Taco Bell has announced plans to open a themed resort, complete with a salon where visitors can get taco-inspired nail art and vacation braids, and sleep in the lap of low-budget luxury.  The Bell, in Palm Springs, Calif., will open for a limited time starting on August 9. Reservations will open up sometime in June through Taco Bell’s social media … Read more

It’s here. We are heading into the May 24 long weekend. There are various things taking place this weekend and some closures on Monday. Here is what you need to know: … Read more

Good news. A Siberian Husky who police say was snatched from outside a Toronto store has been reunited with its owners. Charlie the Husky was reportedly untied and taken by two men and a woman on Wednesday. A Good Samaritan says she found the dog on the boardwalk yesterday with two men who took off when she asked about the … Read more

For anyone who loves their morning shower but are usually too tired to do anything but stand under the water, here is the perfect invention for you.  Finish engineer Matti Paaso has built a “human car wash” for people that want the same deep clean as their vehicles.  The innovative machine, dubbed the “Humanwash,” is installed … Read more

Uber wants to make it easier for users to ride in silence.  They are launching a new in-app feature that lets users request minimal conversation from the driver while they’re on their way to a destination.   However, users will have to pay a little extra to take advantage of it, as the tool, called “Quiet Mode,” is only … Read more

A 63-year-old Scarborough woman is facing stunt driving charges after she was clocked going 53 km/h over the posted speed limit on Broadway in Orangeville on Tuesday morning. Around 11:15am police spotted her Volkswagen traveling west at a high rate of speed. Radar had her going 103 km/h in a 50 zone.  Police seized the vehicle for a 7-day vacation … Read more

Police are searching for a man who allegedly exposed himself and performed an indecent act in front of a 31-year-old woman doing laundry in Mississauga last month. On April 16 at around 5:30pm a woman was folding clothes in the laundry room of an apartment building near Cawthra Rd and Dundas St East when a male entered the room. Investigators … Read more

A helicopter fell short of a landing pad in Manhattan and was submerged in the Hudson River yesterday afternoon.  The pilot, who was the only person on board the chopper, climbed out of the water soon after the crash.   The aircraft equipped with flotation devices was pulled from the river soon after.  Emergency crews rushed to the scene near 12th … Read more

Heading to Milwaukee to cheer on the Raptors in the Eastern Conference Final? Here is a list of the fun things you can experience while you’re in town: … Read more

The OPP are asking for the public’s help to locate a driver who created a very dangerous situation on the 410 and caused an accident. The incident happened back on Friday May 3, 2019 at 4:50pm. Police say the vehicles involved were in the northbound HOV lane, approaching Derry Rd. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says, “The driver is well aware … Read more

Heading up north this May 24 weekend?  Good news! Thanks to a geomagnetic storm from the sun, skywatchers across the far northern U.S. and most of Canada later this week could see the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights.  The Space Weather Prediction Center on Tuesday issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for tomorrow, meaning an aurora borealis could … Read more

A New York teenager made a huge impression with his “promposal” when he used a Times Square billboard to ask a girl to prom.  Kyle Gelber, a senior at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, was able to use the T-Mobile billboard in Manhattan to ask junior Phoebe Spar to go to the prom with him.  Gelber said his father … Read more

Shares in WestJet soared yesterday, closing nearly 60 per cent higher at 29 dollars and 61 cents, on news that the company is being bought by Toronto-based private equity firm Onex Corporation in a friendly deal worth $5-billion dollars. Subject to shareholders’ approval, the deal would see the Calgary-based airline operate as a privately held company after two decades on … Read more

The “enhanced driver’s licence” that lets Ontarians cross the U.S. border without a passport could be on its way out. The provincial government is proposing to eliminate the licence, which was introduced in 2009 when the U.S. government required passports or other secure I.D. for anyone entering the country by land or sea. The province says there hasn’t … Read more

Today Pizza Nova hosts their 20th annual ‘That’s Amore For Kids’ day in support of Variety Village –The Children’s Charity. From 11:00am-9:00pm, customers can walk in to any of the 130+ participating locations across Southern Ontario and purchase a medium pepperoni pizza for only $4.39 plus tax. Pizza Nova will donate $1 from each pizza sold to Variety Village. There … Read more

There is an Amber Alert in effect. Police are looking for 25-year old Breana Gooden and 3-year old William Gooden. They were last seen yesterday in Sudbury, boarding a bus for Toronto. Little William was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, black pants and a Montreal Canadiens hat. Brena is about 5’6, black shoulder length hair, 150 lbs, has a … Read more

According to police in New York, side-view mirrors on cars, trucks and SUVs are more valuable to criminals than ever before and that’s why more and more vehicles are having their mirrors stolen.  In just one eight-week period between March 1 and April 26 of this year, 19 vehicles on the Upper West Side of New York City had their … Read more

Natural Light (also known as: Natty Light) has announced they’re hunting for summer interns who are up for the task of getting paid to drink beer.  “We’re looking for a well-rounded, fun human being, who knows how to get things done,” brand manager Leon Solimani said in a recruitment video.  For $40 an hour, interns will be expected … Read more

