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Events highlighting food, culture and music are on top this weekend with Taste of Little Italy, North by Northeast and the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival. Remember there is a train closure on Saturday on Line 2. Taste of Little Italy Taste of Little Italy takes control of College Street to commemorate all things Italian […]

Taste of Little Italy takes over College Street to commemorate all things Italian this weekend. NXNE (North by Northeast)

Emerging artists will have the opportunity to display their skill this weekend at the yearly North by Northeast celebration. For those who desire to immerse themselves in the celebration, you can get a pass for the entire weekend for as little as $35, or you can capture a private program for $20. The annual demonstration versus oil and highlighting options while in the naked is occurring this weekend.

CHICAGO (AP) — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff. The dolphin calf was born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago early Saturday morning as a team of veterinarians monitored and cheered […]

OTTAWA — The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for Canada’s governments as they look to fast-track projects they see as in the “national interest.” Phil Fontaine said the federal, provincial and territorial governments are trying to demolish First […]

Canada Soccer reported a loss of $4 million in 2024, up from $2.5 million the year before. The deficit is simply under the $4.2 million the governing body had actually forecasted in early 2024. The space was covered by money reserves, of which Canada Soccer now has $5.9 million staying.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” Joel revealed on Instagram that he has Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, “a brain disorder that can affect brain-related abilities, including thinking and […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.

Premier Doug Ford will aim to eliminate bike lanes on Queen's Park Crescent and Avenue Road, south of Davenport Road, sources inform 680 NewsRadio. The statement is anticipated to be made throughout the Ontario spending plan statement on Thursday. When asked particularly if he's targeting other bike lanes for elimination at an interview on Wednesday, […]

The 3 Toronto bike lanes were initially targeted in Bill 212, which needed cities to get provincial approval to set up a bike lane if it gets rid of a lane of traffic. The preliminary stretch of the Bloor bike lane was set up in 2016, then extended numerous times because the start of the pandemic.

Migrant agricultural laborers in Canada are getting in touch with the federal government to raise the bar on "unclean" and "inhumane" living conditions which they state are "not implied for people," according to a brand-new report. The findings were launched in an assistance file on Friday by a group of 29 academics and supporters from throughout Canada […]

Canada's farming sector has actually been dealing with a years-long labour scarcity and mostly relies on individuals from Mexico and the Caribbean who are ready to briefly move to Canada to do important work for the nation's food system. And both of the ranges had rodent droppings all over it and inside of the oven. The authors of the report are calling for a series of modifications which consist of enhancing access to transport, restricting company monitoring and controls on real estate, as well as lowering the ratios of employees in kitchen areas, bathrooms and laundry centers."This more concealed real estate crisis is promoting the more noticeable one.

Police in Brazil stated on Sunday that 2 individuals have actually been jailed in connection with a supposed plot to detonate dynamites at a complimentary Lady Gaga performance in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio occasion on Saturday was the most significant program of the pop star's profession that brought in more than 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach […]

Even as Brazilian authorities stated they detained suspects in the hours before Lady Gaga's program, the occasion went ahead without disturbance, leading some to question the severity of the hazard. On Sunday, a representative for Lady Gaga stated the pop star and her group "found out about this supposed danger by means of media reports this early morning."The strategy was dealt with as a 'cumulative obstacle' with the goal of acquiring prestige on social media," the cops stated. Authorities jailed 2 individuals in connection with the supposed plot-- a guy explained as the group's leader in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on prohibited weapons ownership charges, and a teen in Rio on kid porn charges.

Elections Canada states more than 68 percent of qualified citizens cast a tally in the federal election-- more than 19.5 million individuals. While this election was commonly anticipated to see increased turnout, it did not go beyond the record embeded in March 1958, when 79.4 percent of qualified Canadians voted. The almost [ …]

The union representing employees at the Alstom plant in Thunder

Bay states its members are"prepared and excited"to develop brand-new train cars and trucks for Toronto after Premier Doug Ford's federal government prompted the City of Toronto and the TTC to choose the producer. In a social networks post, provincial Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria stated his […]
If granted the agreement, Unifor authorities state the union's members would construct the 55 brand-new train cars and trucks required to change the existing vehicles on the Bloor-Danforth line as the fleet is nearing the end of its life expectancy. Related: Ontario plant employees stress as feds still will not dedicate TTC subway train replacement cash Unifor Local 1075 president, Justin Roberts, stated the more work the much better."Our members are prepared and excited to develop these train automobiles,"Roberts stated."Investment in brand-new trains and the modernization of Line 2 is vital

to make sure the TTC can supply a premium service to those who rely on transit every day," a report to the TTC board in September stated.

Canada and Australia have shaken hands to end a potential diplomatic dust-up over a yeast-based spread that many Aussies like on toast and crackers. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked Prime Minister Mark Carney and his team on Saturday for helping end “Vegemite-gate” and ensuring a Toronto café can once again have jars of the […]