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Rainbows to deck Toronto streets for Pride parade amid fears for 2026 cash crunch
By Canadian Press on June 29th, 2025
TORONTO â The streets of Toronto will be filled with rainbows this afternoon when the annual Pride parade takes place, but thereâs a cloud hanging over future festivities. Today’s event will see more than 25,000 marchers from some 250 groups wind through the downtown core in Canadaâs biggest show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals taking âfreshâ look at online harms bill, justice minister says
By Canadian Press on June 29th, 2025
OTTAWA â Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a “fresh” look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it’s not clear yet exactly what the bill will look like when it is reintroduced. It would be the Liberals third attempt to pass legislation to address harmful behaviour online. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interest in âelbows upâ merchandise waning ahead of Canada Day, businesses say
By Canadian Press on June 29th, 2025
When Rachael Coe decided to launch an âelbows upâ merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller. Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop had already made 400 sales. By the end of the first month, she had sold 2,500 products ranging from T-shirts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Captain Kirk would be ‘appalled’ at state of Earth’s decline, William Shatner says
By Canadian Press on June 29th, 2025
Captain James T. Kirk would be appalled at the rapid acceleration of climate change on Earth, says William Shatner, the Montreal-born actor who played the head of the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek” franchise for decades. “I think he would probably be as appalled as I am,” Shatner said during a recent video call ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘So terrifying’: Iranian student on fleeing back to safety in Canada amid conflict
By Canadian Press on June 28th, 2025
Arash Ghaderi can’t forget the moment his wife tearfully woke him up to tell him a war had just started. Ghaderi, a 35-year-old PhD student at the University of Alberta, and his wife travelled last month to Iran to visit their family members. The couple was still there when the conflict between Israel and Iran ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New laws against blocking access to places of worship, schools coming, Fraser says
By Canadian Press on June 28th, 2025
OTTAWA â Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal government will press ahead with plans for new criminal provisions against blocking access to places or worship, schools and community centres. The measures, promised during the recent federal election campaign, would also create a criminal offence of wilfully intimidating or threatening people attending events at these ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A no-brainer’: Some bosses happily giving staff Monday off along with Canada Day
By Canadian Press on June 28th, 2025
TORONTO â Anyone who works Monday to Friday and is keen for a long weekend this Canada Day has likely had to do a bit of calendar juggling to cope with the ill-timed holiday. The stat day falls on a Tuesday this year, forcing many to work an odd Monday squeezed between days off, unless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Yukon Premier Mike Pemberton sworn in, says there’s work to do before election
By Canadian Press on June 27th, 2025
WHITEHORSE â Yukon’s 11th premier has been sworn in on the promise to get important work done before the next election that must be called within months. Mike Pemberton told a crowd after the ceremony in Whitehorse that he wants to set out a new framework for mineral legislation in partnership with First Nations, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C., Vancouver, First Nations sign deal to partner in planning, hosting World Cup
By Canadian Press on June 27th, 2025
VANCOUVER â British Columbia’s government, the City of Vancouver and three First Nations have signed an agreement to co-operate on hosting the seven World Cup games being played in the city next year. In a ceremony on Friday, Premier David Eby, Mayor Ken Sim, Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow, Squamish Nation councillor Wilson Williams and Tsleil-Waututh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged with vandalism of National Holocaust Monument
By Canadian Press on June 27th, 2025
OTTAWA â A 46-year-old man has been charged after Canada’s National Holocaust Monument was vandalized earlier this month. The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Friday that the man was charged with mischief to a war memorial, mischief exceeding $5,000 and harassment by threatening conduct. The man is scheduled to appear in court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Explosive device damaged B.C. MLA’s office, may be linked to earlier blast: RCMP
By Canadian Press on June 27th, 2025
NORTH VANCOUVER â An explosive device damaged the front door of British Columbia Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma’s office on Friday morning, police said, and they’re investigating whether the “jarring incident” was linked to an earlier blast nearby. Cpl. Mansoor Sahak with North Vancouver RCMP said the 4:15 a.m. blast at Ma’s office breached the door ... Read More »
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