Nearly 850 trees would be cut down to make way for sprawling water park, underground parking lot Toronto is reviewing plans to turn Ontario Place into a sprawling private water park and spa with underground parking for more than 2,000 vehicles — a project that would require nearly 850 trees on the grounds be cut down. City staff and council are currently examining a development application submitted by the province on Nov. 25. The controversial proposal has been in the works for more than a year and needs to be approved by the cityRead more

Results of camera work to be transmitted to Earth on Monday A 17-metre-long Canadian-made robotic arm on the International Space Station will inspect a docked Soyuz spacecraft after a leak was noticed just before a spacewalk last week, Russia’s state space corporation said on Sunday. After the spacewalk was called off on Thursday, Roscosmos said there had been damage to the outer skin of an instrument assembly compartment of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule. It said there was a coolant leak. Roscosmos said cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Anna KikinaRead more

Taykwa Tagamou Nation hopes to join other Indigenous governing bodies with child welfare laws in effect Taykwa Tagamou Nation Chief Bruce Archibald still remembers how it felt to be taken away from his home as a toddler and sent to live with another family that didn’t practice his Cree traditions. “Things like that shouldn’t happen,” he said. Archibald was two years old when he was placed with a French-speaking family. Today, Archibald is using that experience as motivation to keep Indigenous kids rooted in their culture. Taykwa Tagamou Nation, locatedRead more

Saskatoon residence is a ‘community where people thrive,’ CEO says It’s time for learning circle. Eleven-year-old Rachel Molnar is wrangling more guests for her Grade 6 classroom. But those participants aren’t other Grade 6 students. That’s because Molnar is a student in a classroom inside Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon. She and other students like her are spending the year in iGen, an intergenerational classroom where students and residents exchange wisdom and knowledge with each other Monday through Friday. “I love the energy, I love seeing everyone so happy,” RachelRead more

A male suspect died following an interaction with officers, police say York police said six people, including an alleged gunman, are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night. Officers were called to the building at 7:20 p.m. ET on Sunday in response to a shooting in progress. It’s unclear what drove the violence, but York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween said five people were killed at the scene, which he described as horrendous. He said a sixth victim was taken to hospital but is expected to survive. At least one woman, who wasRead more