Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives bar media from party convention
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018. Ford says he is always available to reporters, but the convention will remain closed to...
Advocates call for independent probe after Durham cops accused of assaulting lawyer at courthouse
A national legal organization is calling for an independent investigation after a lawyer alleged police officers slammed her head into a desk, dragged her out of a room in handcuffs and hauled her to the basement cells at a courthouse...
2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday, the same day Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs...
4 charged after hazardous chemicals found near Western University: London police
LONDON — Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were found in a home near Western University. London police say they were called to the university early Saturday to help campus police...
U.S. sending ICE unit to Olympics for security, prompting concern, confusion in Italy
MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency...
Suspect escapes custody at Toronto South Detention Centre after impersonating another inmate: police
Toronto police say a suspect has escaped custody at Toronto South Detention Centre after impersonating another inmate who was slated for release. Investigators say Steven Alexander Guzman Marroquin, 32, of Toronto, escaped from the facility in the Horner Avenue and...
Claims process opens for ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement
The claims process for a landmark “Indian hospitals” settlement opens Tuesday nearly one year after the federal government reached an agreement with survivors on compensation. The federal government ran 33 such hospitals for Indigenous people between 1936 and 1981. Former...
Man wounded after exchanging gunfire with Border Patrol agents near US-Mexico border
A man who authorities say was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said. Federal agents...
Deepfake victim fights to get lewd AI videos taken down from TikTok
A Toronto woman says stolen images of her — altered using deepfake technology — were posted to social media without her permission and getting them taken down was an uphill battle. Her story is far from isolated as Canadian laws...
B.C. man gets 5 months in jail over videos, images posted to Pornhub without consent
The B.C. provincial court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to five months in jail for posting sexually graphic videos and photos of his ex-partner on Pornhub without her consent. Judge Robin McQuillan’s sentencing this month said the accused, whose name...
