York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help to find a suspect that broke into three Jewish businesses, including a pizzeria, during Passover. The break-ins happened overnight between April 18 and 19 in the Thornhill neighbourhood within Vaughan, according to police. It’s being called an attempt to “intimidate and target” the Jewish community by
The countdown is on for Canada’s federal election and some premiers have made it clear who they will cast a vote for when they head to the ballot box on April 28. While many of the leaders have indicated they will back the federal party of the same political stripe, there are a few notable
The U.S. District Attorney’s office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state. It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside three other people. The office says the
A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated a university tuition hike for out-of-province students meant to reduce the number of English speakers in the province. A ruling out today says the Quebec government’s 2023 decision to increase out-of-province tuition by $3,000—33 percent—was unreasonable and based on limited data. However, the fee hike may remain in
Liberal Leader Mark Carney confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump referenced Canada as the “51st state” during the two leaders’ phone call in March, but doubled down on his previous statement that Trump respected Canada’s sovereignty during the call. An April 24 report from CBC News based on anonymous sources said that Trump had mentioned
Hudson’s Bay can now prepare to auction off 4,400 artifacts and art pieces along with the 355-year-old royal charter that launched the now-ailing company. Superior Court judge Peter Osborne gave the department store chain permission Thursday to move forward with a sales process run by auction house Heffel Gallery Ltd. Hudson’s Bay will still have
A commercial kitchen company pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offences after a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged after the eight-week outbreak that was declared in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult were
A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being
Manitoba’s Opposition PC Party has introduced a bill that would require health-care providers to inform patients with serious conditions about their expected wait time for treatment. The Progressive-Conservative Party’s health critic MLA Kathleen Cook introduced Bill 226, also known as “The Health System Governance and Accountability Amendment Act (Reporting When Timely Care Not Available),” on
A Tory government would get rid of the government’s sales mandate for electric vehicles (EVs), Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced on April 24. The Liberal government introduced new regulations in December 2023 that would require 20 percent of all new passenger vehicles sold in Canada to be zero-emission vehicles by 2026, including fully electric or