If Ontario doesn’t speed up a review of alcohol taxes and eliminate some of them soon, craft breweries across the province could close before the market expands to convenience stores, the brewers’ association is warning. Scott Simmons, president of Ontario Craft Brewers, said in submissions for the provincial spring budget …
Read More »Old Navy stores in two GTA malls to close by the end of the month – Toronto
A spokesperson from Old Navy Canada has confirmed to Global News they will be closing two retail locations in Toronto at the end of January. The Toronto Eaton Centre and Markville Shopping Centre will both lose their Old Navy locations in a matter of weeks. The company says it is …
Read More »Police close roads near Queen’s Park Tuesday ahead of planned protest ‘involving vehicles’ – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Police say roads in and around Queen’s Park are closed due to “a potential demonstration involving a number of vehicles.” Police issued the traffic alert about the road closures just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday. “Our intelligence is indicating it’s a …
Read More »Fire forces sex worker organization Maggie’s Toronto to temporarily close
A safe haven for some of the city’s most vulnerable…has gone up in smoke. Just last Spring, Maggie’s Toronto, the nation’s oldest sex worker justice organization, moved in and renovated a downtown space on the second and third floors of the Church of the Holy Trinity campus near Yonge and …
Read More »Manitoba Liquor Marts to close for the weekend as strike continues – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Liquor Marts in Manitoba are set to close for the weekend as a result of the ongoing strike over employee wages. Several locations will remain open Friday but are set to close at 5 p.m., then all Manitoba Liquor and Lottery-operated stores …
Read More »Sun Valley grocery store to close after nearly 40 years, condo building to be built – Toronto
Sun Valley Market, a local institution in Toronto’s Birchmount Park, will be closing its doors for good at the end of July. The grocery store, which has been located at Danforth Avenue and Birchmount Road, first opened its doors in 1986 and will close on July 29th. The original Sun …
Read More »Ex-officer’s account of being ordered to ‘close’ rape file challenged in N.S. hearing
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former RCMP officer who testified last week that he was ordered to stop investigating an alleged sexual assault in Halifax is having his account questioned today during cross-examination. Jerell Smith …
Read More »Some Hamilton residents told to close windows amid smoke from waste facility fire
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Firefighters will be on the scene of an industrial fire in Hamilton throughout Sunday, the local fire chief says. Around 7 a.m. on Father’s Day, firefighters were called to an industrial building on Gage Avenue North, near Burlington Street East, to respond …
Read More »Andlauer group buys Ottawa Senators for close to $1 billion: reports
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 13, 2023 9:30 am Updated June 13, 2023 9:33 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A group led by Toronto-based businessman Michael Andlauer has reached an agreement in principle to purchase the NHL’s Ottawa Senators for close to US$1 billion, …
Read More »‘Vibrant’ Toronto Maple Leafs hit the road with another chance to close out Lightning
Sheldon Keefe and his players were set to head to the airport and board a plane they would have preferred see stay on the tarmac. The Maple Leafs had allowed a chance to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first-round playoff series slip away less than 24 hours …
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