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TORONTO STAR Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:36 AM
    

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00 AM
    
There was 'huge growth' in GTA power of sales listings in February, pointing to rising stress in the housing market and disaster for some borrowers.

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:30 AM
    
"Anti-Black racism specifically affects peoples' livelihood. Black Torontonians on a daily basis have to experience feelings of inadequacy or trying to make themselves appear smaller."

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:00 AM
    
Across Toronto, badly needed affordable rentals are being roadblocked by rising rates and shrinking margins, says head of city hall's housing secretariat.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:10 AM
     Ontario Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism and MPP Michael Ford was called upon Wednesday to rescind a comment made about Toronto youth that some have called "disturbing, offensive, and racist."

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:37 AM
     Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie will be joining TTC leadership for an announcement Wednesday morning on increasing outreach support on the transit network.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:14 AM
     Police want to speak with two females who witnessed a serious hit-and-run collision near Vaughan Mills mall that critically injured a man earlier this month.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:06 AM
     Ontario's budget is set to be tabled Thursday amid both surging revenues and a potential economic slowdown, and while the finance minister has been signalling "restraint," he says that doesn't mean program cuts.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:52 AM
     The 23-year-old had 12 goals and 15 assists in 36 games in his senior NCAA season at UMass Lowell.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:50 AM
     Toronto police said on Dec. 25, 2022, officers received a report of an assault with a weapon in the Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue area.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:46 AM
     The City of Toronto and the TTC are partnering with an outreach group geared to provide more mental health supports to vulnerable people sheltering on transit system.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:43 AM
     Same-sex relations are already illegal in Uganda, but the new bill would also ban promoting and abetting homosexuality, as well as "conspiracy to engage in homosexuality."

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:41 AM
     Overall, weather conditions and the rate of melting will determine the severity — or not — of flooding in the province.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:37 AM
     The S&P/TSX composite index was up 69.58 points at 19,724.50.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:33 AM
     The wage, which is currently $13.50 an hour, will go up to $14.15 an hour in April and again to $15.30 an hour in October. 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:30 AM
     Ontario Provincial Police say 13 snowmobilers have died so far this season -- which runs from November to April -- with many falling through ice.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:28 AM
     Investigators say a woman was seen on security video pumping $70 worth of fuel into a car that was reported stolen in York Region.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:22 AM
     The neighbouring nations have had a long history of collaboration, and on Thursday Trudeau offered a hint of what will be at the 'centre' of his conversations with Biden.

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:51 AM
     SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson dropped an 8-3 decision to Germany's Daniela Jentsch in round-robin play at the women's world curling championship. Einarson and her Manitoba-based team of Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris conceded after giving up four points in the eighth end. Canada will play South Korea's Seungyoun Ha later Wednesday […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:47 AM
     Police in Ontario are warning that climate change is shortening the snowmobiling season and making a growing number of trails dangerous for riders across the province. Ontario Provincial Police say 13 snowmobilers have died so far this season — which runs from November to April — with many falling through ice. A total of 13 […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:43 AM
     An Ontario Liberal member of provincial parliament says she is planning to resign her seat in order to run in the Toronto mayoral race. Mitzie Hunter, who has represented Scarborough-Guildwood since 2013 and is a former education minister, says she is preparing to formally declare a mayoral bid next week. She would have to resign […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:39 AM
     Money wasn't the only thing offered to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo when he signed with the Las Vegas Raiders. The 31-year-old's bank account is $72 million richer after agreeing to a three-year deal with the Raiders.  His libido may also benefit from the treats of Sin City after being offered "free sex for life" by two […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:27 AM
     LONDON — A large ship tipped over while dry-docked in Scotland, injuring 25 people Wednesday, emergency workers said. Police and emergency services were called to the Imperial Dock in Edinburgh after receiving reports that a ship had become dislodged from its holding. The Scottish Ambulance Service said 15 people were taken to the hospital, while […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:22 AM
     Storm Hogan calls herself the "Bikini Cowgirl" and she's taken TikTok by, uh, storm. The 19-year-old blond shares insight into her life living on a farm in rural South Australia. But it's more likely her seductive poses in skimpy outfits is what's driving traffic. And she does so as she does farm-like tasks such as […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:10 AM
     'The truth shall set you free'

