
In June of next year, fans will pack into the Dog and Bear, a popular sports bar on Toronto’s Queen Street West, to watch countries battle it out in soccer’s greatest tournament, which is being co-hosted for the first time in Canada. Just don’t call it a “World Cup” watch party. The 2026 World Cup is expected to be the most lucrative sports event ever staged, with FIFA’s revenues projected to be in excess of $14-billion, according to a recent report by a British marketing firm.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
Toronto's speed cameras may be gone, but this time there are no mysterious vandals wielding power tools, no blurry suspect photos and no police investigation.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million visits. The report marks the ninth year in a row food bank use has increased and it says food insecurity is impacting housing, health care and communities.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A U.S. podiatrist says he is leaving the province because his patients have to wait years to see a surgeon for procedures on their feet, even though he's trained to do the procedures in his clinic.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
An out-of-the-way corner of the Fairmont Château Laurier that used to house a pop-up Christmas bar is now where you’ll find a new pub with a timeless style — and a selection of homegrown, private-label spirits by Dunrobin Distilleries. Read More
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Lynn Saxberg | Ottawa Citizen
A sentencing hearing for a former city lawyer who pleaded guilty to vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument is expected on Monday morning, more than five months after he was arrested and charged. Read More
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen



