is happening in the wake of a controversial bill reforming doctors' pay, which was passed on Oct. 25 in Quebec. In just over two weeks, the CPSO saw over 13 times more applicants than the 19 total received from June 1 to Oct. 22 this year, according to data provided in a statement to CBC Toronto.

At the end of 2022, Vik Kambli, chief operating officer and leader of people operations for veritree, says the company's pivot from remote working to a hybrid schedule happened somewhat organically. The Vancouver-based climate-tech platform, which verifies, tracks and measures reforestation, is a spinoff of the sustainable clothing company tentree and was just a year into operations at the time.

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Ben Danford with the 31st pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, despite the fact that he wasn't necessarily a household name at the time. The reality was that he filled an archetype that has been near impossible for the Maple Leafs to come across over the past few decades. A homegrown, right-handed defenceman with good puck-moving skills and elite defensive instincts.

I had two sisters in their mid-90s who availed themselves of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying program. Both were incapacitated; they had lost their dignity and were facing amputations or prolonged stays in the hospital with no hope of survival. They were subjected to multiple interviews making sure that they were lucid. Both died surrounded by their family and a multitude of friends. We celebrated their courage to leave their horrible situation with grace. Everyone in attendance stated that they hoped they would have the courage to do the same. I found the system to be run with sensitivity and efficiency. Reports about abuses are few and far between. Canada should be proud that people in unbearable pain can decide to die when life is intolerable.

An Ontario judge has dismissed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach's bid to quash his committal to stand trial on one of the dozen charges he faces in his Toronto sexual assault case. Stronach, 93, was committed to stand trial on 12 charges following a preliminary hearing in April. The charges stem from alleged incidents dating back decades. His lawyers challenged the decision regarding one charge, but the motion was rejected Monday after submissions by the defence and the Crown.

Up to 10 cm of snow is expected throughout the GTA on Sunday. It's the earliest occurrence of over 5 cm of snow since 1969, the Weather Network posted on social media. But the dump of snow has been causing issues on the roads. Ontario Provincial Police responded to over 140 collisions throughout the day, they said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt with the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division said Sunday is just the beginning of driving in winter weather.

Hockey will be Canada's sport forever, but the Toronto Blue Jays have helped raise baseball's popularity in the country, evidenced by their World Series run in 2025. Coincidentally, an exposé on the Montreal Expos aired on Netflix at the end of October to rave reviews. Gonna watch this on Netflix eighty kajillion times during the off-season pic.twitter.com/YncNuukHQa- Montreal Expos (@Montreal_Expos) November 2, 2025

Veterans and loved ones gathered at the Spirit Garden outside Toronto's city hall on Saturday for a ceremony honouring Indigenous veterans. With beaded poppies, music and sacred offerings, about 100 attendees paid homage to the lives lost in service. Indigenous Veterans Day was first commemorated in 1994 and is celebrated across the country on Nov. 8. Rob Baskey, senator for the Metis Nation of Ontario Veterans Council, said Indigenous Veterans Day honours Indigenous members of the military, but also remembers the injustice they faced.

A Brampton man has been arrested following two extortion related shootings in Caledon and Brampton, Peel police announced on Sunday. One suspect is still outstanding, police say. On Oct. 26, police say surveillance footage shows two people firing shots at a Caledon residence near Old School Road and Creditview Road just before 3 a.m. Earlier in the footage, one of the shooters is seen lighting fire on the resident's driveway, according to the press release.

Durham Regional Police are investigating after a dog was found dead in a suitcase in Oshawa Friday evening. Officers responded to an animal abuse call around Gibb Street and Grenfall Street around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Durham police said in a news release. Police said a passerby made the call after finding a small dog dead inside a suitcase. Investigators are looking to speak with a suspicious man seen in the area around 3 p.m. carrying a suitcase.

Toronto will open 1,275 additional shelter spaces for unhoused people this winter, but advocates say the plan is not robust enough to get everybody without a home out of the cold. The city will provide more spaces in shelters, 24-hour respite sites and warming centres, open units in supportive and subsidized housing and make surge capacity spaces available, as part of its winter services plan for people experiencing homelessness, according to Gordon Tanner, manager of Toronto Shelter and Support Services.