Heavy rain expected to hit Toronto and parts of the GTA on Saturday
A special weather statement has been issued for Toronto and parts of the GTA along Lake Ontario due to heavy rainfall expected over the weekend.
Environment Canada says a low pressure system is bringing between 30 and 50 mm of rain to parts of southern Ontario north of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO LIVE WEATHER COVERAGE!“Rain is expected to change to drizzle from west to east, beginning early this evening over extreme southwestern Ontario and Sunday morning over areas near Eastern Lake Ontario,” the national
Ukrainian drone attack triggers fire at a Russian oil terminal
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in Russia’s Krasnodar region said Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest .
Authorities in the city of , injuring two people. Russia’s Astra news outlet said Ukrainian drones struck the Sheskharis oil terminal and depot, the terminus for Russian state-controlled pipeline company Transneft’s main oil pipelines in the region. Images posted by Astra appeared to show smoke rising above the oil terminal, but they could not be verified.
‘My principal asked, ‘Are you on the Drake album?”: Toronto teen producer lands on rapper’s new trilogy
TORONTO — On a school night last summer, Toronto producer Arham Paul was getting ready for bed when his phone rang.
One of his beatmaker friends was tapped to work on Drake’s new projects, and he needed help crafting an ’80s-style intro for a song.
“‘We are not sleeping tonight,’” the 16-year-old, who produces under ap.melodies, recalls saying.
So, instead of resting for class the next morning, the Markham, Ont.
Pentagon gave Canada classified paper detailing defence priorities
WASHINGTON — A high-ranking U.S. defence official says the Pentagon gave Ottawa a classified paper laying out priorities for a collective North American defence pact with Canada, but that Ottawa did not deliver a “credible” response.
That lack of response is just one of several irritants the senior Pentagon official said is creating a rift in North American defence co-operation. Canada’s delayed decision around the procurement of F-35 fighter jets was also cited as a source of frustration.
The official from U
Stand-alone offence will help investigate, prosecute hate crimes, experts say
OTTAWA — A provision in the federal government’s proposed hate crime bill to create a stand-alone hate crime offence will make it easier to investigate and prosecute those crimes, some experts say.
“The entire system, the way it’s running right now, has weaknesses that cause the prosecution of hate crimes to be minimal,” said Stephen Camp, who spent decades as a police officer and now works for the Organization for the Prevention of Violence.
Currently, the Criminal Code has hate propaganda provisions around advocating
‘It Takes Two’ rapper Rob Base, who helped bring hip-hop mainstream, dies at 59
NEW YORK (AP) — Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59.
Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best known for the 1988 chart-topper “It Takes Two,” a blend of hip-hop and house music that helped bring both genres into the mainstream.
“Rob’s music, energy, and legacy helped shape
Britney Spears was ‘confrontational’ and ‘flamboyant’ but tested low for alcohol during DUI stop
LOS ANGELES (AP) — refused to get out of her BMW for about 10 minutes before her driving under the influence arrest in March. When she did, the smelled of booze and appeared drunk in field sobriety tests, according to a police report and dashcam video obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
“Her speech was rapid and slurred, her gait was unsteady, and she was fidgeting with her fingers,” the report from the California Highway Patrol said. “Her mood changed from confrontational and agitated to flamboyant
Concerns raised over growing number of data centres in the GTA
For decades, the facility at 3650 Danforth Ave. in Scarborough housed a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. But since 2023, it’s been an 8 megawatt data centre operated by Stack Infrastructure. It’s one of many across the GTA that have caught the attention of at least one environmental group.
“We’re concerned about the noise and emission levels produced by this data center,” explains Anna Hardy with Climate Fast. “We know that they have self-reported noise and pollution
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at York Region hospital
Public health officials are making the public aware of a possible measles exposure in York Region.
York Region Public Health says anyone who attended the emergency room at Mackenzie Health Hospital between 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, may have come into contact with a confirmed case of measles.
“Anyone who may have been exposed at Mackenzie Health Hospital Emergency Room should immediately confirm they have two doses of measles vaccine,” health officials said in a
Police search for man in alleged sexual assault of 8-year-old at Scarborough mall
Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a Scarborough mall.
Investigators say just before 4 p.m. on May 12, the man approached the girl inside a store at Woodside Square at Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road.
Police allege he sexually assaulted the girl and followed her around the store before grabbing her. She then alerted family members, who confronted the man before he fled the scene.
The man is described as 20 to 30 years of