Toronto Star
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 16:19:00 EDTBudget promises lower deficit, but more spending on housing, defence and social programs
The 2022 budget plan is perhaps the most conservative budget that the Trudeau Liberals have ever produced, and yet it’s bound to irk critics who wanted both more and less.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 05:00:00 EDTBrampton teen died hours after ‘struggle’ with off-duty Toronto cop, documents reveal
Toronto police Consts. Gurmakh Benning and Calvin Au are facing misconduct charges for allegedly failing to document the confrontation with 19-year-old Chadd Facey. The SIU is separately investigating Facey’s death.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 19:47:51 EDTFederal budget will help to ease housing crisis, Ontario government says
Ontario’s housing minister is hailing the federal budget as a big help in easing the affordability crisis that has sent home prices soaring out of reach for too many.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 16:19:01 EDTBudget’s housing plans target Canada’s next generation of immigrants
Putting more people to work in Canada is a big part of a spending blueprint unveiled by the Liberal government Thursday that seeks to put economic growth at the centre of every policy.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 22:26:15 EDTRaptors tighten grip on fifth with win over Sixers, and might see them again soon
And Philadelphia just might be their first-round playoff opponent, with or without Matisse Thybulle.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 22:17:10 EDT‘This is Auston’s night.’ Matthews shatters Leafs single-season goals record — then adds OT winner in Dallas
Matthews could well become the first Leaf to score 60 in a season, and the first NHLer to do so in a decade.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 19:09:00 EDTCanadians react to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation as the first Black woman to sit as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
For the first time in its history, the court will have four women sitting on it.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 05:00:00 EDTThousands in Ontario catching COVID twice: Why reinfections are now more common than you’d think
Getting hit with the virus a second time was once thought to be a rarity, but Omicron changed everything.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 05:55:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario facing ‘tidal wave’ of COVID-19 cases, says Dr. Peter Juni
Meanwhile, rapid tests an important, if imperfect, tool in potential sixth wave, say experts.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 11:28:00 EDT‘No working smoke alarm’ in Brampton house fire that killed family of six, fire marshal says
Grandmother Bonnie O’Dea, who had been hospitalized in critical condition, also died Wednesday evening, according to family.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 18:17:49 EDTKathleen Wynne praises allies and opponents alike in candid Queen’s Park goodbye speech
After almost 19 years at Queen’s Park, the most powerful woman in the history of Ontario politics called it a day.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 16:29:00 EDTRepublican strategy in Supreme Court hearings reveals a party that’s fully unhinged
The long arc of history may bend toward justice, but it generally encounters fierce resistance along the way, Edward Keenan writes.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 13:55:15 EDTSupermarket giants, food suppliers agree grocery industry needs a mandatory and enforceable code of conduct
Ongoing tension between the two sides is affecting the price and availability of products for Canadian consumers.
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 18:18:00 EDTThis is the text that led to the Niagara IceDogs GM and coach both being suspended from the OHL
As brothers Billy and Joey Burke apologize, a Brock University sports management expert stresses need for a changed hockey culture