
Asbestos cleanup, tight work windows and other TTC delays have slowed the build out of 5G cellular service in Toronto’s subway system, and TTC staff now say they don’t expect Rogers Communications Inc. RCI-B-T, will be able to meet a federally imposed deadline that looms at the end of this month.A new report detailing updates on the transit agency’s major projects, which is set to go before a Toronto Transit Commission board meeting next Wednesday, says Rogers’ 5G implementation is at risk of missing targets.
December 5, 2025 - 08:13 | Sammy Hudes | The Globe and Mail
Bouchra Marbouhi says she last saw her young daughter more than two months ago, when the girl left with her father for a routine sleepover.The five-year-old never came home, she said.Instead, Marbouhi said she got a series of texts the next day from her estranged husband, her daughter’s father, saying he had taken the child to Egypt. The Canadian Press has viewed the messages.
December 5, 2025 - 08:10 | Sarah Smellie | The Globe and Mail
Across Canada, highways and rural roads are studded with cellular “dead zones” – thousands of kilometres without reliable mobile service. Reporters Jill Mahoney and Irene Galea have been investigating how many of the country’s major roads and highways are disconnected. They found that coverage gaps span more than 30 per cent of major roads in some provinces, and in some cases, you can’t receive calls and texts for more than 100 kilometres.
December 5, 2025 - 08:00 | Globe staff | The Globe and Mail
Artist Kiana Simmons is the curator of the Ottawa Miniature Gallery, a portable three-storey structure displaying tiny art. A new exhibition opens Dec. 5.
December 5, 2025 - 08:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government is launching a review of Canada’s firearms classification regime that will include consultations with Indigenous communities on the SKS rifle.The government has been heavily criticized by gun control advocates for not including the semi-automatic SKS in its list of banned firearms.
December 5, 2025 - 06:49 | | The Globe and Mail
The girl’s disappearance underscores long-standing concerns about the ease with which a parent can take a child to another country without the other parent’s knowledge or consent.
December 5, 2025 - 06:32 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada

