Toronto police investigating Etobicoke park shooting
Toronto police say they are investigating a shooting in an Etobicoke park on Monday afternoon. Officers were called to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue around 5:12 p.m. for reports of someone shooting a gun in the Lakeshore Village...
Power outages reported after transformer explodes in Forest Hill: police
Toronto police say there are power outages in the Forest Hill neighbourhood after wires from an electrical transformer sparked and exploded late Monday afternoon. Officers say the hazard was reported at Eglinton Avenue West and Castlewood Road at 6:10 p.m....
Toby Talbot, leading patron of art house film, dies at 96, report says
NEW YORK (AP) — Toby Talbot, a great patron of art house cinema who with her husband, Dan, helped introduce movie lovers to celebrated works from Jean-Luc Godard,Pedro Almodóvar and hundreds of other international filmmakers and to American favorites old...
SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time. Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — thundered into...
Blue Jays allow three homers in Game 2 loss to Mariners
The Toronto Blue Jays will head to Seattle in a 0-2 hole. Toronto lost Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, 10-3, after the Mariners blasted a trio of multi-run homers. Seattle didn’t take long to get on...
Nimâ Machouf landed in Montreal on Sunday after being detained by Israeli forces
MONTREAL — Montreal activist and doctor Nimâ Machouf is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to pressure Israel to commit to the peace plan backed by the U.S., saying humanitarian aid must enter the Gaza Strip as soon as possible....
California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound gourd
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds (1,064 kilograms). Brandon Dawson, of Santa Rosa,...
No planes available: PM Carney charters private jet to Egypt for historic Mideast peace summit
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney was forced to take a charter flight to Egypt for the historic signing of an agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war because there were no air crews available to fly a Canadian Armed Forces...
New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon...
News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their...
Durham police investigating shooting in Oshawa
Durham police say they are looking for at least one suspect after shots were fired in Oshawa on Saturday. Authorities were called to the area of Annis and Douglas streets around 10:50 a.m. for reports of armed person. Investigators say...
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