A man from Ingersoll, Ont., is frustrated with Tim Hortons after the coffee and donut chain mistakenly informed him he won a $10,000 American Express prepaid gift card for the Roll up the Rim contest. Jeremy McDougall says he received a notification Monday morning on the Tim Hortons app telling him we won the daily
The Bank of Canada decided to hold its key interest rate steady Wednesday but made clear it’s still prepared to raise rates further depending on how inflation and the economy progress. The central bank’s policy rate remains at 4.5 per cent as of Wednesday.The hold, which was widely expected by economists, comes after eight consecutive increases
Global National Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Qin Gang are warning the U.S. to change course with its recent decisions on international matters to avoid inevitable “conflict and confrontation.” Jackson Proskow looks at what’s been causing the global superpowers’ conflict to escalate.
A motorcycle rider is dead following a three-vehicle collision on Highway 401 east of Stevenson Road in Oshawa Wednesday morning. A motorcycle travelling westbound struck the right rear corner of a red Toyota travelling in the left lane. The motorcycle veered into the centre lane and was hit by a tractor-trailer. A 42-year-old Courtice, Ont.
A motorcyclist is in hospital with skull fractures and kidney damage after colliding with a car on Saturday afternoon in downtown Toronto. The 26-year-old male was taken to St Michael’s Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries from the crash, which took place at Queen Street West and Gladstone Avenue at about 2 p.m. police
TORONTO – A 26-year old Sharon, Ont. man is dead after crashing his Honda motorcycle on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway. It happened Saturday evening around 6:30 in the east-bound lanes near Cherry Street. Police say Jason Corey Gauthier lost control, hit the centre barrier and was thrown from his bike into the west-bound lanes where he
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Two men are facing firearm-related charges after an accident in Peterborough on Friday night. Police say they were responding to a single vehicle collision around 8 p.m. when they realized they were dealing with more than just an accident. One of the car’s occupants fled the scene, but was tracked down by
VANCOUVER – The first time Robb Dunfield ever met someone who permanently used a wheelchair, the 19-year-old felt overwhelmed at realizing some people live without perfect use of their bodies. Three months after that late 1970s visit to a Vancouver extended care facility, Dunfield shattered his own spine tumbling off a third-floor balcony, landing on
Haraldur “Halli” Thorleifsson, an Icelandic design agency founder whose company was acquired by Twitter, says he was left in the dark about his employment status at the social media company after access to his work computer was cut. After nine days of no clear answer, he publicly tweeted at Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk. Their ensuing
A B.C. father is making a tearful plea to help find his missing daughter, whom he believes is being detained in an Iranian prison. Amir Bahraminia says his 35-year-old daughter, Behnoush, disappeared in Tehran along with her partner Mathew Safari, also known as Majid, nearly a year and a half ago.“She is in trouble,” Bahraminia