Some prominent Toronto mayoral candidates, including city council’s current housing and planning chair, are holding campaign events aimed at raising money from developers. Mayoral candidates asking deep-pocketed homebuilders for campaign donations is not new. However, political observers say large-scale events hosted for municipal candidates by developers — common in provincial politics — have until now been a rarity. Brad Bradford, the housing chair, is appearing Monday evening at a dinner hosted by Al Libfeld, co-founder and president of Pickering-based Tribute Communities, which has multiple condominium projects in Toronto. “Our campaign isn’t going out of our way to court donations from developers, nor do we expect developers will go out of their way to support our campaign,” Matlow wrote in a statement.

CYRUS, Minn. - One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota that also killed the suspect in a domestic assault call Saturday night. Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Owen died at the hospital Saturday after the shooting that happened around 7:30 p.m. at an apartment in Cyrus, authorities said. Another deputy and a police officer from Starbuck, Minnesota, were also injured. ”This is an alarming trend that needs to stop now.”The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association identified Owen as the deputy who died Sunday morning. “Deputy Owen had a heart as big as his stature.

I’m not about that,” Arnold Pinnock, who co-created the landmark series about Black Canadian railway porters, told a roomful of media after the award presentations. I think that the show, the talent, the importance is undeniable.”“We got to showcase what talented people we have in our Canadian Black community,” Pinnock added. So clearly there is still work to be done to ensure diverse Canadian stories get produced, but at least some of those stories were rewarded during Canadian Screen Week. The film adaptation of David Chariandy’s novel about two Jamaican-Canadian brothers growing up in Scarborough won Best Motion Picture and 11 other prizes. It took seven prizes, including Best Comedy Series, Best Lead Performer for Baig, and Best Writing for Baig and production partner Fab Filippo.

FILE - The Coco Palms Resort retail annex where one shop on the second floor was gutted by fire in Wailua on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is pictured on Dec. 3, 2009. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel. The Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The resort opened in 1953 next to a historic coconut grove and an ancient Hawaiian fishpond. At one time, the community wanted the resort rebuilt, but those sentiments have changed, said Kauai Council Chairman Mel Rapozo.

The Narwhal’s visual journalism was recognized with top honours for human rights reporting at the Canadian Association of Journalists 2023 awards gala in Vancouver on Saturday. Ian Willms’ portrait of a man’s life — and death — in Fort Chipewyan, downstream of Alberta’s oilsands, took home the JHR/CAJ award in a tie alongside CBC’s look at the global refugee crisis. Ian in Fort McKay in 2012, on one of his many trips to communities near the oilsands of northern Alberta. The Globe and Mail’s Grant Robertson took home the CAJ’s McGillivray Award for best investigative journalism for his reporting on Hockey Canada’s secret funds for sexual assault settlements. Winners in other categories included the CBC, Radio-Canada, the Toronto Star and The Globe and independent outlets The Tyee, The Discourse, La Presse and Maisonneuve.

Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Italy declared a state of emergency this week in order to speed up the repatriation of migrants who get rejected for asylum. The move comes in response to the rising numbers of people crossing into Italy from North Africa. CBC News published this video item, entitled “Italy struggles with migrant influx” – below is their description. Leave a Comment Subscribe in Google NewsAbout This Source - CBC NewsCBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation’s English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

WASHINGTON: Police in the US state of New Mexico released footage on April 14 showing officers shooting a man dead after responding to the wrong address. The Farmington Police Department released body camera videos and 911 audio of the incident on April 5, in which three officers knocked on the door of the wrong house. They were responding to a call about domestic violence from 5308 Valley View Ave but footage shows the officers arriving at a house marked “5305”. The officers then request confirmation of the address from dispatch and discuss whether they are at the wrong house. It remains unclear why the officers, who are on paid leave for the length of the investigation, approached the wrong address, police said.

