WASHINGTON – Until this month, U.S. President Donald Trump had not made more than 60 false claims in any single week of his presidency. He has now made 100 false claims in each of the last two weeks. After shattering his old record by uttering an astonishing 103 false claims two weeks ago, an average […]
The leader of a cult in Japan whose followers released deadly gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and injuring thousands, was executed Friday, Japanese media reported. The cult leader, Shoko Asahara, was one of 13 people sentenced to death in connection with the attack. He was hanged Friday morning along with […]
5. Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewell, Atria/37 Ink (11) 6. The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware, Simon & Schuster (5) 7. The Outsider, Stephen King, Scribner (6) 8. When Life Gives You Lululemons, Lauren Weisberger, Simon & Schuster (4) 9. The Home for Unwanted Girls, Joanna Goodman, HarperPaperbacks (11) 1. Educated, Tara Westover, […]
A YouTube prankster has become an unlikely spokesperson for teen online safety, but experts say online child luring is no trick. Coby Persin, whose YouTube channel is known for prank videos with a touch of social commentary, tricked teenage girls he met online to meet him in person. SNAPCHAT: @cobypersin “What we found is something […]
Growing up in Toronto’s Kensington Market, Zanana Akande, 80, learned the importance of banding together to build community. Those lessons would ultimately inspire her life’s work in fighting for equality and improving the social, economic, cultural and political status of women, for which she was honoured on Saturday by Mayor John Tory with a ceremonial […]
A Greyhound Bus was engulfed in flames early Sunday morning on a Mississauga stretch of the Queen Elizabeth Way. Shortly after midnight, the Ontario Provincial Police and Mississauga Fire responded to the call for a vehicle fire near Cawthra Rd. All westbound lanes on the QEW were closed in the area, but have since reopened. […]
Two people were fatally shot early Sunday morning in northern Etobicoke, according to a spokesperson for Toronto Paramedic Services. Toronto Police received a call shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, and arrived at Lightwood Dr., a residential street in the Kipling Ave. and Albion Rd. area. The two victims, both men in their 20s, were […]
A woman has has died after an early morning shooting in North York. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Toronto Paramedic Services received a call about a shooting on Replin Rd. in the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. The victim, a woman in her 30s, was transported to a local trauma centre with life-threatening injuries, where she […]
On a winter day in 2015, Erin Maranan logged on to her computer at a police detachment in Toronto’s northwest corner, a trove of confidential information at her fingertips. A temporary civilian employee, Maranan had access to information classified by police as “highly restricted.” The job represented a sharp turn on her vocational path, which […]
By Evelyn KwongStaff ReporterKelsey WilsonToronto Star Sat., June 23, 2018 Following a “difficult year, including the discovery of deaths of several men in the community,” Pride Toronto executive director Olivia Nuamah is hoping to make safety and inclusiveness a priority. And it begins with safe spaces. We asked 7 Canadians in the LGBTQ community to […]
