The brother of a man who was fatally shot in his Vaughan, Ont., home during a home invasion described him as “a hero who died defending his family,” as he and the city’s mayor called for changes to Canada’s criminal justice system.Police said Wednesday that Abdul Aleem Farooqi, 46, died from gunshot wounds after at least three male suspects broke into his home around 1 a.m. on Aug. 31.
The brother of a man who was fatally shot in his Vaughan, Ont., home during a home invasion described him as “a hero who died defending his family,” as he and the city’s mayor called for changes to Canada’s criminal justice system.
Police said Wednesday that Abdul Aleem Farooqi, 46, died from gunshot wounds after at least three male suspects broke into his home around 1 a.m. on Aug. 31.
Claudia Ensuncho Martinez’s right forearm is tattooed with a feather, its spine formed by the white scar stretching from her wrist to elbow. On a sweltering day last August, Ms. Ensuncho Martinez arrived at the Canadian border fleeing the man who inflicted that scar. After the journey from Colombia by boat, by foot, by bus and by train, the Rainbow Bridge was a portal to a new life.
Claudia Ensuncho Martinez’s right forearm is tattooed with a feather, its spine formed by the white scar stretching from her wrist to elbow.
On a sweltering day last August, Ms. Ensuncho Martinez arrived at the Canadian border fleeing the man who inflicted that scar. After the journey from Colombia by boat, by foot, by bus and by train, the Rainbow Bridge was a portal to a new life.
The Quebec government wants a judge to declare insolvent the North American branch of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt.Quebec filed the court application in an attempt to recoup some of the province’s losses on a failed electric-vehicle battery project.
The countrywide push for major projects won’t happen without First Nations at the table, the Assembly of First Nations warned government and industry Wednesday, as its annual summer gathering began in Winnipeg.“We can all agree on this: that progress cannot come at the cost of our rights, our treaties or our responsibilities to the land,” Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson told those gathered in Winnipeg.
The countrywide push for major projects won’t happen without First Nations at the table, the Assembly of First Nations warned government and industry Wednesday, as its annual summer gathering began in Winnipeg.
“We can all agree on this: that progress cannot come at the cost of our rights, our treaties or our responsibilities to the land,” Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson told those gathered in Winnipeg.
Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 degrees in the Fraser Canyon.Environment Canada says Lytton, B.C., reached that mark on Tuesday, breaking a record of 39.6 degrees set in 2022.
Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 degrees in the Fraser Canyon.
Environment Canada says Lytton, B.C., reached that mark on Tuesday, breaking a record of 39.6 degrees set in 2022.
IndyCar is coming to Markham, Ont.The open-wheel auto racing series announced on Wednesday that it’s moving the Grand Prix of Toronto from Exhibition Place in the city’s downtown core to its northeastern suburb and that it will now be held later in the summer. Neil Lumsden, Ontario’s Minister of Sport, said he was happy that the multiyear deal will keep the race – now dubbed the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham – in the province.
The open-wheel auto racing series announced on Wednesday that it’s moving the Grand Prix of Toronto from Exhibition Place in the city’s downtown core to its northeastern suburb and that it will now be held later in the summer. Neil Lumsden, Ontario’s Minister of Sport, said he was happy that the multiyear deal will keep the race – now dubbed the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham – in the province.
Third place finisher Scott Dixon (9) of New Zealand, left, trails second place finisher Kyle Kirkwood (27) of the United States and winner Colton Herta (26) of the United States during the 2024 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy, in Toronto on Sunday, July 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and stop issuing visas under the program, arguing it has caused an employment crisis among young Canadians.“The Liberals have to answer why is it that they’re shutting our own youth out of jobs and replacing them with low-wage, temporary foreign workers from poor countries who are ultimately being exploited,” Poilievre told a news conference Wednesday morning in Mississauga, Ont.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and stop issuing visas under the program, arguing it has caused an employment crisis among young Canadians.
“The Liberals have to answer why is it that they’re shutting our own youth out of jobs and replacing them with low-wage, temporary foreign workers from poor countries who are ultimately being exploited,” Poilievre told a news conference Wednesday morning in Mississauga, Ont.
Lightspeed Commerce Inc. LSPD-T has agreed to pay $11-million to settle a class-action lawsuit in Quebec that alleged the company misrepresented its financial performance.The proposed settlement agreement reached in June does not include any admission of liability by the company which denied the allegations of any wrongdoing.
Lightspeed Commerce Inc. LSPD-T has agreed to pay $11-million to settle a class-action lawsuit in Quebec that alleged the company misrepresented its financial performance.
