Canadian performer Gordie Tapp passes away
Dec 20, 2016, at 02:45 pm
Toronto, Dec 20 (IBNS): Gordie Tapp, Canadian entertainer, a comedian, musician and script writer, who found success in radio and TV, died in his Burlington house, Ontario, Sunday at the age of 94, media reported.
Toronto: Keychains sold to raise money for brain cancer research
Dec 19, 2016, at 05:18 am
Toronto, Dec 18 (IBNS): Keychains made from extra leather from Downie's seven suit designs were sold Friday on a website raising money for brain cancer research.
Dec 19, 2016, at 05:17 am
Toronto, Dec 18 (IBNS): For many families in Windsor-Essex, near Toronto, access to healthy food is out of reach, media reported.
Toronto: Peace activist Audrey Tobias remembered
Dec 19, 2016, at 04:27 am
Toronto, Dec 18 (IBNS): Audrey Tobias, a long-time peace activist who died on Dec 1 at the age of 92, was remembered on Saturday for her drive and determination at a funeral service held at a church in Toronto.
Toronto: 21-year-old man fatally stabbed his aunt
Dec 19, 2016, at 01:50 am
Toronto, Dec. 18 (IBNS): Police issued a Canada-wide warrant for Shayne MacDonald, a 21-year-old man suspected to have fatally stabbed his aunt in an apartment near College and Dufferin streets on Friday, media said.
We don't want drone they stole-let them keep it: Donald Trump attacks China
Dec 18, 2016, at 07:12 pm
Washington, Dec 18 (IBNS): President-elect Donald Trump has said that US should let China keep his country's Navy's unmanned underwater glider that the latter had seized in the South China Sea.
Heavy snow logs out Toronto, flights cancelled
Dec 18, 2016, at 07:22 am
Toronto, Dec. 17 (IBNS): The city of Toronto is reeling under rain, snow and freezing rain which began Thursday afternoon, causing the cancellation of score of flights, delays, and even road mishaps.
Toronto: Heroic efforts of 2-year-old child to raise $500 for Brain Cancer Research
Dec 17, 2016, at 02:31 pm
Toronto, Dec 17 (IBNS): After two-year-old Bentley Davidson, also known as “Mini Gord Downie†became a social media star overnight, his parents decided to give back to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Gord’s behalf.
University of Toronto geoscientists discover oldest water in the world
Dec 17, 2016, at 02:23 pm
Toronto, Dec 17 (IBNS): The discovery of two-billion-year-old water in a mine in Timmins, scientifically proven to be the oldest water in the world, by a team of University of Toronto geoscientists could lead to a new perception of ancient life on earth and on other planets.
Extreme cold weather alert in Toronto
Dec 17, 2016, at 05:19 am
Toronto, Dec 16 (IBNS): A man found outdoors covered in snow with his fingers turned blue in the early hours of Friday morning was transported to hospital, media reported.
Toronto: Dog survives miraculously after deadly confrontation with GO train
Dec 17, 2016, at 01:57 am
Toronto, Dec 16 (IBNS): Luna, a two-year-old border collie mix, miraculously survived a deadly encounter with a GO train 680 News reported on Thursday.
U of T plans to preserve environmental data
Dec 16, 2016, at 03:24 pm
Toronto, Dec 16 (IBNS): With the growing risk of losing the environmental data under Donald Trump‘s leadership, researchers at the University of Toronto are planning what they called a “guerrilla archiving†meeting in Toronto on Saturday, to capture sensitive information currently available to the public through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), media reported.
Toronto man’s way of giving back
Dec 16, 2016, at 03:23 pm
Toronto, Dec 16 (IBNS): Toronto based Steve McNeil, skated in Nathan Phillips Square on Thursday morning to raise money for Alzheimer's research, in memory of her mother who died after 15-year fight with the disease and his mother-in-law's struggle with dementia, reports said.
Canada's top doctor retiring ahead of time
Dec 16, 2016, at 04:52 am
Toronto, Dec. 15 (IBNS): Canada's top doctor Dr. Gregory Taylor, 61, would be retiring Friday as Canada's chief public health officer after a little more than two years of his term, media reported.
Toronto: Devastating house fire kills four
Dec 16, 2016, at 12:47 am
Toronto, Dec 15 (IBNS): A devastating house fire on Nickel Street East in Port Colborne near Toronto in the wee hours of Wednesday (before 1.30am) claimed the lives of four family members, according to a police report.
