When it comes to good deeds, the North Halton Twisters all-girls hockey team is certainly getting the recognition they deserve both on and off the ice. “It’s important because our whole community could be suffering and we need to help them out and we can do simple things that could put a smile on their face or just change their day,” Izzy English, who is with the team, said. Story continues below This season the peewee team decided to…
January 24 2018 5:24pm Cathy Crowe, a prominent street nurse and community advocate from Toronto, was invested into the Order of Canada in Ottawa Wednesday. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash…
Advertisement DAVOS, Switzerland — By any measure, he made a lot of money, the kid from Queens, maybe not as much as he boasted, but a fortune. And yet never accepted, never respected, he remained on the outside pressing his nose against the window of the club of elites he both revered and resented. So when President Trump arrives in this snowy, mountaintop resort where financial titans mingle with heads of state in an annual saturnalia of capitalism, it…
Photo President Trump on Wednesday at the White House. Credit Pete Marovich for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. “I’m looking forward to it,” Mr. Trump said of talking to Mr. Mueller, ending months of speculation over whether he would submit to questions from the special counsel, who is also…
As Toronto continues to make international headlines, most recently with Amazon’s announcement the city is on the shortlist for its second headquarters, tourism officials say it’s that kind of exposure that is driving a record-breaking amount of visitors to the area. Story continues below According to newly-released statistics by Tourism Toronto, the region hosted more than 43.7 million visitors in 2017 and more than 15 million visitors stayed overnight in Toronto — both figures shattering previous records. “Toronto has…
January 23 2018 11:13pm Police have arrested 20-year-old suspect after five shootings seemingly targeted random people, including a 4-year-old girl, in the span of two weeks. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident &&…
Months after Global News reported on classroom violence across Ontario, results of a new survey released by the union representing the province’s elementary educators say 70 per cent of union members who responded have seen or experienced violent incidents. Story continues below “It has confirmed everything that we and numerous education partners have been saying for over a year, that there is a problem here and it’s getting worse,” Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario…
January 23 2018 8:37pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Hosted by Alan Carter and Farah Nasser. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash ) {…
For many, winter means flu season and this year medical experts say the virus is taking a toll on the Greater Toronto Area health-care system. “Influenza A is a little bit higher than it should be, but influenza B is off the charts higher,” ER doctor Brett Belchetz told Global News, adding the increase is due in part to a low efficacy rate of the flu shot. Story continues below A number of doctors, nurses and administrators at hospitals…
To his basketball teammates, he’s known as “Brycey Buckets.” Bryce Dennis’ father describes the Mono, Ont., basketballer as having “a real natural knack to get the ball in the basket.” Elvis Dennis said his son, who just turned nine last week, has regularly competed with and against older players in the Canadian Youth Basketball League. He was even selected as an all-star in the league’s fourth grade age group. READ MORE: Toronto’s King Nation Basketball team changing young lives…
