Veteran Toronto city councillor Gord Perks confirms with CityNews he won’t be running in the upcoming municipal election in the fall.

Perks, viewed as one of the city hall’s most influential and polarizing voices, was first elected in 2006 in the Parkdale-High Park ward.

He became a leading figure on city council’s progressive wing, known for his command of procedure and forceful speeches, and played a key role in shaping housing and transit policy.

His departure sets up what’s expected

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has chosen MP and former cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson to serve as Canada’s next ambassador to the European Union.

Wilkinson previously held cabinet positions under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, including natural resources minister and environment minister.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a news release Thursday that the MP for North Vancouver—Capilano has “proven experience, judgment and leadership” to advance Canada’s partnership with the EU.

Wilkinson issued an open letter to his constituents Thursday morning, saying he

If you’ve felt compelled to pick up a steamy, smutty book throughout the last few months, you wouldn’t have been the first – and you probably won’t be the last.

It’s no doubt romance novels are having their moment, and besides the books themselves, readers and consumers alike are going beyond the pages and diving into their respective worlds.

Host Maria Kestane speaks to Deborah Aarts, a freelance business writer, about how Canadians are opting to invest in community, and how the recent

A procession will take place on Thursday afternoon as Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) escort the body of Sergeant Brandon Malcolm from Toronto to Oshawa, three days after the veteran officer was killed in a motorcycle crash while on duty in Cobourg.

The OPP says the procession will depart the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto around 1 p.m., travelling eastbound along Highway 401 to Oshawa. Only OPP‑approved vehicles and designated members will take part.

Members of the public wishing to pay their respects are encouraged to

A tow truck was set on fire in a Brampton neighbourhood early Thursday, marking yet another incident in a growing string of tow‑truck fires across the city this week.

Emergency crews were called to 216 Kingknoll Drive, near Steeles Avenue West and Mavis Road, around 2:50 a.m. for reports of a vehicle engulfed in flames in a residential driveway. Firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze. No injuries were reported.

Peel Regional Police have not yet confirmed whether the fire is being treated as

The leaders of major media companies around the world, including The Associated Press, are calling on Israel’s government to lift a ban keeping foreign journalists from being able to independently enter and report from Gaza, a barrier that’s been in place since the war’s start in 2023 and continues even as a for more than six months.

“Being on the ground is essential. It allows journalists to question official accounts on all sides, to speak directly with civilians and report back what they witness

OTTAWA — A new report focusing on the perspectives of young people says the government should order AI companies to take steps to curb the addictive aspects of their AI chatbots.

It’s one of a series of recommendations made by youth between the ages of 17 and 23 who took part in roundtables across the country.

The report says AI platforms should be required to “address the addictive design of AI chatbots by requiring measures such as content filters and optional data cache deletion, and explicitly providing users with the ability to

An Anglican priest has won a top literary prize for her book about Canada’s homelessness crisis.

Maggie Helwig received the $40,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing at a ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday night.

She took home the award for “Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.”

The book follows Helwig’s fight to allow an encampment to remain in the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market where she is the priest.

Helwig had to go

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release real gross domestic product figures for February this morning.

It’s also set to provide early estimates for the month of March and the first quarter as a whole.

Last month, the agency said its preliminary estimate for February was 0.2 per cent growth.

The agency reported January saw GDP edge higher by 0.1 per cent, thanks to strength in goods-producing industries.

Many Bay Street economists had said the domestic economy looked to be starting the year off better