York Regional Police launch organized retail theft enforcement project at various stores
China imposing 73.5 per cent anti-dumping tariffs on Canadian pea starch
OTTAWA — China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday.
The Chinese commerce ministry says the levy is the result of an anti-dumping investigation it launched in August last year that found Canadian products were dumped in China.
Pea starch is commonly used as a thickener and stabilizer in food products, animal feed and medication.
Tensions between Canada and China eased after Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Beijing in January and struck a new strategic partnership with Chinese President Xi Jinping on trade irritants
Donald Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of November’s midterm elections , an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.
The convention will be held in Dallas on Sept. 9 and 10.
Although both major parties traditionally hold blockbuster conventions during presidential campaigns, Trump has long floated the idea of a similar gathering this year to focus voters’ attention on a sprawling collection of House and Senate races.
If Democrats regain
TTC Line 6 Finch West LRT suffers daylong service outage due to ‘communication’ issue
Toronto and GTA in midst of blistering multi-day heat event
Heat wave, ‘sun kinks’ on tracks slowing down GO Transit train service
Construction to begin on Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport runway safety buffer zones
Cuban official says talks with the US are at a standstill, announces UN debate on US oil embargo
HAVANA (AP) — Talks between Cuba and the U.S. are at a standstill, despite the island recently approving a series of free-market reforms , Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced Tuesday.
He noted that the newly unveiled reforms were neither mentioned nor discussed in earlier talks between the two nations.
“The recently announced (measures) are a matter of total and absolute sovereignty,” Rodriguez said. “We have neither listened to nor are we interested in the U.S. government’
New Trump book, ‘Regime Change,’ has sold 300,000 copies, with more being printed, publisher says
It turns out readers still want to learn more about President Donald Trump after all.
“Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” the l atest book on the Trump presidency , written by political journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, has sold more than 300,000 copies in its opening week, according to publisher Simon & Schuster.
They’re the kind of sales that numerous works about Trump reached during his first term, but had been rare during his second term. Publishers
Man, 75, charged in alleged 2015 elevator sexual assault: Toronto police
Toronto police have charged a 75-year-old Toronto man after he allegedly sexually assaulted someone while they rode in an elevator over a decade ago.
Investigators say the alleged incident occurred in an elevator at a building in the Sackville and Dundas streets area in September, 2015.
Police were made aware of the alleged incident on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and launched an investigation.
As a result of that probe, Gebrehiwot Tesfamariam has been charged with a single count of sexual