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Consumer Alert

Canadian couple told new car cannot be insured in U.S. after moving to Florida

A couple from Montreal who recently moved to Florida fear they may have to sell their newly purchased vehicle after Toyota refused to provide them a compliance letter, a policy by some manufacturing companies that has seen owners unable to import their cars into the United States.

Electric vehicles less reliable than gas powered cars: Consumer Reports

A new survey from Consumer Reports has troubling news concerning electric vehicles (EVs) as owners say they are less reliable than gas powered cars.

Number of battery fires nearly doubled since 2022: Toronto Fire Services

The number of lithium-ion battery fires in Toronto has nearly doubled this year, according to Toronto Fire Services (TFS).

Toronto family devastated when personal items and family pictures go missing from storage unit

A Toronto man said he was devastated to find out his family photos, children's artwork and other precious items had gone missing while stored in a storage unit.

More than a third of Canadians to shop online for Cyber Monday: Retail Council of Canada

More than a third of Canadians are shopping online for Cyber Monday sales, according to the Retail Council of Canada's (RCC) latest survey.

Bad Boy Furniture's $25M liquidation sale has already started. Here's what you need to know

Bad Boy Furniture has begun the process of clearing out $25 million in inventory as it restructures its business.

'I was just so disappointed': Ontario man scammed $30,000 trying to buy dream car

An Ontario man was elated when he thought he bought his dream car on a U.S. website, but his dreams never came true because the car never arrived.

Bad Boy Furniture says it's unable to refund deposits. Here's what customers can do

Court filings have indicated that Bad Boy Furniture won't be able to refund its customers' money. So, what happens next? Here's what you need to know.

Someone in the GTA spent more than $3K on one DoorDash delivery. Here's what they ordered

Someone in the Toronto area spent more than a month’s worth of rent on a DoorDash delivery order, according to a report.

Queen's Park

Bonnie Crombie wins Ontario Liberal leadership after 3 rounds of voting

Ontario Liberals have selected Bonnie Crombie, a three-term big city mayor and former MP who boasts that she gets under the skin of Premier Doug Ford, as their next leader to go head to head with the premier in the next provincial election.

Here's what the new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie promised

The Ontario Liberal Party has a new leader.

Ontario adds over 6K jobs in November, employment stable for 5th month

Employment in Ontario has remained relatively stable for the fifth consecutive month, according to Statistics Canada.

Crime & Courts

Residents no longer asked to stay home in Hamilton neighhourhood as police conclude search in area, suspect outstanding

A shooting suspect in Hamilton’s McQuesten West neighbourhood is believed to have left the area and residents can now leave their homes, police say.

Toronto driver charged for allegedly speeding downtown, failing to stop for police

A man has been charged after allegedly speeding on a downtown Toronto road and failing to stop for police on Friday evening.

Man in hospital with critical injuries following stabbing in North York

A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries follow a stabbing near the Yonge and Sheppard area of Toronto.

Totally Toronto

Toronto's most-listened to artist on Spotify was not Taylor Swift. Here's who it is for 2023

With Spotify’s long-awaited annual “Wrapped” campaign here, this is what Torontonians – and those across the Greater Toronto Area – were listening to the most.

Blink-182 coming back to Toronto with Alexisonfire

Toronto millennials looking to live out the glory days of a mid-2000s “Warped Tour” can look forward to Blink-182’s concert next summer.

Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia writes memoir with 'behind-the-scenes stories'

Entrepreneur and Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia is now an author.

Drake's son Adonis makes rap debut on his dad's newest album

Cover artist. Basketballer. And now, rapper?

Mariah Carey is going on a Christmas tour. Here's when it comes to Toronto

Mariah Carey is bringing Christmas to Toronto a bit earlier this year.

One of the last 'hold-out' properties in this midtown Toronto neighbourhood sells $1M over asking

An orphaned burgundy brick house sitting in the shadow of a midtown Toronto tower – one of the area’s last hold-out properties – sold for more than one million over asking this month.

Healthcare professionals can now prescribe visits to the Toronto Zoo

A visit to the Toronto Zoo may just be what the doctor ordered.

Whoever wins the Toronto Blue Jays' September 50/50 is expected to snag the largest grand prize in MLB history

Whoever wins the Blue Jays' September 50/50 draw will become a multi-millionaire come October 1 — the grand prize is expected to reach the largest sum in major league baseball history.

Pulitzer-winning play starring 'Degrassi' actor opens at Toronto’s Canadian Stage

A new play featuring a former 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' star opens tonight at Canadian Stage in Toronto.

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Another inmate dead at notoriously harsh Newfoundland jail, officials confirm

An inmate has died at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in Newfoundland, one of the oldest operating provincial jails in the country, officials with the provincial Justice Department confirmed.

This Canadian couple used surrogacy to have a child. Here's what they want you to know

Families that need help conceiving a child are met with financial burdens that should be covered through government health care and insurance, advocates say.

Renowned Quebec entrepreneur, partner reported dead in Caribbean

Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his spouse Dominique Marchand have died in their adopted home of Dominica, in the Caribbean, a source has confirmed.

Ships face Houthi-claimed attack in Red Sea as officials say a U.S. warship also fires in self-defence

Commercial ships came under attack Sunday by drones and missiles in the Red Sea and a U.S. warship there opened fire in self-defence as part of an hourslong assault claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said.

BREAKING

BREAKING Former April Wine singer Myles Goodwyn dead at 75

Canadian musician Myles Goodwyn, the former lead singer of April Wine, has died at age 75.

Fatal stabbing of German tourist by suspected radical puts sharp focus on Paris Olympics

A bloodstain by a bridge over the Seine river was the only remaining sign on Sunday of a fatal knife attack 12 hours earlier on a German tourist, allegedly carried out by a young man under watch for suspected Islamic radicalization.

Venezuelans vote in referendum over large swath of territory under dispute with Guyana

Venezuelans are voting in a referendum Sunday to supposedly decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana that their government claims ownership of, arguing the territory was stolen when a north-south border was drawn more than a century ago.

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