Articles by Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada: ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous

King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry in his family lineage

4 hours ago

World

Grizzly bear that attacked children and teachers in Canada still eludes searchers

Eleven people were injured as three teachers fought the bear during attack on walking trail in British Columbia

11 hours ago

World

US charges ex-Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin with murder of witness

Unsealed indictment says Ryan Wedding tracked down witness who was then murdered before he could testify

5 days ago

World

Carney’s ‘nation-building’ programme misses mark to be truly transformative for Canada

The $C56bn plan focused on investing in a resource economy falls short of changing Canadians’ day-to-day lives

Nov 14, 2025

Politics

Carney survives two confidence votes on budget, quashing fears of winter election

Minority government benefitted from opposition members voting across the aisle, paving way for billions in spending

Nov 8, 2025

World

Canada pushes on with ‘complete depopulation’ plan to cull 400 ostriches

Country’s top court declines to block controversial cull of hundreds of birds amid fears of an avian flu outbreak

Nov 6, 2025

World

Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance

Empress Zita brought stone to Canada as Nazis took over Europe in 1940s and it remained in bank vault ever since

Nov 6, 2025

World

Canada budget adds tens of billions to deficit as Carney spends to dampen Trump tariffs effect

Entitled ‘Canada Strong’ the 2025 budget envisions significant new defence spending, a reduction of the civil service and ‘generational investments’

Nov 5, 2025

World

Canada’s Liberal party says budget of ‘sacrifice’ needed to avoid recession

Country set to unveil PM Mark Carney’s spending plan as it battles trade war with US and protracted cost of living crisis

Nov 3, 2025

Case of a single vote that decided a federal election in Canada sparks uproar

Legal teams are midway through a hearing over whether one vote truly swayed an election in a Montreal suburb

Oct 21, 2025

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

Oct 9, 2025

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding

Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

Oct 6, 2025