Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump heritage site enjoys boost after shout out on ‘The Pitt’
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta is enjoying a recent uptick in interest spurred by a shout out on a popular American television show — and its head of marketing hopes that curiosity translates into a bustling summer season....
WATCH: Transit rider seen jumping onto side of moving GO Train
Missing the train by a matter of seconds can be aggravating. But being dead for eternity is worse. That’s the message from Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay after a transit rider was captured on security video dangerously leaping onto a moving...
U.S. sending ICE unit to Olympics for security, prompting concern, confusion in Italy
MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency...
2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday, the same day Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs...
4 charged after hazardous chemicals found near Western University: London police
LONDON — Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were found in a home near Western University. London police say they were called to the university early Saturday to help campus police...
Suspect escapes custody at Toronto South Detention Centre after impersonating another inmate: police
Toronto police say a suspect has escaped custody at Toronto South Detention Centre after impersonating another inmate who was slated for release. Investigators say Steven Alexander Guzman Marroquin, 32, of Toronto, escaped from the facility in the Horner Avenue and...
Claims process opens for ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement
The claims process for a landmark “Indian hospitals” settlement opens Tuesday nearly one year after the federal government reached an agreement with survivors on compensation. The federal government ran 33 such hospitals for Indigenous people between 1936 and 1981. Former...
Man wounded after exchanging gunfire with Border Patrol agents near US-Mexico border
A man who authorities say was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said. Federal agents...
Deepfake victim fights to get lewd AI videos taken down from TikTok
A Toronto woman says stolen images of her — altered using deepfake technology — were posted to social media without her permission and getting them taken down was an uphill battle. Her story is far from isolated as Canadian laws...
B.C. man gets 5 months in jail over videos, images posted to Pornhub without consent
The B.C. provincial court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to five months in jail for posting sexually graphic videos and photos of his ex-partner on Pornhub without her consent. Judge Robin McQuillan’s sentencing this month said the accused, whose name...
