Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s education minister, Todd Smith, has resigned from Doug Ford’s PC government “effective immediately,” the minister wrote in a post on social media Friday. Smith’s post on X said he is leaving politics after accepting a position in the private sector. “I have spoken to Premier Ford…
A 26-year-old Toronto man accused of plotting a deadly ISIS-inspired rampage previously lived in Egypt and once studied at a U.S. university, CBC News has learned. Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested last month and charged with terrorism offences over what police described as a plan to carry out “a…
Rachael Gunn, also known as B-Girl Raygun, spoke out Thursday after several whirlwind days of memes, accusations and conspiracy theories surrounding her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a video post on Instagram, Gunn thanked her supporters but said the hate she has received online “has, frankly, been pretty devastating.” “I went out there…
Amanda Harrison hasn’t been able to sleep. She tosses and turns, lying awake and wondering if she’s going to get a call saying she will be able to keep a roof over her head. The daytime isn’t much better. “There are days where I sit here and just want to cry … because I didn’t…
After more than a year, Joan Underwood got sick of walking past a large, leaking split in the ceiling of her apartment building’s hallway. Some days, she saw dark, murky water in a bucket placed below the hole, as brown stains extended from the cracked plaster and water damage dappled the carpet below. At one point, a pole appeared…
The boxing champion at the centre of a worldwide clash over sex and gender identity in sports has reportedly named Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling in an online harassment complaint being investigated by French prosecutors. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division in the 2024 Paris Olympics, filed a legal complaint in France for…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 12:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation is calling for help hours after issuing an evacuation order due to an escalating nearby wildfire. Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation are asking…
The federal government is looking at whether the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto should be revoked, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. “I’m as disgusted as any Canadian. But I have a responsibility to get to the bottom of it and I will,” he said during a morning news conference in Church…
After failing to catch on with an NFL team, Nathan Rourke is making a well-timed return to the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions. The Lions announced the star Canadian quarterback’s return Tuesday. Rourke, who was waived on Sunday by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was a CFL free agent. Rourke, who starred with the Lions in…
Allergy sufferers in Canada may be able to swap their EpiPen injections for a nasal spray as early as next year. Neffy, made by drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc., is the first epinephrine nasal spray to be approved in the United States to treat life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
