Category: News

Businessman Kevin O’Leary has told an Ontario court he doesn’t recall if his wife consumed alcohol in the hours before a boat crash that killed two people and injured several others. Linda O’Leary has pleaded not guilty to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act. Kevin O’Leary says he does not recall his wife … Read more

Travellers will be able to use PayPal and WeChat to pay for flights on Porter Airlines when it resumes service in September and adds jet services next year. The airline says it’s partnering with Ingenico to provide the alternative secure payment methods for passengers who book through the airline’s website. Purchases of $300-dollars or more can also be financed using … Read more

The Durranis were ticketed to fly out of John F. Kennedy International Airport for their pandemic-delayed honeymoon to Guam and after passing through JFK’s Terminal 7 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint, the Flushing, New York, couple decided some coffee was needed. But when they got to the coffee shop, the new bride shouted when she realized that the newly purchased … Read more

Today is Tim Hortons Camp Day.  All day Tim Hortons restaurant owners will be donating 100% of the proceeds from hot and iced coffee sales. Those funds send youth from your community to Tims Camps to learn new skills and … Read more

The province has announced $1.9-million dollars to support community-based projects that protect and restore the Great Lakes. The funding through the Great Lakes Local Action Fund is going to 44 projects selected following a competitive review process. They include a project to restore land throughout the Long Point Watershed in Norfolk County to reduce agricultural impacts on Lake Erie and … Read more

The opening ceremony isn’t until Friday, but Canadian athletes will be out on the softball pitch early tomorrow morning for Canada’s first event of the Tokyo Olympics. Canada will face off against Mexico on Wednesday afternoon Tokyo time — the wee hours of the morning Eastern Time. The Canadian roster includes four players who were on the team for the … Read more

Air Canada is adding dozens of routes to the United States as part of its summer schedule, with the change coming after the federal government loosened border restrictions. The airline says the 55 routes to 34 destinations will add up to 220 daily Air Canada flights between the two countries. Fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents will be able … Read more

Fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents can travel to Canada on August 9th without having to quarantine for 14-days. Also on that day, airports in Halifax, Quebec City, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton will be added to the list of Canadian cities where international flights are permitted to land. The rest of the world will be allowed to come to … Read more

Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s decision to remove part of the preamble from its new math curriculum referencing racism and colonialism. Ford says it’s important to get back to the basics in teaching math and those issues should be talked about in history and social studies. The removed section had said mathematics has been used to normalize racism … Read more

A week after Canada began exempting fully vaccinated Canadians from a 14-day quarantine requirement upon entry comes word that COVID-19 travel restrictions might ease at the Canada-US border next month. Prime Minister Trudeau says the government is aiming to allow fully vaccinated Americans into Canada by mid-August for non-essential travel. A readout from by the Prime Minister’s Office of his … Read more

Twitter is doing away with its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn’t catch on. The company began testing tweets that vanish after 24 hours last March in Brazil. Fleets were designed to attract new users who might be turned off by the public and permanent nature of normal tweets. But that didn’t happen, so Twitter says it is moving … Read more

Johnson & Johnson says it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contained low levels of benzene. The chemical can cause cancer with repeated exposure. The affected products are all packaged in aerosol cans. They are Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen, and four Neutrogena aerosol sunscreen versions: Beach Defense, CoolDry Sport, Invisible Daily … Read more

A friend of Linda O’Leary who was present immediately after a fatal boat crash two years ago says she was always adamant that no one who had consumed any alcohol could operate the family boat. Aaron Lengyel was at the O’Leary family cottage when she and her passengers returned after the crash on Lake Joseph on August 24th, 2019 that … Read more

Porter Airlines says it has signed a deal to buy up to 80 Embraer jets as part of a move to start flying bigger planes out of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. It says it has made a firm offer for 30 E195-E2 jet aircraft, with purchase rights for 50 more in an order valued at up to $5.82-billion dollars at … Read more

An OPP officer has told the trial of Linda O’Leary that she initially denied she had consumed any alcohol after a fatal boat crash on Lake Joseph in 2019. Constable Michelle Ingham testified O’Leary repeatedly said the other boat didn’t have any lights on and she didn’t see it. Ingham said the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary later said … Read more

Today: It’s Scott’s birthday! Also: The Step 3 details aren’t ready yet, A chat about wedding traditions we can get rid of, Joe Exotic is looking for love, The Habs finish second in the NHL this season, and AirFryers.… Read more

The federal government says the Pay Equity Act will come into effect on August 31st and be phased in over the next three years. The legislation requires federally-regulated employers to ensure workers receive equal pay for work of equal value and is meant to reduce the gender wage gap. Statistics Canada’s latest data shows that for every dollar earned by … Read more

Hot dog wieners come in packs of 10. Hot dog buns come in packs of 8. Why? As the condiment that has been bringing foods together for over 150 years, Heinz has decided that enough is enough. That’s why they have started the Heinz Hot Dog Pact. The Ketchup company is calling on Big Bun and Big Wiener companies to … Read more

A 20-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with causing an animal to be in distress after police rescued a puppy locked in a hot car at a mall parking lot. York Regional Police say they got a call from a concerned citizen regarding a dog in distress last Wednesday. They say an officer found a small dog panting heavily inside … Read more

Mary Simon is Canada’s new Governor General and she is promising to work on healing the many divides between people and regions across the country, but also to set and maintain the highest standard of work ethics in all aspects of her position. Many Indigenous leaders are applauding the appointment of Simon as Canada’s first Indigenous governor general. Outgoing Assembly … Read more

York Regional Police say they have charged one of their officers with fraud after they learned he was allegedly moonlighting as a real estate agent. An internal investigation was begun this past spring and it found that the officer was allegedly working as a realtor during his scheduled police work hours. The officer from Markham has been charged with fraud … Read more

Bingemans in Kitchener is excited to finally open Big Splash Waterpark in a limited capacity on Wednesday, July 7th! We are excited for the long-anticipated opening of Big Splash, albeit in a limited capacity while The Region of Waterloo remains in Step 1 of the Province’s 3 Step Reopening Plan. Which is just in time, since the weather outlook for … Read more

We are under another heat warning. Environment Canada says hot and humid conditions will be with us today and tomorrow. Here are the details from Environment Canada.… Read more