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:09 AM
     Voicing an unpopular opinion among the world's best golfers, Rory McIlroy says he supports the proposed rollback of the golf ball announced last week by the game's governing bodies. In an interview with No Laying Up on Tuesday, McIlroy voiced his approval of the USGA and R&A plan to rein in the distance a golf […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:03 AM
     Augusta National is famous for making rather significant course changes look so seamless they can be hard to find. That won't be the case this year, as the famous par-5 13th has officially been lengthened by 35 yards — from 510 to 545 — after years of speculation. The change is sure to be a […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:59 AM
     A 36-year-old man may be waiting a while to get his driver's licence after allegedly becoming angry and nearly running down pedestrians when he failed his test in Guelph. Guelph Police say officers responded to a disturbance at a plaza on Woodlawn Rd. W. — near Hanlon Pkwy. — just after 4 p.m. on Monday. […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:50 AM
     Police in Ontario are warning that climate change is shortening the snowmobiling season and making a growing number of trails dangerous for riders across the province. Ontario Provincial Police say 13 snowmobilers have died so far this season – which runs from November to April – with many falling through ice. A total of 13 […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:47 AM
     BERLIN (AP) — German investigators carried out raids on Wednesday related to an alleged coup plot involving supporters of a far-right movement, authorities said. A police officer was shot in the arm during one of the searches. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann tweeted that federal prosecutors ordered searches of 20 properties and that the move was […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:47 AM
     SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California has been blamed for two deaths and forecasters said additional flooding was possible Wednesday in parts of the state. Tuesday's storm blasted the San Francisco Bay Area with powerful gusts and downpours, pounded […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:39 AM
     MPP Michael Ford is being asked to rescind a comment he made about youth in Toronto, with some opposition critics labelling the minister's words as "hurtful" and "racist." NDP leader Marit Stiles took to Twitter on Wednesday morning and asked Ford to take back the remarks that were printed in a newsletter he issued to […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:33 AM
     MONTREAL — Firefighters and police are continuing to search for at least five missing people at the site of a fatal fire in Old Montreal while the investigation continues. While the plan had been to dismantle the upper floors of the three-storey building starting the week, authorities have put that plan on hold while focusing […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:33 AM
     TORONTO — Strength in the energy stocks helped Canada's main stock index climb higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were mixed ahead of the latest interest rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 69.58 points at 19,724.50. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:32 AM
     TORONTO — The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced a new $75,000 prize for international authors who have penned non-fiction works. The Weston International Award will honour a non-Canadian author's body of work. It will be a companion award to the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which is awarded annually to a Canadian […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:31 AM
     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Wednesday in favor of Sweden joining NATO, signing off on the country's membership along with the required legislation. The 349-seat Riksdagen, or parliament, authorized Sweden's accession to NATO on a 269-37 vote, with 43 lawmakers absent. It was the last required domestic hurdle to the country becoming […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:26 AM
     Toronto police are searching for a 42-year-old man wanted in a series of violent assaults in North York over a three-month period. Police say they were first called to an apartment building in the area of Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue on Christmas Day last year after a man allegedly broke down a door using […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:25 AM
     BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Wednesday ruled for the fourth time to extend by 30 days the preventative arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is held on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, an official said. Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has 5.4 million Twitter followers, […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:23 AM
     SAO PAULO (AP) — Federal police raided locations in several states Wednesday to crack down on a crime gang accused of plotting assassinations and kidnappings of public officials including a former judge who presided over Brazil's biggest corruption case. About 120 agents carried out 24 search and seizure warrants and 11 arrest warrants in the […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:22 AM
     KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United Nations rights chief is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment. "The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its kind in the world – is a deeply troubling […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:22 AM
     COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former soldier shot and killed an active duty member of the U.S. Army and three children at a home in South Carolina before killing himself, officials said Wednesday. Two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation, confirmed the information on the military affiliation […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:22 AM
     NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him. They weren't able to crack the case of the German composer's deafness or severe stomach ailments. But they did find a genetic […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:17 AM
     TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Al Stone-Gebhardt worked hard in school to make sure he graduates in May, and he spent hundreds of dollars on commencement regalia, but he is fully prepared not to participate in the ceremony. The 17-year-old, who is transgender, said he fears his high school, Tulsa Union, might use his deadname — […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:30 AM
     Federal support has improved in recent years. But it's not enough. More innovative thinking is needed, and researchers have suggestions.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:54 AM
     It's not enough that we demand improvements from the police. The oversight board also needs to move beyond status quo thinking.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:40 AM
     About 35,000 users are under a boil water advisory Wednesday following a water main break  on Rue Main, between Racine and Hupé streets. The affected area stretches from the Ottawa River north to Autoroute 50, and west of Avenue du Cheval-Blanc to Montée Paiement. The city also advised there may be a drop in pressure […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:11 AM
     Are you thinking about getting a new kitchen? You may think of a kitchen renovation the same as any other major home improvement project, but there's more to it than that. Most homeowners place a lot of importance on their kitchen, and this makes all the difference — both emotionally and practically. This article is […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     Following a public consultation process, a report is to be brought before city council in September.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:23 AM
     U.S. President Joe Biden can expect some local weather specialties during his trip to the capital this week. While there's no sign of hail for the chief's visit, Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for most of the next couple of days. Beginning Wednesday night, the weather agency is predicting freezing rain or […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00 AM
     The Obama cookie won't be retiring anytime soon. But I could go for a Biden biscuit

