Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish and former mayor Bonnie Crombie engaged in a heated back‑and‑forth on X Thursday night, sparring over Parrish’s decision not to vote on the city’s controversial pause on new data‑centre applications.

The exchange unfolded hours after council voted to temporarily halt new data‑centre proposals , giving staff time to study the strain large‑scale facilities place on Mississauga’s electrical grid and industrial land.

Crombie criticized Parrish’s decision not to vote, suggesting it reflected a lack of

Dean Concepcion is going into grade 10 this fall, and is already making a name for himself on the mats, becoming the Karate Canada Cadet National Champion and representing Canada at the Pan American Karate Championships in Costa Rica.

Dean Concepcion

He began karate before he was four and now represents the national team at international events, while setting an example to fellow student-athletes. Beyond karate, Dean is developing an online study tool to help his classmates and volunteers in his community and at the dojo.

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Hamas said Friday that it reached an agreement to disarm, a significant move that could help end the war in Gaza — but one that will face many hurdles and could take a long time to achieve, if at all.

The group agreed to a road map as long as Israel also makes concessions, including ending hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the Palestinian territory, a Hamas official and a regional official told The Associated Press. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim confirmed in a post on X that the group agreed to the deal

Toronto police are investigating an overnight shooting in Scarborough after a woman was found injured in a parking lot.

Officers were called to the Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East area around 3:12 a.m. Friday following reports of gunfire.

When they arrived, police located an adult female victim who had been shot. She was transported to the hospital by ambulance, and investigators say her injuries are non‑life‑threatening.

Toronto police have not released information on suspects, what may have led to the shooting,

Toronto is heading into a volatile August long weekend, with a mix of heat, humidity, wildfire smoke, and thunderstorms from Friday through Sunday before a much‑needed turnaround on Monday.

Toronto begins the weekend with mostly sunny skies, though wildfire smoke drifts back into the region. Clouds thicken by late Friday afternoon, and an isolated thunderstorm is possible as southwest winds reach 20 km/h.

Temperatures climb to a guaranteed 30°C, with a humidex of 35.

Tonight turns mostly cloudy, with