TorontoNewsNo GO train service at Downsview Park Station for Bruno Mars concert this weekendBy Bryann AguilarPublished: May 21, 2026 at 4:52PM EDT
Service Disruption for Bruno Mars Concert
There will be no GO train service at Downsview Park Station this weekend due to the Bruno Mars concert. Commuters planning to attend the event should make alternative transportation arrangements.
Free TTC Fares Announced
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow announced that TTC fares will be free after concerts at Rogers Stadium, which is located near Downsview Park. This initiative aims to ease congestion and provide convenient travel for concertgoers.
Other news includes Toronto police providing an update on the search for a missing 14-year-old girl, an exclusive report on an Air Canada employee accused in Canada's largest gold heist, and four Porsches impounded for excessive speeding on a B.C. mountain highway. Additionally, the Site C dam has been renamed after deceased B.C. Premier John Horgan, and Alberta Premier Smith is set to make a TV address amid talk of a separation referendum.
A Banff National Park grizzly cub was killed after being hit by a train, and gas prices in Ottawa are expected to drop 9 cents a litre. A woman's fatal fall from an Ottawa balcony is under SIU investigation, and Victoire players received a triumphant welcome on their return to Montreal. TikTok posts allegedly supporting Islamic State led to the arrest of a Quebec man.
In other incidents, a driver crashed while attempting to pass a vehicle on the shoulder of Anthony Henday in Edmonton, and Nova Scotia's Jungle Jim's had its licence suspended after allegedly overserving a man who later died. A Nova Scotia woman who reported a sexual assault was treated without respect by the RCMP before her murder, according to a report. A Chase the Ace fundraiser in a Manitoba community is exceeding $200,000, and a Winnipeg extortion suspect remains at large. Four teens have been charged after a former Burstall train station burned down, and a former Saskatoon police chief and head coroner will review hospital security practices. Shots were fired at a Kitchener home, and Jeffrey Sloka is facing two additional sexual assault charges.
A Saskatchewan daycare warns that funding changes could reduce part-time care, and the Saskatchewan NDP criticizes the sale of ISC to Plenary Group. A Sudbury crash victim was described as a bright light in everyone's lives, and a pilot was injured in a float plane crash north of Cochrane. Damage in east London during Tuesday's storm was caused by a downburst, and a soggy start to the weekend is expected as the next weather system moves in. A retiree from Owen Sound won $1 million, and farmers are staying up all night to protect crops from cooler temperatures. $35,000 in U.S. cash was seized at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, and gas prices are expected to drop Friday, though relief won't last long.
A Saanich, B.C., man pleaded guilty in Canada's largest voyeurism case involving 652 victims, and the Canadian military will shutter the Nanisivik naval facility in the Arctic. The Canada Revenue Agency will require public servants in the office four days a week, a judge dismissed charges against a former administrator accused after a six-year-old shot a teacher, and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said the likelihood of a negotiated agreement with Cuba is not high.
In politics, Pierre Poilievre said all Conservatives will campaign for Alberta to stay part of Canada, China is trying to move the goal posts, according to Michael Chong, and opposition and unions fear federal cuts could undermine food security. In business, the S&P/TSX composite ended higher, U.S. markets recovered from earlier losses, Trump postponed signing an executive order on AI, and Canadian truck dealers warn they can't buy new models until the feds fix paperwork.
In health news, a next-generation drug causes dramatic weight loss, high blood pressure and heart attacks are linked to common preservatives in food, and a study revealed regions in Canada with the highest rates of breast cancer. In entertainment, the CRTC requires streaming giants to pay three times as much for Canadian content, police federation calls for a probe of a CBC-APTN show, and Stephen Colbert bows out of the Late Show.
In sports, taxi and ride-hailing drivers brace for World Cup traffic, Mboko defeats fellow Canadian Fernandez in a French Open tune-up tournament, and Eagles' Nolan Smith Jr. was arrested for driving nearly double the speed limit in Georgia. In lifestyle, most couples prefer cash for down payments over traditional wedding gifts, Denmark will autopsy Timmy the whale, and fuel shortages keep Canadians' summer travel plans in flux.
In climate and environment, as permafrost thaws, some headwaters in Canada's North turn orange and toxic, Japan arrests Americans over a stunt at a baby monkey Punch's zoo, and more than 17,000 are under evacuation orders as a Southern California wildfire threatens homes. In sci-tech, provincial and federal governments lean on AI to cut red tape, two men are charged with creating AI-generated porn under a new law targeting deepfakes, and how well you sleep could be linked to diseases like dementia.
