The stillness of a cold night in the rural town of Caledon, Ont., was shattered by the sound of gunshots just before midnight on Monday.The town sits to the northwest of Toronto and is home to some of the province’s most beautiful countryside and farms.That night, however, the southern edge of Caledon, by Mayfield and
While Jason Ladouceur family’s needs have not gone up, he says the cost of living basics have doubled or sometimes tripled.Ladouceur, 41, is a stay-at-home dad, taking care of two children aged nine and 10 with intellectual disabilities and a wife with a respiratory illness.The family has just $3,000 a month to survive.“We’re lucky if
The Rainbow Bridge border crossing between Canada and the United States was reopened Thursday evening as the investigation into a “horrific” vehicle explosion the day before continues. The Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Buffalo office confirmed operations at the crossing resumed just after 6:30 p.m. Eastern, more than 30 hours
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former Vancouver Canucks prospect is facing criminal charges on allegations of “large scale financial frauds.” In a media release Wednesday, Surrey RCMP said Prabhraj Rai was arrested Tuesday and charged with fraud over $5,000.Mounties said they began the investigation in January 2021 “after a victim came
One of Canada’s major banks is forecasting a steeper drop in home prices amid a “sudden surge” of supply in some real estate markets. TD Bank updated its forecast Wednesday, calling for a 10 per cent drop in home prices from their third-quarter level through the early part of next year. In September, it pegged
A disgraced Catholic priest who was investigated by police after flying to Italy with a recent high school graduate has legally married the 18-year-old in question, according to an Alabama marriage certificate signed on Friday. Alexander Crow “abandoned his parish” and travelled to Europe in July with the “young female parishioner” shortly after she graduated
The federal government was prepared to offer the City of Toronto two locations as temporary shelters, and operational funding for a third location but the city declined the offer late last week, Motorcycle accident toronto today has learned. At its November meeting, City Council passed a motion requesting Ottawa “take urgent action to address the refugee crisis
The far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for a massive parliamentary election victory Wednesday in one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II, and one that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe. The result puts him in line to lead talks to form a new ruling coalition and
Comedian Matt Rife has issued what appeared to be a mock apology to angry viewers of his heavily criticized Netflix special, directing them to a website selling special needs helmets. The 28-year-old American comic had been swiftly gaining popularity online ahead of the Nov. 15 release of his comedy special Natural Selection. After it dropped
A vehicle that crashed into a Canada-U.S. border crossing and exploded Wednesday, killing two people, was a “horrific accident” and not an act of terrorism, New York’s governor said. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the extent of the damage at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing connecting Ontario and New York state in the Niagara Falls region