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An Ontario man found not criminally responsible for stabbing an 83-year-old stranger in the eye after using crystal methamphetamine and smoking two or three cannabis joints has seen his drug ban lifted. Richard P. Pillar — who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia; social anxiety disorder; substance use disorder, in remission; antisocial personality disorder; and borderline intellectual functioning — was found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder in April 2018 on charges of aggravated assault and failure to comply with a probation order. “On Wednesday, September 28...
April 30, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Toronto has started tunnelling on its new subway route. The Ontario Line will open up 15 stops between Exhibition Place, west of downtown, and the old location of the Ontario Science Centre in North York. The project is over 15 kilometres long, with more than half of the line running underground . The subway is a joint project between the city’s Toronto Transit Commission and the provincial Metrolinx transportation agency. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a Facebook post last week that the Ontario Line will create 40 new connections to existing transit routes, “will put nearly 230,...
April 30, 2026 - 07:00 | National Post | National Post
After more than a day of scratching at his protruding brain implant until it bled, Kenny, a research macaque who lives inside a York University lab, reportedly pulled out the implant from his right ear, revealing an oozing wound. Kenny is one of at least nine research macaques held at York — Canada’s fourth largest university — as part of its biomedical research into brain systems controlling vision and actions of the eyes, head and hand. The treatment of those macaques is the subject of a formal inquiry by the Canadian Council on Animal Care ( CCAC ). Video footage recorded inside...
April 30, 2026 - 06:50 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post

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