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Prince Harry completed a charity skydive in Toronto on Friday, fulfilling a promise to 102-year-old WWII veteran Ed Marshall. The jump supported the True Love Patriot Foundation and Sunnybrook, while promoting the 2027 Invictus Games. Harry immediately called Meghan Markle to confirm his safe landing.
The Times’ critic’s pick examines the storied 1972 Toronto Godspell, showing how a tight-knit, star-making community—including Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, John Candy and Mike Myers—helped spark a comedy revolution; Nick Davis’s 1h38m documentary blends interviews and performances to trace a pivotal moment in modern humor.
Dave Chappelle has announced a fall 2026 arena tour across the U.S. and Canada with stops in Nashville, Charlotte, Toronto, Louisville, Austin and Houston, culminating on Nov. 6 with a Madison Square Garden show that opens the New York Comedy Festival.
Deadline reports that the Toronto International Film Festival’s accompanying market is becoming a key sales and financing hub for indie features, with 150+ exhibitors and a slate of high‑profile titles like Being Heumann and I Play Rocky. The TIFF market, running Sept. 10–16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, aims to pre-sell and finance projects to start production early next year, as buyers and streamers navigate shorter theatrical windows and evolving distribution. Some festival screenings are reduced to accommodate sales activity, and there’s talk that AFM could anchor deals that began at TIFF—all underscoring a shift toward market-driven indie acquisitions in a evolving landscape.
AC/DC’s sold-out September 16 Toronto gig at Rogers Stadium is in doubt after a major storm damaged the venue’s temporary stands, prompting an order to remedy unsafe building conditions. City officials say reconstruction may not be ready in time, casting doubt on the Power Up world tour stop in Toronto.
Powerful thunderstorms slammed Toronto and southern Ontario with torrential rain and large hail, sparking flooding, downed trees and widespread power outages across the Greater Toronto Area, with thousands affected and videos showing streets inundated and hail pounding streets in minutes.
AC/DC’s Sept. 16 Toronto concert is in doubt after a severe thunderstorm caused significant damage to Rogers Stadium, including buckled seating and debris; Live Nation says safety is the top priority and no injuries were reported, with the extent of damage being assessed. The Power Up tour’s Toronto date is among several remaining shows, though no future plans have been announced beyond the assessment.
At a Toronto show, Christopher Cross apologized to Canadian fans and called President Trump ‘an asshole,’ urging Americans not to give up on the country as he joked about possibly being ejected from the U.S. He referenced Trump’s Lake America tariffs, opened with ‘Dreamers’ featuring MLK’s speech, and is on a 32-date North American tour with Toto.
The Toronto International Film Festival added a last-minute special screening of Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph, scheduling its world premiere for Sept. 13, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Bassett Theatre at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre; the film, shot in Colombia, Iceland and Los Angeles, is described by Snyder as a meditation on life and death.
WWE is reportedly booking CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens as a single-match title bout, with Owens listed as the betting favorite but not guaranteed to win; a disqualification or countout could still crown him, and the plan is for a one‑and‑done feud set for Toronto's Scotiabank Arena as part of SmackDown.
Commissioner Roger Goodell says permanent NFL teams overseas are inevitable, ranking six potential sites—Toronto, Mexico City, London, Munich, Rio de Janeiro and Melbourne—and weighing travel, scheduling, and divisional fit as the league considers an ambitious international expansion.
April Hutchinson, a Canadian powerlifter, led the first Sophie Cunningham rally outside the United States in Toronto ahead of an Indiana Fever vs. Toronto Tempo game; a small pro-transgender counter-protest occurred as police worked to keep the peace. A Rebel News billboard prompted tickets under a Toronto by-law, which the outlet says it will contest. Inside the arena, Cunningham went 3-for-3 from three and scored 13 points as fans booed her stance on women’s sports; Hutchinson praised the Toronto crowd, and organizers plan two more “Sophie Nights” in Dallas and New York.
Toronto police say a 19-year-old man, Xen-Ul-Abdeen Syed, and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with the July shooting at the US Consulate, the second such incident in five months. Investigators allege the suspects were recruited via an encrypted messaging app and offered money to carry out violent acts, with other targets mentioned including synagogues, Jewish schools, a waste-management firm, and the consulate. The case follows the March 10 attack and a June arrest in the same investigation, with the RCMP conducting a parallel national-security probe.
A gunman fired at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, marking the second attack on the building this year. A shell casing was found and the facade damaged, but no injuries were reported and the embassy said it remains open with routine services rescheduled. Police conducted a high‑speed chase with no arrests, and investigators are examining possible links to the March shooting at the same site and broader gun-for-hire networks. Two people were previously charged in the March incident, and officials say they will pursue those responsible.
Toronto police are investigating a second shooting outside the U.S. consulate this year after a gunshot was heard early Monday; one shell casing was found and no injuries were reported, with a brief high‑speed chase that was later halted. Investigators are examining possible links to a broader gun‑for‑hire network with foreign ties, with cooperation from the RCMP and international partners.