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A few visitors at Canada’s Wonderland had a rough day at the amusement park. During what should have been a routine ride on the Leviathan roller coaster, people seated in the front row found themselves with blood and feathers all over. When the roller coaster made its way to the peak of one of the loops, it […]
An Ontario man sued 24 of his coworkers after they excluded him from a $50 million lottery win because he was on vacation. According to The U.S. Sun, Christopher Bates and his colleagues formed a pool at a Bombardier plant where they would play the lottery together and split the winnings should they take home the jackpot. […]
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) found human remains in a car located at the bottom of Lake Ontario earlier this year and identified them as those of David Hannah, a prison guard who went missing in 1983. Back in January, during an underwater search for a separate, unrelated vehicle, police divers found a car submerged in Lake […]
A new report has found Niagara Falls to be the biggest tourist trap in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. For the report, vacation rental company Casago searched thousands of reviews on TripAdvisor for the phrase “tourist trap” to see which global tourist attractions featured it the most frequently. In an effort to specify the […]
Brampton rapper Spitty is taking his aspirations to build his city’s creative community to new heights in his new position as Artist Ambassador, and it all started in the office of Brampton’s former MP. In a space that is usually full with political jargon and debates, Jagmeet Singh made room for the community. His office […]
Happy Election Day, Ontario! If you haven’t already made it out to the polls, you should go out and exercise your democratic right. Not sure about where to vote, where the leaders stand, or are just generally unsure about what’s going on as a whole? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with a jargon-free, straightforward […]
Content warning: This story contains descriptions of anti-Black racism which may be disturbing to some readers. Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce participated in a mock slave auction while he was a frat leader at Western University. The event took place in 2006 at Sigma Chi fraternity’s Epsilon Omicron chapter, where Lecce served as president. Archives from Sigma […]
The Ontario government is introducing legislation that will temporarily lower gas and fuel taxes. On Monday, Premier Doug Ford announced the proposed legislation. If passed, the gas tax will be cut by 5.7 cents a litre and fuel by 5.3 cents a litre for at least six months, starting July 1. The gas tax rate would […]
A Brockville, Ontario man is facing charges after allegedly pulling out a sword at a local restaurant over a vaccine passport dispute. Brockville police report that on Feb. 27, the 39-year-old man and his friend were “causing issues” after being asked to show proof of vaccination. Police were notified of the argument after the man appeared to be wielding […]
Don’t confuse this with bragging, but Canada has been crushing it in the pandemic Olympics lately. Daily-infection case records are being broken in provinces from Ontario to Quebec to B.C., and the country just registered its highest new infections figure of 14,456 on Wednesday, Dec. 22, according to Global News’ tally. Today in Ontario, where […]
