Unpublished Newswire
In Meric Gertler’s 12 years as president of the University of Toronto, the school grew to more than 100,000 students and was consistently ranked among the world’s top 25 universities. But as he prepares to depart, he says it’s getting harder to compete with the best. Dr. Gertler reflected on his tenure in an interview at his office in Simcoe Hall.Monday is his final day on the job. He plans to spend next year as an academic visitor at Oxford and then return to U of T as Goldring Chair in Canadian Studies.
June 29, 2025 - 21:26 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
June 29, 2025 - 19:28 | | CBC News - Canada
Nearly four years after residents supported community water fluoridation in a 2021 plebiscite, the measure is planned to be reintroduced this week as a way to improve public health and prevent tooth decay.
June 29, 2025 - 19:24 | | CBC News - Canada
Canada, reduced to 10 men when Jacob Shaffelburg was sent off in first-half stoppage time, exited the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday after a 6-5 penalty shootout loss to Guatemala.
June 29, 2025 - 19:08 | | CBC News - Canada
Winnipeg’s iconic Portage and Main intersection has reopened to pedestrians for the first time in 46 years. Long considered the coldest intersection in Canada, it was closed to foot traffic in 1979 in favour of an underground concourse.
June 29, 2025 - 18:27 | | CBC News - Canada
Dozens of firefighters in Surrey, B.C., spent hours fighting a large blaze at a store selling e-bikes, where smoke was so thick that crews had to battle the flames from outside.Mike McNamara, assistant chief of operations with the Surrey Fire Department, says its part of a growing number of difficult-to-extinguish fires that erupt when e-bike batteries burn.
June 29, 2025 - 17:47 | | The Globe and Mail
