‘Enough already’: Mayor Olivia Chow calls for stricter regulations on lithium-ion batteries after multiple fires in Toronto

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is joining Fire Chief Jim Jessop in calling for stricter regulations around lithium-ion batteries following a slew of fires involving the devices across the city.

As of August 12, there have been 81 fires in Toronto related to lithium-ion batteries, Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop posted on X on Thursday.

A video accompanying his post says the fires have led to one death and injured 15 other people.

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Starting Sept. 1, fare capping allows for free rides on TTC after 47 trips per month

If you take the TTC every day to get around Toronto, a reminder that starting Sept. 1 the transit agency is introducing a fare capping system that will allow unlimited free rides once a customer surpasses 47 fares per month.

The announcement was initially made in December of last year but at a press conference at Victoria Park Station on Thursday, Mayor Olivia Chow reiterated the incoming fare capping.

She said it’s a way for riders and families to save money.

“If you take the TTC to work every day

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3 suspects arrested after over 2,500 allegedly stolen items recovered in Toronto

Three suspects are facing 150 charges in connection to a series of high-end residential break-ins in Toronto, police say.

Over 2,500 allegedly stolen items were recovered as a part of Project Compass, a targeted investigation by Toronto police that began in September of 2025.

Investigators had identified between eight to 10 “sophisticated reisdential break-ins” targeting condo units that were believed to have contained significant quantities of cash, gold, jewelry, coins and other high-value

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Man charged in voyeurism investigation after woman allegedly filmed at Oakville store

Halton Regional Police officers say the incident happened on July 22 at a Winners store on Winston Churchill Boulevard in Oakville.

Man wanted for alleged sexual assault in Vaughan restaurant washroom

York Regional Police investigators are looking to identify a man in connection with a sexual assault in a Vaughan restaurant.

Police say a male was in the washroom of the restaurant in the Keele Street and Rutherford Road area around 9 a.m. on June 25.

He was approached by an unknown suspect who allegedly touched him for a sexual purpose. The suspect then fled the scene when the alleged victim confronted him.

The suspect is believed to frequent the area. He is described as a male with white hair and is

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Weekend need-to-know: Honda Indy moves to Markham

A new track in a new location for the Honda Indy this year. Keep in mind there will be some service adjustments on the GO train this weekend and a closure on the TTC’s line 1.

Over 160,000 people are expected to watch the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy in Markham this weekend. The race has spent the last nearly 40 years on the lakeshore in Toronto, but will be moving to downtown Markham this year, featuring 3.52 kilometre street circuit.

The

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Ontario makes changes to social assistance rules based on immigration status

Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits.

Premier Doug Ford first vowed to make the change following media reports about a tribunal ruling that awarded Ontario Works payments to a man who came to Canada decades ago on a temporary work permit that has since expired.

Ford wrote in a social media post last month his government would always support people who have fallen on hard times, but “that doesn’t include people living in Canada illegally.”

The minister

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Cultural sector urges Carney not to scrap streamers’ Cancon financial contributions

OTTAWA — Dozens of Canadian cultural sector organizations are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney not to scrap rules requiring foreign streaming companies like Netflix to make financial contributions toward Canadian content.

Ukraine’s drones hit a major Russian refinery 800 miles from the border, sparking a fire

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said Thursday, the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s monthslong campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector.

What’s behind 70,000 migrants flooding a Spanish town?

On the northeastern tip of Morocco, just south of Gibraltar, the Spanish city Ceuta was recently overwhelmed by Moroccan migrants. At the end of last month, tens of thousands of Moroccans flooded border crossings, or tried to get around them by swimming in the Strait of Gibraltar. Dozens of people died in the attempt. Now, while the majority of the migrants have been returned to Morocco, hundreds, if not thousands, still remain in Ceuta, struggling to access food and water, while inflamed anti-immigrant sentiment tears

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