Toronto Maple Leafs ranked as NHL’s most valuable team
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been ranked as the National Hockey League’s (NHL) most valuable team for the fourth straight year. Sportico released its 2024 NHL Franchise Valuation Rankings, listing the Maple Leafs at $3.66 billion, up from $2.65 billion...
Toronto Zoo says Charles, its beloved 52-year-old gorilla, has died
The Toronto Zoo says it’s honouring the life of Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla, who passed away on Tuesday. Charles died from natural causes after experiencing significant health issues which arose recently. “Charles has been a revered member of your...
A man is arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a Hong Kong park
HONG KONG (AP) — A foreign man living in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of killing a Southeast Asian woman at a waterfall inside a park in the Chinese territory. The woman, who was about 25 years old,...
Inside B.C.’s insanely close election
In today’s The Big Story podcast, if anyone ever tries to tell you that your vote doesn’t matter, you can tell them about this election. The final results of B.C.’s vote took a week to calculate — and even then...
Trump will campaign in Wisconsin with Brett Favre, who’s linked to a Mississippi welfare scandal
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will crisscross several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president is scheduled to appear in Green Bay with a onetime local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. A longtime...
Teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, had to be flown...
Canada Post presents latest contract offer to Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canada Post has presented its latest contract offer to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a bid to reach a new deal without a labour disruption. The new proposal includes annual wage increases amounting to 11.5 per cent over four years....
Police investigating after explosion at Grimsby, Ont. school injures staff member
Police in Niagara Region say they’re investigating an explosion at a school that injured a female staff member. Investigators say they were called to Central French Immersion Public School in Grimsby around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and found there was an...
Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further...
Harris pokes fun at Trump in pre-recorded skit
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell privately criticised Donald Trump as “stupid”, “ill-tempered”, and “a despicable human being” after the 2020 election, according to excerpts from a new McConnell biography reported by the Associated Press (AP). The Price of Power by...
