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Hate crimes jumped 51 per cent in part spurred by pandemic, Toronto police report
TORONTO - Hate crime complaints and arrests in the country's largest city jumped sharply last year, with Jewish and Black people the most common targets, according to an annual police report released ...
Apr 22, 2021
Better news for Toronto FC on injury front ahead of weekend game with Whitecaps
The injury news is getting better for Toronto FC ahead of Saturday's 'home opener' at Orlando's Exploria Stadium against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Coach Chris Armas says midfielder Jonathan Osorio (thi...
Apr 22, 2021
PGA Tour Canada splits into Canadian, American circuits for 20201
TORONTO - The PGA Tour Canada is being split into two circuits for the 2021 season due to COVID-19-related restrictions at the United States-Canada border. The PGA Tour said Thursday in a release that...
Apr 22, 2021
Les McKeown, who fronted the Bay City Rollers, dies at 65
LONDON - Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65, his family said Thursday. A statement from his family posted on s...
Apr 22, 2021
MPs adopt motion calling for flights from COVID-19 hot spots to stop
OTTAWA - MPs unanimously agreed Canada should suspend international flights from countries where COIVD-19 outbreaks are raging just a few hours before the federal government is expected to announce ne...
Apr 22, 2021
Former minister tells inquiry money laundering on B.C. radar, but so were guns, gangs
VANCOUVER - The interim leader of the B.C. Liberal party says reports of money laundering at casinos had the attention of the government when she was the minister in charge of gaming a decade ago. But...
Apr 22, 2021
Health Canada proposes new restrictions on talc in some personal care products
OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing expanded restrictions on the use of talc in some cosmetic and personal cleansing products due to the possibility of lung damage and cancer risk. The new restriction...
Apr 22, 2021
Is this an 'Asterisk Oscars' or a sign of things to come?
In 93 years of existence, the Oscars have been postponed by shootings - the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the attempted killing of Ronald Reagan - and by a flood, when 1938 rainstorms ov...
Apr 22, 2021
Consumer Reports tricks Tesla to drive with no one at wheel
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Consumer Reports said Thursday it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car's Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel. Its test came just days after a Tesla crashed...
Apr 22, 2021
'Good chance' new Quebec language bill will include notwithstanding clause: Legault
Quebec's premier is hinting that upcoming legislation strengthening the province's language laws will include the notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from constitutional challenges. The notwith...
Apr 22, 2021