Strong wind, rain and widespread snow coming to the Greater Toronto Area on Sunday
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto and many surrounding areas ahead of significant snow and strong winds that are expected on Sunday. According to CityNews Meteorologist Chris Potter, a weather system is building in Southwestern Ontario...
Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK — An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a team of investigators has been sent to the...
17-year-old boy stabbed inside Scarborough Pizza store: police
Toronto police are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed inside a Scarborough pizza store on Saturday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to a plaza in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue at approximately 2:40 p.m. Upon...
U.S. halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation’s capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration. The suspect...
Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died. An intense fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong...
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88
LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard —...
Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams ‘colonial threat’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader...
Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing. It has...
Alberta separation draws loud support during UCP AGM, Premier tries to subdue crowd
While questions were flying from UCP members to cabinet ministers on multiple topics like vaccines, auto insurance reform, and policing, one man’s turn got the attention of everyone. Jeffrey Rath of the Alberta Prosperity Project is spearheading efforts for the...
Man wanted in sexual assault investigation in Bloordale Village
Toronto police are looking for a man in connection with a sexual assault investigation in Bloordale Village. Investigators say a man approached someone from behind in the Bloor Street West and Brock Avenue area just before 9:30 a.m. on November...
