Wildfire smoke continues to linger over Toronto into mid-week
Smoke from wildfires is expected to continue drifting across southern Ontario and impacting air quality in Toronto, according to Environment Canada. Toronto recorded some of the worst air quality in the world on Monday, as wildfire smoke filled the skies...
Police recover bodies of two GTA men believed to have drowned in Stony Lake
Police say they recovered the bodies of two swimmers believed to have drowned in Stony Lake. Both swimmers are from the Peel Region, according to the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit. They say a 24-year-old man from Caledon, and...
Three facing smuggling-related charges after 44 migrants intercepted in Quebec: CBSA
MONTREAL — The Canada Border Services Agency says it has arrested and charged three alleged smugglers after police in southern Quebec intercepted a truck carrying 44 foreign nationals in conditions an RCMP officer described as “horrific.” The agency said RCMP...
Post to Coast: New York Post plans a California newspaper
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Post is launching a California tabloid newspaper and news site next year, the company announced Monday, bringing an assertive, irreverent and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple media landscape to the Golden State....
1 in custody, 4 youths wanted in Peterborough stabbing death
One person is in custody, and police are searching for four others after a man was stabbed to death in Peterborough early Sunday morning. Investigators say a man and another person were walking in the area of Monaghan Road and...
China pushes back at US demands to stop buying Russian and Iranian oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing...
Police arrest man after alleged sexual assault in Financial District public washroom
Toronto police have arrested a man after an alleged sexual assault in the city’s Financial District. Investigators say just before 3 p.m. on June 24, a man approached someone in a public washroom in the Bay Street and Temperance Street...
Beloved Toronto reverend faces deportation after fleeing danger in Kenya
A collective of local Christian pastors and community members is standing in solidarity, calling for the immediate halt of the deportation of a beloved pastor and her children. Reverend Rosalind Wanyeki fled persecution from a powerful church leader in Kenya with...
OPEC+ countries to boost oil production by 547,000 barrels per day
NEW YORK (AP) — A group of countries that are part of the OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has agreed to boost oil production, a move some believe could lower oil and gasoline prices, citing a steady global economic outlook...
LeBlanc says he expects Carney, Trump will speak in the coming days
OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc said Sunday that he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak “over the next number of days” as the United States ratchets up pressure in trade talks. The Canada-U.S. trade minister...
