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63D AGO

Ontario climate case returns to Superior Court after appeal ruling

Youth activists' Charter challenge over emissions targets moves forward despite government's 2025 law repeal.

63D AGO

Toronto Zoo welcomes endangered female pygmy hippo calf born to 20-year-old mother Kindia

The healthy calf was born Sunday morning after roughly 90 minutes of active labour. Pygmy hippos are listed as endangered with fewer...

63D AGO

Ontario Trillium Benefit payments hit accounts Monday with 2% increase

Eligible Ontarians receive boosted payments August 10 due to annual indexation adjusting for inflation.

63D AGO

Carney and Chow announce new federal affordable housing funding for Toronto

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mayor Olivia Chow are set to unveil housing measures Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. ET, as Toronto Community...

63D AGO

Ontario investing $7 million for residential school survivor healing and remembrance

Applications open for Indigenous community-led initiatives honouring survivors, missing children and families affected by residential schools.

63D AGO

Toronto police lay 4,000 charges in two-year retail theft crackdown targeting organized crime

Over 500 arrests and $1.6 million in recovered merchandise as dedicated unit targets repeat offenders with ties to larger networks.

63D AGO

Toronto youth texting for mental health help overnight, up 19 percent in six months

Kids Help Phone recorded 9,766 overnight text conversations in Toronto in the first half of 2026, a jump from 8,195 the year before.

63D AGO

Ontario holds three provincial byelections September 3 in Scarborough, York-Simcoe, and Hamilton

Voters in three ridings will decide seats vacated by Caroline Mulroney, Neil Lumsden, and Doly Begum; Nate Erskine-Smith running as...

64D AGO

Church Street pedestrianization survey open until September 7; pilot cost ballooned to $500,000

The car-free Church Street pilot cost triple its original budget, but city officials are weighing feedback on whether to expand the project.

64D AGO

Two Toronto councillors propose Ontario Science Centre become new TDSB school

Josh Matlow and Jon Burnside released a report finding Torontonians want the shuttered science centre revived for education, culture,...

66D AGO

Blue Jays acquire pitcher Jameson Taillon from Chicago Cubs

The 34-year-old right-hander, who has represented Canada twice at the World Baseball Classic, joins Toronto in exchange for a player to...

66D AGO

Two men charged in alleged sexual assault in downtown Toronto

The assault occurred July 2 near King and Portland; two women were convinced to go to a house near Bloor and St. George where they were...