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Hamilton's Barton Street East tops Ontario's 'worst roads' list again
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (379+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 6: 14 am. Ontarians have delivered their verdict " and for the third time, Barton Street East in Hamilton has been voted the Worst Road in Ontario, according to the 2026 CAA Worst Roads campaign The annual list, built from thousands of…...
PM Carney to announce federal artificial intelligence strategy in Toronto today
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (312+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 4: 00 am. OTTAWA " Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the federal government's strategy on artificial intelligence in Toronto today. Carney is slated to tour an artificial intelligence institute and meet with researchers as he unfurls the blueprint....
Things to know about Donald Trump's forced labour claims against Canada
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (1210+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 4: 00 am. OTTAWA " Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U. S. President Donald Trump's administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour. The move comes as Canada's…...
Alberta energy deal does little to reduce Canada's emissions: report
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (771+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 5: 00 am. OTTAWA " Ottawa's energy deal with Alberta will do little to reduce Canada's emissions, a new study released Thursday by the Canadian Climate Institute suggests. The analysis also said the "minimal" benefits from the Alberta memorandum of understanding,…...
Man convicted in Jan. 6 riot at US Capitol has a job at the Pentagon
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (594+ words) Posted June 3, 2026 6: 53 pm. "Mr. Elias Irizarry is a qualified, patriotic young professional, and we are proud to have him as a political appointee," acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez said in a social media post this week. Irizarry, whose appointment…...
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (902+ words) Posted June 3, 2026 6: 31 pm. That was the case even though it wasn't a novel germ that the world had never seen before, like the virus that caused the coronavirus pandemic. It was a hantavirus, one of a family of viruses that…...
Ontario education unions give notice to start bargaining with province
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (237+ words) The federal government has told the CRTC to review the Online Streaming Act, with an eye on keeping prices down. But the Bloc Qu'b'cois say this is yet another concession Mark Carney has made to the U. S. - with nothing to show…...
Ontario civil servants to see 'flexibility' on work options during World Cup: government
14+ hour, 38+ min ago (504+ words) Posted June 3, 2026 5: 17 pm. Ontario's incoming interim Treasury Board president says there will be "flexibility" in work arrangements for public service employees during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, who is taking on the Treasury Board role Friday,…...
Man seriously injured in Rexdale shooting
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (224+ words) Posted June 3, 2026 5: 04 pm. Toronto police are investigating after a man was shot in the Rexdale area Wednesday afternoon. Officers say they located a man in his 30s suffering from gunshot wounds near Humber College Boulevard and Westmore Drive shortly before 4: 30 p. m. The…...
Tim Hortons to end its credit card program
18+ hour, 47+ min ago (258+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 10 per cent tariff on some Canadian goods. Glen Mc Gregor looks at how Trump is attempting to justify the levy, and how Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is responding. Four suspects have…...