Man, 32, charged with second-degree murder in deadly Etobicoke stabbing
A man has been arrested in connection with Toronto’s 9th homicide of 2026. Authorities say 32-year-old Gordon Gauvin has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the deadly stabbing of Abdi Wali Aden. Police were called to the area...
TTC avoids strike after reaching tentative agreement with union leaders
There’s some good news for transit riders. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) reached a tentative agreement on Monday with the union representing nearly 700 of the service’s electrical workers. “From the outset, our priority has been to reach an agreement...
Trump says he’s called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway. Trump’s announcement in a social media post Monday came as he had threated the clock...
A new Swatch model is introduced, and a case study in overexcited ‘drop culture’ plays...
LONDON (AP) — In Paris, police deployed tear gas. In Milan, Italy, a fistfight erupted. In London, Singapore and New York, all-night queues snaked from the doors of Swatch stores — the latest examples of status-symbol “drop culture” to flash...
Canadians, in crucial moment, must decide on equality for all: LGBTQ advocate
Canada has reached a critical juncture where it must decide if it will be a country of equality and human rights or fall prey to politically charged division, say advocates for the LGBTQ+ community. Fae Johnstone, executive director of Queer...
4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets collide during air show in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the...
Toronto police searching Earls Bales Park area for missing teen
Toronto police are searching for a teen girl who has been missing since late Friday evening. Investigators say 14-year-old Esther was last seen around 11:30 p.m. at a community centre in the Earl Bales Park area in North York and...
Conservative MP Michael Chong travelling to Taiwan to ‘assert Canadian sovereignty’
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to assert Canadian sovereignty. The former cabinet minister says the trip is to show solidarity with Taiwan, and also to spite China’s ambassador to...
Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest ‘game’
SOOKE — A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a “game” the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen from Sooke,...
Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen dead after car crash
Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen has died. AIM Booking Agency, which represents Derksen, says in a social media post she died in a car accident but no further information about the crash was included. A biography of Derksen...