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:46 AM
     A 48-year-old LaSalle man is in serious collision after he drove a vehicle into the garage of a home. LaSalle police said the incident occurred just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in the 6700 block of Malden Road. Officers were alerted by neighbourhood residents and arrived to find the vehicle inside the attached garage of a […]

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:40 AM
     For the first time since 2019, the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada is set to return to Windsor this summer. The Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announced Wednesday that Ambassador Golf Club will host the Windsor Championship as one of the 10 stops on this year's schedule. Windsor will be the tour's seventh […]

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:06 AM
     Dozens of Windsor property owners showed their frustration at a protest of the city's new residential rental licensing pilot program in front of city hall Tuesday afternoon.  The City of Windsor is testing a program that would require small rentals of four units or fewer in Wards 1 and 2 to be licensed by the […]

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:59 AM
     Three out-of-town men are currently on trial for first-degree murder in the brutal killing of a young Windsor woman three years ago. But it's the main witness for the prosecution who has had to repeatedly insist — over weeks now, under intense defence attorney grilling — that he wasn't the actual shooter on the night […]

Ottawa Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:30 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     People who live in the Horn of Africa are suffering through their sixth consecutive rainy season without rain.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     In Saskatchewan, any trace of cannabis in a driver's system can have serious consequences.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     A reader offers his opinion on the plan by the Saskatchewan Party government to establish an agency to collect provincial income tax.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:10 AM
     Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen gave a muted response on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, to calls from the head of the United Nations for countries to show greater ambition when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:07 AM
     Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, kept his party's election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:05 AM
     Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:02 AM
     A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:50 AM
     As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:46 AM
     A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:10 AM
     The Supreme Court of Canada this week will examine whether the federal law that evaluates the impacts of proposed resource projects is unconstitutional.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:10 AM
     Danielle Smith's government is in court right now fighting against the federal government's Impact Assessment Act — a case it's probably going to lose. If it does, it should look in its own backyard for the reason why, columnist Max Fawcett writes.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:10 AM
     This month's budget could spell the end of such big-picture thinking that drove spending in the early stages of the pandemic.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:10 AM
     One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.

