Motorcyclist seriously injured in Brampton crash
A motorcyclist was rushed to a trauma centre on Friday evening following a serious crash in Brampton. Emergency crews were called to the area of Financial Drive and Derry Road just after 8:30 p.m. for reports of a two-vehicle collision....
Long accused of abetting crypto crimes, Binance has now become a victim
NEW YORK (AP) — Binance and its billionaire founder have long been accused of profiting off crypto criminals. Now they have become victims. Targeted in what looks like the largest cryptocurrency heist in history, Binance and Changpeng Zhao have been...
Ottawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest
DELTA — The planned Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion, which is expected to add 2.4 million containers of capacity at the Port of Vancouver, the largest in the country, has officially been named a project of national interest. Transport Minister...
US approves a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine after alleged holdup
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday that it has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine after Kyiv had accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery of the vital munition needed to stop...
‘Wall of smoke’: Plaintiff recalls wildfire anxiety in youth-led climate trial
VANCOUVER — Zoe Grames-Webb has told Canada’s first youth-led climate trial she still remembers the “completely grey wall of smoke” she woke up to in 2017 while staying at a cabin on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. The wildfire smoke was...
Man, 27, facing sex assault charges in North York attack
A 27-year-old man is facing almost half a dozen charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault in North York. Toronto police say just before 7:30 p.m. on oct. 29, a man met up with another person in the Keele...
How Canada’s new pact with the European Union might affect you
OTTAWA — Canada’s new partnership with the European Union is meant to provide benefits to people on both continents. The two jurisdictions wrapped up a summit in Montreal on Friday with various agreements, many of which will take months or...
Second man charged in aggravated assault investigation, 2 other suspects still outstanding
Toronto police have arrested and charged a second suspect in connection with an aggravated assault that occurred in Scarborough earlier this month. In a news release shared Friday, police announced the arrest of 34-year-old Kadeem Anderson-Binns of Toronto. Police previously...
In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of ‘spoiler’ candidates
By investigating an Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful over her campaign’s reported involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump’s administration is targeting a political trick that has been used in American politics...
Anand says she called out Russian counterpart invited by U.S. to G20 ministerial
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Russia should not have attended a G20 meeting the U.S. hosted on Friday, but she still used the opportunity to make a point to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “I was sitting at...
