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‘It’s been very stressful’: Residents spending 4th day away from home due to Thorncliffe Park...

Residents at two East York apartment buildings will spend a fourth day out of their homes with no time frame for when they might be able to return. A five-alarm fire around 1:30 p.m. Thursday at 11 Thorncliffe Park, which...

Dec 1, 2025 | Local

Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that...

Dec 1, 2025 | Local

‘Zootopia 2’ roars to record-setting global box office with $556M opening

“Zootopia 2” had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office. The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame,...

Dec 1, 2025 | Local

Trump issues White House invitation to families of the two National Guard members who were...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he’s invited the family of a National Guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, saying he spoke to her parents and they were “devastated.” U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after...

Dec 1, 2025 | Local

Strong wind, rain and widespread snow coming to the Greater Toronto Area on Sunday

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto and many surrounding areas ahead of significant snow and strong winds that are expected on Sunday. According to CityNews Meteorologist Chris Potter, a weather system is building in Southwestern Ontario...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local

Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88

LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard —...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams ‘colonial threat’

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local

Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people

Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing. It has...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local

Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.

CRANBROOK — An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a team of investigators has been sent to the...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local

17-year-old boy stabbed inside Scarborough Pizza store: police

Toronto police are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed inside a Scarborough pizza store on Saturday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to a plaza in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue at approximately 2:40 p.m. Upon...

Nov 30, 2025 | Local