Toronto street festival organizers feeling financial strain as event costs continue to rise
As the city of Toronto gears up for another year of street festivals, organizers say rising costs are putting increasing pressure on festival budgets.
“We could always use more. It is really hard,” said Anah Shabbar, managing director of Do West Fest. “We are one of the biggest festivals, but we do have one of the smaller budgets.”
Shabbar says several services required to run the festival have become more expensive this year, with increased demand driven in part by preparations for the upcoming FIFA World Cup
Multiple people have been shot near a festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say
Gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio, wounding at least 12 people and sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims.
No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said, and officials urged people who were at the festival to come forward with any photos or videos on their phones for possible leads.
The shooting happened near the Old West End Festival, an annual gathering of live music and home tours.
Heffernan said it appeared that at least two
Canada reaches semifinals of women’s rugby sevens world championship series
The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team has advanced to the semifinals of the third and final leg of the world championship series.
Canada beat Fiji 29-14 in a quarterfinal Saturday and meets New Zealand in Sunday’s semifinal. The final is later Sunday at Stade de Bordeaux.
Australia faces the United States in the other semifinal.
Savannah Bauder of North Vancouver, B.C., scored three tries and kicked two converts for the 2024 Olympic silver medallists in the win over Fiji.
Public risk low after four mumps cases linked to a Toronto office: health officials
Toronto health officials are investigating a mumps outbreak at a workplace in a downtown building and say the risk of spread to the public is low.
Toronto Public Health says there were four confirmed cases as of Friday associated with a workplace at 777 Bay St.
The address is the location of a ServiceOntario office, and the health agency says exposure was limited to head office roles with no direct interaction with the public.
Toronto Public Health says the risk of broader community spread is low and it’s following up with identifiable
Hwy. 401 westbound collector at Meadowvale Road all closed due to police investigation
Coast guard rescues sailor off Newfoundland attempting transatlantic record
ST. JOHN’S — The Canadian Coast Guard has rescued a sailor attempting to set a world record for the shortest boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
In a statement, the coast guard said it was advised on Friday morning that the sailor of a 1.2-metre vessel needed help.
The coast guard says the boat, called the Big C Atlantic Challenge, was about 120 kilometres east of Grates Cove, a small town at the tip of eastern Newfoundland’s Bay de Verde Peninsula.
The
2 elderly women injured by electrical hazard in North Riverdale
Two elderly women were injured by an electrical hazard in North Riverdale on Saturday afternoon.
Toronto police said it received reports of downed utility wires near Danforth and Broadview Avenues at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Tree branches reportedly fell on the wires, which led to the two elderly women suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Police, firefighters and paramedics are at the scene.
Eastbound Danforth Avenue is closed from Broadview Avenue.
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Suspect wanted in 2024 fatal shooting arrested in Turkey: Ottawa police
Ottawa police say a 31-year-old suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of man in 2024 has been arrested in Turkey.
Police say Jama Roble, 33, was shot on Champagne Avenue in the city’s Little Italy neighbourhood on Jan. 29, 2024.
They say Roble later died in hospital, and police issued a warrant for a suspect wanted on a first-degree murder charge.
Police say the suspect was arrested in Turkey after biometric checks at the border
Senior British royals gather as King Charles’ nephew marries nurse Harriet Sperling
King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla were among senior members of Britain’s royal family who donned elegant hats, tailcoats and dresses to attend the wedding of Charles’ nephew Peter Phillips on Saturday.
Phillips, the son of Charles’ sister Princess Anne, wed Harriet Sperling, a nurse working for the National Health Service, in a church ceremony in the southwestern English village of Kemble.
They were joined by more than 100 guests including Prince William, Princess Catherine, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice and other royals.
North York synagogue damaged overnight, TPS hate crime unit investigating
An investigation is underway by the Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Unit after the window of a North York synagogue was damaged overnight on Friday, according to authorities.
Police say the incident happened near Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue. The exact circumstances were not immediately clear, but police say a window was broken with an unknown object.
No suspect description was available.
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