Category: Toronto

Nadal Withdraws From Cincinnati Hardcourt Event With Foot Injury

Rafa Nadal’s U.S. Open preparations have suffered another setback after the Spaniard withdrew from next week’s Cincinnati hardcourt event with a nagging foot issue, organizers of the Masters 1000 tournament said on Wednesday. Nadal suffered a shock exit last week in Washington, where he kicked off his lead-up to the U.S. Open, and on Tuesday…


Nadal Withdraws From Toronto Masters With Persistent Foot Injury

World number four Rafael Nadal on Tuesday said he had withdrawn from the Masters 1000 hardcourt event underway in Toronto due to persistent pain in his injured left foot. The injury kept the 20-time Grand Slam champion out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics this year and played a role in his shock third-round exit…


Federer Withdraws From Toronto, Cincinnati Hardcourt Events

Former world number one Roger Federer has pulled out of the upcoming ATP Masters 1000 events in Toronto and Cincinnati due to a knee injury, tournament organizers said on Thursday. The 39-year-old, who underwent double-knee surgery last year, reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics due to a “setback to his…


High Prices, Tough Circumstances Keep Some Adults at Home With Parents

An increasing number of Canadian adults are living at home, especially in markets where housing is expensive. Wendell Cox, urban policy analyst and principal of Demographia in St. Louis, Missouri, says housing was more affordable when boomers were young than it is today. “House prices today are four times relative to incomes what they were…


Leafs Captain John Tavares Leaves Hospital; out Indefinitely

TORONTO—Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was discharged from the hospital Friday, one day after leaving the ice on a stretcher following a knee to his head. Coach Sheldon Keefe said after practice that Tavares had a concussion and will be out indefinitely. Tavares is under the supervision of team doctors. He said in a…


Toronto Area Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in Car Parade

A car parade of over 100 vehicles drove across Greater Toronto over the weekend, celebrating the 29th anniversary of the introduction of Falun Dafa to the public. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice that consists of five meditative exercises and moral teachings based on the core tenets of “truthfulness, compassion,…


Many Ontario Police Forces Won’t Use New COVID Powers To Conduct Random Stops

TORONTO—Many police forces in Ontario say they will not be stopping motorists or people at random to enforce new COVID-19 rules. Instead, they say, they plan to act on complaints or obvious violations. Criticism of Premier Doug Ford’s new powers for police has been widespread and furious. The powers allow officers to stop anyone and…


Canada to Invest in New Vaccine Production Plant in Toronto

The Canadian government announced Wednesday it’s investing to build a new influenza vaccine manufacturing plant in Toronto. The federal government will invest up to $415 million to support pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur Limited (Sanofi) to build a new vaccine facility in Toronto, which will primarily produce influenza vaccines, as well as have the capacity to…


Toronto Group That Parrots CCP Party Line Receives $160,000 in Federal Funding

A Toronto Chinese-Canadian group that recently received over $160,000 in federal funding has been working as communist China’s mouthpiece, denouncing a parliamentary motion against Beijing’s abuse of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang. The National Post first reported the statement released last week by the Council of Newcomer Organizations (CONCO), which condemned a House of Commons motion passed…


Toronto Group That Parrots CCP Party Line Receives $160,000 in Federal Funding

A Toronto Chinese-Canadian group that recently received over $160,000 in federal funding has been working as communist China’s mouthpiece, denouncing a parliamentary motion against Beijing’s abuse of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang. The National Post first reported the statement released last week by the Council of Newcomer Organizations (CONCO), which condemned a House of Commons motion passed…