2 men injured in collision involving vehicle and e-bike in North York
Toronto police say two men suffered serious injuries after a collision involving a vehicle and an e‑bike in North York early on Tuesday.
The crash occurred around 5:20 a.m. at the intersection of Leslie Street and Adra Grado Way, near Sheppard Avenue East.
Police said emergency crews received reports of a vehicle striking an e‑bike carrying two men. Police say the driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with investigators.
Paramedics transported both e‑bike riders — two adult men —
This British Open amateur is a qualified mechanic with cystic fibrosis. He’s proving an inspiration
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — David Howard was aged 7 when he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. By the time he was a teenager — well before recent medical advances for this rare genetic condition — he’d found out via internet searches he wasn’t expected to live beyond his mid-20s.
Imagine, then, how blessed this Irishman, now 27, feels to be walking the sun-kissed fairways of Royal Birkdale this week and about to take on the best golfers in the world
Man with gunshot wounds shows up at Scarborough hospital
Police are investigating after a man with gunshot wounds showed up at a hospital in Scarborough early Tuesday morning.
Toronto Police say they received calls for gunshots heard in the area of Tapscott Road and Blackwell Avenue, near Neilson Road and Sheppard Avenue East. Upon arrival, officers located evidence of a firearm discharge in the area.
Around this time, just before 2:30 a.m., the injured man walked into a hospital, according to investigators.
Police say his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening
NASA chief visits Russia’s space launchpad for U.S.-Russian crew launch
MOSCOW (AP) — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was attending a scheduled launch Tuesday of a U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station , a sign of the ongoing cooperation in orbit between Moscow and Washington despite tensions over Russia’s military action in Ukraine .
Isaacman ’s trip to the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan marked the first visit by a NASA chief in eight years.
Speaking during Monday’s meeting with the crew, Isaacman thanked Russia’s state space corporation, Roscosmos, for
Who gets left behind during immigration cuts?
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has made drastic cuts to the amount of student and temporary foreign worker visas issued to newcomers. Impacted by the cuts are not just school programs, but local restaurants, hotels, long-term care homes, construction sites, etc.
Host Maria Kestane speaks is joined by Shilpashree Jagannathan, a freelance journalist who wrote an article on the effects of immigration cuts on local communities. After the break, she speaks to Sharry Aiken, an immigration law professor at Queen’s University