What a game, what a shot, what a feeling! The Toronto Raptors are going to the eastern conference finals for just the second time in franchise history. Kawhi Leonard hit a shot from the corner, at the buzzer, then squatted and watched as the ball bounced off the rim four times before dropping in to give the Toronto Raptors a … Read more

A Canadian woman who found a venomous Caribbean scorpion on the floor of her kitchen said she doesn’t know where the animal came from — but she did recently visit Cuba.  Gail Hammond was washing dishes in her Vancouver home when she spotted what she initially thought was a tiny fake scorpion on her floor.  Hammond realized the creature was … Read more

Blue Origin is now in the running to put Americans back on the moon by 2024.  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the ambitious next steps for his aerospace company at a highly-secretive media event in Washington, D.C. yesterday.  During the event, Bezos started off by sharing elaborate concept images of self-sustaining space habitats reminiscent of the film Interstellar, with lush … Read more

Uber’s next stop is … the stock market. The company is hoping to pick up more investors willing to bet on the ride-sharing and food delivery market brimming with potential and conspicuously lacking in profits. Uber has priced its long-awaited initial public offering at $45-dollars per share to set the stage for its stock to begin trading this morning. The … Read more

Instagram will soon allow users to submit an appeal if they feel their content was taken down in error.   As part of the new appeals process, users will be able to contest the decision to have their post removed and it may be sent to another Instagram employee for further review.   Instagram expects to roll out this feature in the … Read more

Attention moms: Kraft wants you to take a break this Mother’s Day by paying for a babysitter.  Kraft, famous for its boxed mac and cheese, announced a new “Mother’s Day Away” promo to give mothers help to take a much needed break.  Kraft shared a special note to all mothers on their promotional website.  “Mom, this year we got … Read more

The union representing auto workers at the GM assembly plant is Oshawa is claiming a partial victory in its fight to save jobs at the facility. Unifor and GM Canada say the automaker is investing $170-million dollars to convert the plant into a “part-stamping and autonomous vehicle testing facility”. GM says transition will save 300 of the 2,600 … Read more

Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at a house party north of Toronto. York regional police say Jahdea Paterson is wanted on a charge of first degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Rizwaan Abookbabar Wadee of Vaughan. The high school student was pronounced dead at the scene of … Read more

The provincial government is going to set a firm end date to cancel all of the remaining “red and white” health cards. Ontario began phasing out the cards in 1994 in favour of the more modern ones with a photo ID. Now, the Ministry of Health is working with Service Ontario to set a final day after which red and … Read more

One inmate is dead and another five others from the same cellblock are recovering from suspected drug overdoses at a correctional facility west of Toronto. Halton Regional Police and paramedics were called to the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton at 5:50 p-m Tuesday to tend to multiple ailing inmates. Investigators won’t say yet what type of drug was used, how … Read more

There’s word that federal Crown prosecutors are about to pull the plug on one of the most politically charged criminal cases in Canadian history. Without saying why, sources confirm to The Canadian Press that the Crown will drop its breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. The case against the military’s suspended second-in-command was due back in an Ottawa court today … Read more

Ontario’s integrity commission says there are no grounds to conduct an inquiry into Premier Doug Ford’s alleged involvement in the firing of deputy OPP commissioner Brad Blair. Opposition New Democrat MPP Keven Yarde had filed a request for the inquiry after Blair was fired just months after he asked the courts to force the ombudsman to investigate the appointment of … Read more

Twitter has announced a change to the way we tweet.  They are now allowing users to add photos, videos and GIFs to “retweets”.  Before the announcement, users could only reply to or compose a new tweet with photos or videos.  Users had been urging Twitter to enable this capability for many months prior to the announcement.  “Starting today, you … Read more

Today is McHappy Day at McDonald’s locations across the country, in support of Ronald McDonald House and local hospitals. $1 dollar will be donated for every Big Mac, Happy Meal and hot McCafe beverage sold today. This year marks the 26^th McHappy Day in Canada. Over the years, McHappy Day has raised more than $70 million in support of … Read more

The city of Denver,  a leader in the movement to legalize recreational marijuana, could achieve a new first today, as residents vote in a public referendum that would decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms.  Psilocybin mushrooms or “magic mushrooms” have been banned by the federal government since 1970 due to their hallucinogenic effects, which have long been used by some cultures … Read more

This could be bad news if you live close to the lake.  Officials in the U.S. are predicting water levels will surge to record highs in some parts of the Great Lakes over the next six months. Yesterday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a report saying the lakes have been rising steadily for several years and are getting … Read more

The federal government will be testing Canada’s Alert Ready emergency notification system again tomorrow, but Ontario won’t be part of that test. The governments of both Ontario and Quebec have informed Public Safety Canada they won’t be participating in the test broadcast, which was set to be pushed out to cellphones.  They say they’re opting out of this test because … Read more