Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order Thursday directing the state to advance long-delayed regulations requiring homeowners in high-risk areas to clear combustible...
Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S. nor Israel are members of or recognize the court. Israel...
Toronto police arrest suspect in vehicle break-ins
Toronto police have charged a man who was allegedly breaking into vehicles and pulled out a weapon when he was confronted by a vehicle owner. Officers were called to the Grampian Crescent and Aviemore Drive area on Wednesday, February 5,...
Man critically injured in multi-vehicle Brampton crash
A man is fighting for his life in hospital following a multi-vehicle crash in Brampton. Peel Regional Police were called to the McVean Drive and Countryside Drive area, near Goreway Road and Mayfield Road, just before 5 p.m. on Thursday...
Police to update 1998 Toronto cold case of murdered pregnant woman
Toronto police homicide detectives are expected to provide an update into a 1998 cold case involving the murder of a young pregnant woman in the downtown core. Donna Oglive, 24, was strangled in a parking lot in Toronto on March...
Stolarz brillant in return as Maple Leafs beat Kraken
Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves in his first start since Dec. 12 to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Thursday night. Philippe Myers, Bobby McMann and Matthew Knies scored for the Leafs. Eeli Tolvanen had...
13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information. Thirteen attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, said in...
Bank of Canada’s Tiff Macklem says tariff threat adds to central bank challenges
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says central banks face an increasingly difficult job as the country faces a maelstrom of potential U.S. tariffs, technological disruptions, extreme weather and global political upheaval. “President Donald Trump’s threats of new tariffs are...
Crombie accuses Ford of leaving Ontario in limbo amid trade war, supports LCBO move
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is accusing Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford of not having a plan as Canada gears up for a trade war with the United States. Crombie said she supports Ford’s decision to remove American products from...
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died in December at age 100. Prior to...