ET (CBC, SN, TVAS)Game 2: Thursday, April 20, 7 p.m. ET (CBC, SN, TVAS)Game 3: Saturday, April 22, 7 p.m. ET (CBC, SN, TVAS)Game 4: Monday, April 24, 7:30 p.m. ET (CBC, SN, TVAS)Game 2: Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. ET (Sportsnet, TVAS)*Game 5: Tuesday, April 25, TBD (TBD)*Game 6: Friday, April 28, TBD (TBD)*Game 7: Sunday, April 30, TBD (TBD)*if necessary

TORONTO — CBC's historical saga “The Porter” swept the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday with 12 wins including best drama, wrapping a week of festivities that turned out to be a celebration of Black excellence in media. The show's big wins came a day after Clement Virgo's film "Brother," a coming-of-age tale about Black boyhood, won a record 12 awards, including best picture. Meanwhile the CBC comedy “Sort Of” nabbed seven prizes, including best comedy and a best performer nod for star Bilal Baig. Liu also won the Screen Award for best host of a live entertainment special for his work on last year's Juno Awards. Highlights of the various awards shows will be broadcast Sunday in an hour-long special hosted by Samantha Bee on CBC and CBC Gem.

Imagine being called “the eighth wonder of the world.”At a 1901 dinner honouring Helen Keller (1880-1968), that’s precisely how Mark Twain introduced her to the crowd. And, unfortunately, during her earliest socialist period, she used a lot of stale rhetoric, which doesn’t convince in any era,” Wallace said. Keller gave an interview in which she went on the record about the appalling treatment of Black South Africans. It was like political whack-a-mole trying to maintain her image as a secular saint,” Wallace said. She issued an appeal for funds and condemned the poison of racism and oppression,” Wallace said.

Investigative reporter Kevin Donovan has spent years trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the murders of Toronto couple Honey and Barry Sherman. As host of “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman,” podcast series, Donovan has shared inside details of his probe into the strange case of the famous Toronto couple who were found strangled in their north Toronto home in 2017. Now, Donovan will answer reader questions about the case, live. Check this page on Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m. to post your questions in the comment section, below the “Join the Conversation,” heading, and watch for Donovan’s replies. To post a comment, register for a free account on thestar.com by choosing “Sign In” in the top right corner.

Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors developed eye exam charts in syllabics. The charts typically used, known as visual acuity charts, use Latin letters, and the doctors quickly recognized that because of this, some patients, especially those that mainly spoke Inuktitut or seniors, struggled. “Inuit speak good English in Nunavik, but many may not have been taught the individual letters,” El-Hadad said in a phone interview. “We developed the charts and adapted the sizing of the letters to match the sizing parameters of the existing visual acuity chart in Latin,” Bhambra told Eye on the Arctic in an email exchange. “Indigenous patients face several barriers in the healthcare system, and being able to provide more inclusive or patient-centred care for them has been incredibly meaningful.

Increased access to harm reduction interventions and metrics around the success of privately run recovery programs are among the calls-to-action in a report by Alberta medical students. (Shutterstock / Billion Photos - image credit)A group of medical students is calling for improved access to evidence-based interventions to help address the opioid crisis in Alberta. It's one of three calls to action contained in a new report from medical students at the universities of Calgary and Alberta. In October 2022, Alberta introduced rules limiting who can prescribe high-potency drugs to people with difficult-to-treat opioid addictions. Students from across the province are gathering at the legislature on Monday to advocate for their calls to action.

STAND-UP COMEDIAN and actor Ali Hassan was 13 years old when he inadvertently developed a love of cooking. “I insulted my mother’s sandwiches as a young man,” Hassan tells Stir via a hands-free interview while he’s on a three-hour drive through Ontario. And while Hassan may not be widely known as a former chef, he’s no stranger to Canadian audiences. In Does This Taste Funny?, Hassan combines his passions for comedy and food. Why did they not consider it funny, and how do I change that to make it funny?’”

Note to listeners: On Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m Kevin Donovan will answer your Honey and Barry Sherman case questions at this link. In episode three of “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman,” we follow the footsteps of Honey and Barry Sherman and the mysterious “walking man” as they converge on Old Colony Rd. Hannukah had just begun, Honey had presents to buy for grandchildren and Barry had drug battles to fight. Toronto Star subscribers will also get exclusive early access to behind-the-scenes bonus episodes. Audio sources: Toronto Police press conference, Sherman private investigation press conferenceTHE BILLIONAIRE MURDERSEpisode 1: The Man on the InsideEpisode 2: The BodiesEpisode 3: The day Honey and Barry Sherman diedEpisode 4: King and Queen ShermanKevin Donovan is the Star’s chief investigative reporter based in Toronto.