Canadian Beat

FIFA fan zones revealed amid back and forth with Toronto Officials

Formal talks on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) begin in July, but we’re coming off a week of rising trade tensions between Canada and the U.S.

Less than one week after announcing the acquisition of a used private jet, Premier Ford and the Ontario government are making headlines again for claims of selling the jet with no losses amid widespread public backlash.

The alleged poison seller is expected to plead guilty to aiding and abetting suicide in 14 cases in Ontario. But the total number of deaths linked to his products has reached 150 — more than 110 of them in Britain.

Now that he has a majority, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is turning to the review of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is only months away.

Beginning July 6, the Kitchener Line will run once daily and will serve workers and students living west of Toronto during the week, and then theater goers on weekends.

Tunnel digging has begun on an ambitious $4 billion dollar expansion of rapid transit in the Greater Toronto Area.

Ontario provincial officials are easing alcoholic beverage rules in many of its park spaces beginning this season.

Wins in metropolitan Toronto ridings Monday gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a slight majority in Canadian Parliament.

Political history is about to be made in Canada on Monday as three federal by-elections are being held; two of them in Ontario and one in Quebec.