Several homes have been evacuated and a number of city streets have been shut down after crews struck a major gas main in the Upper Beaches. Crews struck the line while working in the area of Gerrard Street East and Wayland Avenue at around 9:10 a.m. A number ofRead More

TORONTO — Freshii Inc. shares have plunged following the restaurant chain’s revelation that its growth has been slower than expected, resulting in the closure of some stores and a reduced target for net openings this year. The Toronto-based company’s revised outlook was announced late Monday after the stock market closed.Read More

TORONTO – The energy Prince Harry generated at the Invictus Games’ opening ceremony concert on Saturday night spilled over to Sunday, when the prince met with dozens of high-achieving Canadian youth at the presentation of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Gold Awards. The mood on Sunday was more subdued andRead More

SURREY, B.C. — An MP for Surrey, B.C., is officially in the running to become the next leader of the B.C. Liberals. Dianne Watts made the announcement Sunday, saying the Liberals have a strong history to build on, but need to reconnect with voters. Watts says she will resign fromRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief negotiator says solid progress is being made in talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement, but it’s too soon to tell if a deal can be reached by the year-end deadline set by the United States. “The pace is very fast and the (negotiating)Read More

Toronto: Power has now been restored to around 1,000 customers in East York after a transformer fire near the Evergreen Brickworks site caused a blackout. The power was knocked offline at around 8:20 p.m. in an area roughly bounded by O’Connor Drive to Danforth Avenue and Broadview Avenue to DonlandsRead More

QUEBEC – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne contradicted the leader of one of Quebec’s opposition parties Friday, saying he misunderstood their private conversation and shouldn’t have publicly revealed its contents on the internet. On Thursday, the leader of the Coalition for Quebec’s Future (CAQ) published a tweet congratulating himself for havingRead More

TORONTO – Prince Harry, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a host of other dignitaries will be on hand for tonight’s opening ceremony of the Invictus Games in Toronto. Harry founded the Invictus Games in 2014 as a way to inspire and motivate wounded soldiers on their paths to recovery. Harry’sRead More

Toronto : The third Invictus Games are underway in Toronto and the competitors aren’t the only ones who travelled for the multi-sport event. Approximately 1,800 volunteers within Canada and abroad are supporting the Games, the event’s CEO Michael Burns confirmed at the flag-raising ceremony on Friday. After about 6,000 volunteerRead More

Four teens were rushed to hospital, two of them in life-threatening condition, following a single-vehicle crash in the city’s Rockcliffe-Smythe neighbourhood early Saturday morning. It happened near the intersection of Rockcliffe Boulevard and Terry Drive at around 12:50 a.m. Two of the victims were taken to a trauma centre inRead More