Unpublished Newswire
Speakers at a vigil in Toronto on Thursday evening asked the crowd to say the name of the eight-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet last weekend while he was in bed with his mother. “Jahvai Roy,” the crowd shouted.
August 21, 2025 - 21:15 | Claire McFarlane | The Globe and Mail
Bailey McCourt, a 32-year-old a mother of two, was beaten to death with a hammer in a Kelowna parking lot on July 4.
August 21, 2025 - 21:04 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
The bargaining agent for Ontario’s publicly funded colleges says it is proposing binding mediation-arbitration after a union representing thousands of full-time support staff took a step toward a possible strike.The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has asked the Labour Ministry for a “no board” report, which would recognize the parties are at an impasse and a conciliator would not be able to help.
August 21, 2025 - 21:00 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.Ottawa co-founded the Media Freedom Coalition in 2020 and has signed more than 65 statements on issues ranging from legislation in Georgia and arrests in Venezuela, to Burkina Faso sanctioning journalists and Russia detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
August 21, 2025 - 20:47 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow met with federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson on Thursday, but there was no sign of an end to their spat over her council’s failure to meet Ottawa’s demand to allow sixplexes across her city – a requirement for millions in housing funding. Mr. Robertson, who left after the hour-long meeting at city hall without addressing reporters, has previously called the city’s decision to only allow sixplexes in certain wards “disappointing.”
August 21, 2025 - 20:24 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
As students prepare to go back to school, educational institutes are making preparations of their own by creating programs that keep up with a changing world.
August 21, 2025 - 20:11 | Teagan Rasche | Global News - Canada
