Chow pitches spending nearly $240K more for Toronto rain barrel program amid high demand
Stellantis recalls more than 100,000 Jeeps in Canada over fire concerns
Automaker Stellantis is recalling more than 100,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada over fire concerns and is asking drivers to park their cars away from other vehicles and structures until the issue is fixed.
William Clavey, product communications at Stellantis Canada, says the automaker is recalling 106,258 Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Gladiator vehicles of model years 2021 to 2025.
He says it’s a part of a global recall affecting more than a million vehicles that may have
Housing advocate Eric Lombardi enters Ontario Liberal leadership race
TORONTO — A housing advocate has entered the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race.
Eric Lombardi says he will focus on improving the economy to pay for better education and health-care systems.
The engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo has worked in tech and finance and been outspoken about housing reform, especially how it affects younger voters who feel left out of the political and housing game.
Lombardi joins a group of four other candidates competing for the party leadership, including former Liberal MP and cabinet member Navdeep Bains.
Current provincial caucus
Ancient squirrel feces offer ‘time capsule’ of environment thousands of years ago
A researcher in British Columbia recently discovered that ancient squirrel scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did some 700,000 years ago.
Tyler Murchie, a scientist with the Hakai Institute, says the dung preserved by permafrost and collected in ground squirrel burrows in Yukon didn’t smell like anything at first, but once he inserted fluid to release the genetic material it contained, there was an “overwhelming” smell.
Murchie is the lead author of a new peer-reviewed study that used
Ottawa’s new Digital Safety Act expected to include under-16 social media ban
OTTAWA — The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced as early as Wednesday.
The government gave notice Tuesday that it will introduce a bill “to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.”
Culture Minister Marc Miller, who is taking the lead on the legislation, said the government will take all reasonable measures to ensure kids are safe.
“It’s obvious why it’s a priority. Kids
Toronto man arrested for allegedly trying to open bank account with fake ID in Whitby
Durham Regional Police have arrested a man from Toronto after he allegedly tried to fraudulently open a bank account in Whitby.
Police responded to a fraud call at a CIBC bank at 308 Taunton Road E. around 4 p.m. on June 4.
Staff at the bank contacted police after a man allegedly tried to open a bank account using fraudulent identification documents. Officers arrived and took the man into custody without incident.
Police say when they searched the man, they found multiple bank cards that were not in his
Cineplex box office $60.5 million in May, concession spending per patron sets record
TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. reported its box office revenue rose to $60.5 million in May, up from $55.3 million in the same month last year, its highest May box office since 2019.
The company also said May saw its highest monthly concession spending per patron on record.
Cineplex says top performing movies for the month included “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “Michael,” “Obsession,” “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” and “
Carney says opening of Gordie Howe Bridge an important symbol of Canada-U.S. ties
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s good news that the Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit will get its official opening at the end of the week.
Carney said Tuesday the bridge is an important symbol of the enduring strength of the bilateral relationship, which has been strained by the ongoing trade war.
“It’s positive news, obviously. The bridge will be open at the end of the week and, you know, a symbol, but also a fact of co-
Canadaland host apologizes to Theresa Kielburger, mother of WE Charity co-founders
TORONTO — The host of the Canadaland podcast apologized to the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger in court Tuesday as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit that centred on an episode from five years ago.
Jesse Brown told a Toronto courtroom that Canadaland “wholly retracts” comments regarding Theresa Kielburger’s alleged handling of donations made to the WE Organization in the 1990s, before the organization was registered as a charity.
Brown said the allegation that Kielburger deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars to a family bank account
Canada sanctions more ‘extremist’ West Bank settlers
OTTAWA — Canada is imposing another round of sanctions on Israelis accused of “extremist settler violence” in the West Bank, two years after listing four settlers.
Israel has occupied the West Bank, which is separate from the Gaza Strip, since 1967, and settlers there have been building communities that Canada and many other countries say violate international law.
The 2023 Hamas attack on Israel prompted Israel to bombard Gaza and tighten restrictions in the West Bank, where the United Nations has tracked a large increase