The proposed settlement agreement reached in June does not include any admission of liability by the company which denied the allegations of any wrongdoing.
Toronto Metropolitan University’s new medical school officially opens its Brampton campus Wednesday. The school is trumpeting the opening as the first new medical school in the Greater Toronto Area in more than a century. It will be located about an hour’s drive northwest of the downtown Toronto campus in the former Brampton Civic Centre, which has been renovated to include classrooms, labs, offices and student spaces for the incoming class of 94 MD students.TMU president Mohamed Lachemi spoke t
Toronto Metropolitan University’s new medical school officially opens its Brampton campus Wednesday. The school is trumpeting the opening as the first new medical school in the Greater Toronto Area in more than a century. It will be located about an hour’s drive northwest of the downtown Toronto campus in the former Brampton Civic Centre, which has been renovated to include classrooms, labs, offices and student spaces for the incoming class of 94 MD students.
TMU president Mohamed Lachemi spoke to The Globe and Mail about the significance of the school’s opening and other issues affecting the university sector.
TMU President Mohamed Lachemi poses for a photograph at the Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Friday April 19, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
Good morning. Companies want employees back at their desks, but one powerful Canadian institution has yet to fully return in-person – more on that below, along with the Taliban’s appeal for international aid and the new editor of American Vogue. But first:Today’s headlinesAlberta pauses its ban on school library books with sexually explicit contentTrump vows to take his fight for tariffs to the U.S. Supreme CourtWith a grand display of force, China’s Xi flaunts his country’s military and diploma
Good morning. Companies want employees back at their desks, but one powerful Canadian institution has yet to fully return in-person – more on that below, along with the Taliban’s appeal for international aid and the new editor of American Vogue. But first:
Lawyers for attorneys-general across the country want to appear in person before the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada when they make their arguments at a coming landmark hearing on Quebec’s secularism law and the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.One problem, however: That’s not allowed.
Lawyers for attorneys-general across the country want to appear in person before the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada when they make their arguments at a coming landmark hearing on Quebec’s secularism law and the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.
More below • A sample from band practice • At the world championships • Bagpipes 101Mastering It is a summer series to introduce you to Canadians who have sought to rise above being simply good at their chosen endeavour – and who, by perfecting their skill, strive to become the best.
Mastering It is a summer series to introduce you to Canadians who have sought to rise above being simply good at their chosen endeavour – and who, by perfecting their skill, strive to become the best.
The northern lights will be lighting up the night skies across much of Canada, with a high probability of aurora activity on Sept. 2 and 3, a forecast from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts. Here is how to capture the colourful display.
The northern lights will be lighting up the night skies across much of Canada, with a high probability of aurora activity on Sept. 2 and 3, a forecast from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts. Here is how to capture the colourful display.
Quebec Premier François Legault told a public inquiry on Tuesday that he knew nothing about the $500-million cost overrun tied to digitization efforts at the province’s auto-insurance board until it became public knowledge in February. Mr. Legault’s appearance before the Gallant commission into mismanagement and alleged cover-ups at the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec was the culmination of months of speculation about how much the Premier knew, and when, about a scandal that has alre
Quebec Premier François Legault told a public inquiry on Tuesday that he knew nothing about the $500-million cost overrun tied to digitization efforts at the province’s auto-insurance board until itbecame public knowledge in February.
Mr. Legault’s appearance before the Gallant commission into mismanagement and alleged cover-ups at the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec was the culmination of months of speculation about how much the Premier knew, and when, about a scandal that has already claimed one of his cabinet ministers.
The province’s embattled leader, facing plummeting poll numbers as he approaches seven years in office, said that details of mounting problems and ballooning costs within the SAAQclic project should have reached his desk, but didn’t.
Quebec Premier François Legault is photographed on a screen while appearing before the Gallant Commission, in Montreal on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Susan Duong was standing behind the counter, stacking containers of chicken fried rice, hot off the wok and ready to eat.She looked out the window at Riverdale Collegiate – the large high school directly across the street from her little takeout restaurant – and checked her watch. 11:36 a.m. The lunch bell was about to ring. It was time to open the doors. Yummy House was once again open for business.
Susan Duong was standing behind the counter, stacking containers of chicken fried rice, hot off the wok and ready to eat.
She looked out the window at Riverdale Collegiate – the large high school directly across the street from her little takeout restaurant – and checked her watch. 11:36 a.m. The lunch bell was about to ring. It was time to open the doors. Yummy House was once again open for business.
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