Leafs trade Marner to Vegas, winger signs eight-year, $96M deal with Golden Knights
Mitch Marner’s time with the Toronto Maple Leafs has come to an end. The Maple Leafs have agreed to sign-and-trade Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Monday. Marner then penned an eight-year, $96-million deal worth $12 million in AAV....
Slander or ‘trash-talking’? Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud has a day in court
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake...
4 suspects used hammers to rob a Markham jewellery store, police say
Authorities are on the hunt for four suspects who are accused of robbing a Markham jewellery store on Monday evening. York Regional Police (YRP) say the four individuals entered the store near Highway 7 and McCowan Road with hammers, which...
Expert says Canada needs tech policy ‘reset’ after botched digital services tax, ex-ambassador weighs in...
If politics is like poker, Canada got caught bluffing, with nothing to show for its bold and according to one expert, impetuous, implementation of the digital services tax. Michael Geist, a law professor and the Canada Research Chair in Internet...
27,000 chickens killed in British Columbia fire that destroyed two barns
TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA — A fire at a farm in the Township of Langley, B.C., has destroyed two large barns, killing thousands of chickens. Deputy Fire Chief Cory Parker with the Township of Langley Fire Department says crews...
Trump moves to toughen US policy on Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has instructed his top Cabinet officers to review U.S. policy toward Cuba, ordering them to examine current sanctions and come up with ways to toughen them within 30 days. In a memo Monday, Trump...
Iranian cyberattacks remain a threat despite ceasefire, US officials warn
WASHINGTON (AP) — A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has not ended the threat of cyberattacks from hacking groups supportive of Tehran, the FBI and federal cybersecurity officials warned Monday. In a public bulletin, the authorities warned that hacking groups...
Bush, Obama – and singer Bono – fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for...
Leaving first show at Toronto’s new Rogers Stadium was a ‘nightmare’: concertgoer
TORONTO — Fans who attended the inaugural concert at Toronto’s new Rogers Stadium on Sunday night are calling for better crowd control after some say it took up to two hours to exit the venue. With performances set to take...
Netanyahu will visit the White House next Monday as Trump presses for a ceasefire in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday as the U.S. leader steps up his push on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and...
