Foreign actors producing more false content about Alberta separatism: report
EDMONTON — Foreign actors are increasingly generating articles, podcasts and social media posts riddled with disinformation about Alberta’s separatist movement, says a new report. The report from a team of researchers, published Wednesday by the Canadian monitoring platform DisinfoWatch, says...
Canadian online critic of Trump sues U.S. Homeland Security for trying to unmask him
The U.S. government wants Google to unmask an anonymous Canadian critic of President Donald Trump, a move the American Civil Liberties Union says could have a chilling effect on free speech. The Canadian citizen who posts anonymous online criticism of...
Carney says he’ll consult Trudeau’s committee on Senate picks
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will consult with an independent advisory board set up under former prime minister Justin Trudeau before he moves to fill a growing list of Senate vacancies. Some senators have said they’re concerned...
City promising better communication after foul smell wafts through east end
The Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest of its kind in Canada, handling the excretions of 1.2 million people. The 75-acre plant processes 600 million litres a day, almost double that during a heavy rainstorm. Nearby the plant is...
Trump advisers step up their calls on China to help open Strait of Hormuz ahead...
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz just days before President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’shighly anticipated summit in Beijing. Secretary of State Marco...
Survivor working to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Red...
On Red Dress Day, a somber occasion meant to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, one survivor is now working to raise awareness for fellow victims. At 18 years old, Shailla Manitowabie-Cooke vanished for weeks. “I went missing...
Man charged with murder in Toronto shooting is former police officer: OPP
Ontario Provincial Police say a man charged with murder in a daylight shooting in Toronto last week was a police officer in Collingwood, Ont., in the 1990s. Toronto police said they responded to a report of a shooting in North York...
Man stabbed in Carleton Village apartment building
A man has been stabbed inside a Carleton Village apartment building. Toronto police say they were called to Davenport and Old Weston roads around 2:25 p.m. for reports of a stabbing in a building. A man was located with stab...
3 Toronto men arrested in internet luring investigation
Three Toronto men have been charged in connection to an internet luring investigation. Toronto police’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit allege three men were communicating on a social media platform and made arrangements to meet up with a child for a...
Ford says Stiles’ comment about him ending up in prison was ‘over the top’, Stiles...
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is adamantly refusing to apologize to Premier Doug Ford after she remarked this week that Ford could ultimately end up in prison. On Monday, Stiles addressed reporters about the Ford government’s changes to Freedom of...