National Observer Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:10 AM
     More than three dozen professors at an Ontario university are calling on the federal and provincial governments to act in response to reporting published by Canada's National Observer​​​​​​​.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:34 AM
     Number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 increases by 12 to 1,280.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:02 AM
     Education Minister Bernard Drainville made the announcement after he was questioned in the National Assembly concerning sexual assaults allegedly committed on students in a high school in Cowansville.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:54 AM
     Quebec needs to look at housing as a fundamental right, as important as education and health care, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:33 AM
     The change in weather should accelerate the melting of the snow but "many other roads will be impassable," cemetery management says.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:44 AM
     "Women make fewer requests for help in terms of dependency. They are still very stigmatized, yet they are clearly targeted by the industry."

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:37 AM
     It will take time to conduct the "very thorough" process of identifying victims and "we are well aware the wait is very hard and painful."

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:00 AM
     In the game's final minute, Josh Anderson was sent crashing into an empty net by Mikhail Sergachev and left the ice with the help of his teammates.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:45 AM
     Around two millimetres of freezing precipitation is expected to fall before Thursday morning.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00 AM
     "We are going to see some changes for the better," McGill prof says. "But it really is terrible it has to come in the wake of this tragedy."

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:00 AM
     On this day, March 22, in history: In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy. In 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. The Act was repealed the following year. In 1818, Easter Sunday was on March 22nd, […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:04 AM
     With President Biden's upcoming visit to Ottawa, I wonder if Prime Minister Trudeau might be a bit embarrassed. After all, the historic Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. includes "unprecedented investments to tackle climate change." Meanwhile, the European Union recently introduced a proposal to encourage clean energy and climate investments. Canada hasn't even entered this […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:39 AM
     Last July, Calgary standup comedian Malik Elassal landed what was likely his biggest gig to date. He had been named one of the New Faces of Comedy for Just for Laughs, which had earned him a spot at an industry showcase in a theatre in downtown Montreal. It was designed for agents and managers to […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:02 AM
     Although the musical love story Countries Shaped Like Stars has been performed more than 125 times in the past 14 years, Lunchbox Theatre's production can bill itself as a premiere. "Lunchbox Theatre's version is the first time the show has been performed in English by artists other than myself and Nick Di Gaetano, who created […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     Re: Year-round trophy hunting raises concerns for animal conservation; Alberta's big-game program extended from three months to attract U.S. money, March 15 As a successful but now retired sheep hunter, having spent 40 years in this pursuit, I am convinced that allowing special year-long hunting privileges will be an unmitigated disaster for Alberta's bighorn population. […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     The photograph is more than 40 years old, yet just the sight of it makes me break out in laughter to this day. It serves as a reminder that it's tough to be cranky, outraged or sanctimonious when you're laughing, which is one reason I'd like to see more of it in Ottawa and Edmonton. […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:01 AM
     Tough on protesters So I have a question regarding the protest to remove Sir John A. Macdonald's name from the junior high school. Why are there students in the protest, on a school day? Shouldn't they be in school? If they don't have a valid reason for being out of school, they should be suspended. […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:00 AM
     The Calgary Flames should sign Premier Danielle Smith. They need someone good with the stickhandling. Smith seems also adept at passing the puck … er … the buck. On Tuesday, two dozen protesters took to the streets as much as two dozen protesters can take to the streets. They want the name of Canada's first […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:00 AM
     Since taking office in 2015, the Trudeau government has significantly increased spending year after year while exceeding its own spending forecasts at nearly every turn.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:03 AM
     The man stabbed at least one person, slashed another, robbed at least two people and sparked a car crash involving two police vehicles and a taxi on Friday.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:57 AM
     Since late last week, neighbours living in Thetis Heights near Thetis Lake Regional Park have been notifying one another of cougar sightings through a neighbourhood Facebook page.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:49 AM
     It looks like Metro Vancouver is in for some pleasant spring weather today, with temperatures expected to reach 17 C inland.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:00 AM
     Seven students over two school years design train that will be powered by a lithium battery instead of by gas, much like an electric car's, as present train is sidelined by mechanical problems

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00 AM
     "In Vancouver coyotes begin breeding in January, with litters of pups born in spring. During this time, coyotes are more active as they establish and protect their dens, and seek additional food for their young." — Notice from Vancouver park board