Canada workers' union launches campaign to protect call centre employees from abusive callers
Dec 15, 2016, at 01:08 am
Calgary, Dec 14 (IBNS): Verbally abusive customers are a serious risk to the mental and physical health of call centre employees and it’s time for employers to provide them with better protection, according to the United Steelworkers (USW), which represents approximately 10,000 call centre workers in Canada.
University of Toronto’s fundraising campaign exceeds previous targets
Dec 14, 2016, at 01:53 pm
Toronto, Dec 14 (IBNS): University of Toronto’s collection of $2.4-billion Thursday towards its Boundless fundraising campaign had exceeded the limit of $2-billion in the last five years, media reports said.
Christmas festive spirit grips Toronto
Dec 14, 2016, at 01:48 am
Toronto, Dec 13 (IBNS): With just few days left, Toronto is fully soaked in the Christmas festival spirit.
Toronto hit by the first severe winter snow storm
Dec 13, 2016, at 01:39 pm
Toronto, Dec 13 (IBNS): Warning of 15 centimetres of snow between morning of Dec. 11 and afternoon of Dec. 12, as was issued on Dec. 11 by Environment Canada for the Greater Toronto Area, and much of southern Ontario.
Canada’s food guide should be more influential with consumers in mind
Dec 11, 2016, at 01:34 pm
Toronto, Dec 11 (IBNS): The Canadian Food Guide is considered by public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations as an image of our basic and essential nutritional values, said Sylvain Charlebois dean of the faculty of management and professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, reported on Tuesday by The Globe and Mail.
Ottawa Police ‘CopShop’ event unfurls Christmas spirit
Dec 11, 2016, at 04:20 am
Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): Ottawa Police visited the Carlingwood Shopping Centre, mid week, as part of thir ‘CopShop’ event to spread the Christmas warmth and spirit in a festive way.
Donald Trump rubbishes Apprentice involvement as 'Fake News'
Dec 11, 2016, at 04:04 am
Washington, Dec 10 (IBNS): US President-elect Donald Trump has rubbished reports linking him as the executive producer of TV show The Apprentice.
Canada constantly ranks 4th globally in Science education: reports
Dec 11, 2016, at 04:04 am
Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): The latest survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISAA) ranks Canada fourth internationally in Science, maths and reading.
First Canadian Woman: Viola Desmond to be on banknote
Dec 10, 2016, at 11:17 pm
Toronto, Dec 10 (IBNS): Viola Desmond will be the first Canadian woman to be on front of the Canadian $10 bill to be circulated in 2018, reported CTVNEWS.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights wins international award for inclusion
Dec 10, 2016, at 10:49 pm
Winnipeg - Dec 10 (IBNS) The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) was Friday presented with the prestigious Gold Award from the International Association of Universal Design (IAUD) at a ceremony in Nagoya, Japan.
Won't allow H-1B visa holders to replace native Americans in US companies : Donald Trump
Dec 10, 2016, at 07:38 pm
Washington, Dec 10 (IBNS): Maintaining his his stern stand towards against outsourcing and H-1B visa holders, US president-elect Donald Trump has reiterated that he will not allow foreign workers on H-1B visa replacing native Americans in US companies, media reports said.
Canada: Ottawa Police’ 'CopShop' plan brings Christmas spirit to local kids
Dec 10, 2016, at 02:26 pm
Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): With the aim of spreading Christmas cheer in Ottawa, the capital of Ontario, Ottawa Police appeared on Carlingwood Shopping Centre Wednesday, CTVNEWS reported.
Canada: Capt. Thomas McQueen's dead body brought to Ottawa
Dec 09, 2016, at 03:27 am
Toronto, Dec 8 (IBNS): A military funeral was held earlier in the day for Capt. Thomas McQueen at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton in Canada's Ontario, reported CBCNews.
Toronto's Tamils mourn death of Jayalalithaa
Dec 09, 2016, at 12:48 am
Toronto, Dec. 8 (IBNS): Toronto's Tamil community was deeply immersed in the ocean of grief at the death of Jayalalithaa, India's 'Iron Lady' who spent 14 years as Tamil Nadu's chief minister, CBCNEWS reported.
Dec 08, 2016, at 06:56 pm
Calgary, Dec 8 (IBNS): After a video was posted on social media about a man riding a scooter down the Deerfoot trail in the midst of a snow storm because he could not afford a safer vehicle, he has received a car as a gift from autodealership AutoMaxx Calgary.