Windsor Star - Local (21 minutes ago)
A home and restaurant received smoke damage after fire broke out Wednesday at a residence on the city's near east side. Windsor Fire and Rescue Service officials continue to investigate the blaze, which they said started on the exterior of the building but no cause has been determined. Crews arrived to smoke showing from the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Ope Adetayo And Afolabi Sotunde PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — The children at St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria’s Papiri community were jolted from their sleep with a loud crash at the school gate. Half asleep and confused, they dashed out of their dorms, some landing in the hands of gunmen. Onyeka Chieme, an elementary […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Munir Ahmed ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday urged major social media platforms to crack down on accounts linked to militant groups, warning that failure to act could lead to stricter government measures or legal action. At a news conference in Islamabad, Deputy Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry said scores of accounts on X were […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday. The agreement makes the Walt Disney Co. the first major content licensing partner for Sora, which uses […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Mike Householder ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Researchers, documentary filmmakers and others will soon be able to get their hands on screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan’s papers at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Archivists are about a quarter of the way through cataloging the 150-plus boxes of material that document the...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Émilie Bergeron The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates have suggested they may consider withdrawing from the pact. "We believe, based […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Marissa Birnie Chinese language posts that appeared on social media the past few weeks claimed Canada was one of 32 countries to revoke China’s “most favoured nation” trade status on Dec. 1. The claim originates from a 2021 rumour that conflates most favoured nation status with “generalized system of preference” certificates, which...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
By Ritika Dubey Empire Co. Ltd. says it earned $159 million in its latest quarter, down from $173 million in the same quarter last year. The company behind Sobeys says its profit amounted to 69 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Nov. 1 compared with a profit of 73 cents per diluted share […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (21 minutes ago)
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income climbed higher for the fourth consecutive quarter. The agency says the ratio of household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income was 176.7 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis, up from 176.3 per cent in the second quarter […]
ReadCBC - Ottawa (25 minutes ago)
Brandy Cooney was back testifying Tuesday at the Milton, Ont., murder trial for her and her wife, with the Crown challenging Cooney's earlier narrative that she and Becky Hamber loved and cared for two brothers under their care and rarely used restraints.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (25 minutes ago)
Quebec's Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière tabled a bill Wednesday aiming to create a public registry for high-risk sex offenders, prevent protests from taking place too close to the homes of elected officials and crack down on members of organized crime groups who show off their groups' logos or patches.
ReadCBC - Canada (25 minutes ago)
A prosecutor says a constellation of events in a Winnipeg home that included unsafe sleeping conditions, rampant drug use and the parents' tumultuous relationship shows a "profound failure of care" in the weeks leading up to the death of a three-month-old in 2022.
ReadCBC - Canada (25 minutes ago)
Chief Michele Solomon says Fort William First Nation is often hit with multiple losses at once, but it never gets any easier.The Ojibway community, which neighbours Thunder Bay, Ont., is grieving the loss of five of its members in recent days. Here are some of the challenges the First Nation in northwestern Ontario is facing.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (25 minutes ago)
A Summerside lobster processing plant has hired a legal team to challenge a federal government decision denying its application to bring in temporary foreign workers, arguing it's connected to penalties levied at its sister company in New Brunswick.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan's provincial auditor Tara Clemett released the second volume of her 2025 Report on Tuesday. Clemett's team analyzed the delivery of child-care spaces, inspections of special care homes and the Global Transportation Hub.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Dangerous winter driving conditions have already led to dozens of crashes across southern Saskatchewan, as freezing rain, snow and falling temperatures created changing road conditions. RCMP say they responded to 47 weather-related calls for service between midnight and 2 p.m. CST on Tuesday.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
A Saskatoon woman is the 10th person charged in connection with the death of Tim Tootoosis a year ago.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Visitors to Roque Andres, Jr.'s house in Saskatoon immediately notice a collection of mementos from decades of attending rock concerts.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
After a lifetime of writing beloved children's books, Robert Munsch is now living with dementia and Parkinson's disease. In an exclusive interview that he calls his "last hurrah," the bestselling author tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about the world that shaped his stories, revealing a secret plan to release dozens of books...
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
The provincial Opposition renewed its demand for rent control as Premier Scott Moe promoted Saskatchewan's affordability during an appearance at a real estate conference on Tuesday in Saskatoon.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
A group promoting the idea of Saskatchewan separating from Canada says its public information sessions are drawing crowds. About 200 people showed up to a recent Saskatchewan Prosperity Project meeting just outside Saskatoon.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
A third teenager has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the killing of four people on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation earlier this year.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Police say the thefts included more than $250,000 worth of shoplifted items, stolen trailers, appliances and other goods, some of which were stored at abandoned rural farmyards.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
A new report from Inclusion Saskatchewan says one in every nine students labelled as having intensive support needs was excluded from school, on a part-time or full-time basis, last year.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Provincial auditor Tara Clemett says the Ministry of Health is giving too much notice to special care homes ahead of inspections and her office has found instances where patient care plans had suddenly been updated.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
An international policy expert says an American pundit's recent commentary on a Regina woman's medical situation is a distraction from the real issues in Canada's health-care system.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (25 minutes ago)
Indigenous models and vendors say they're out hundreds of dollars after participating in a Regina fashion show this fall. The event's organizer says the money is on the way.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (25 minutes ago)
Jails in northern Ontario are facing some of the worst overcrowding pressures in the province, with population data showing dramatic increases since 2019. Frontline workers and inmates are warning the conditions inside many facilities are increasingly unsafe.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (25 minutes ago)
Correctional workers across northern Ontario say chronic staffing shortages, lower wages than comparable public-sector jobs, and the emotional toll of the work are contributing to a worsening mental-health crisis among people working in provincial jails.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (25 minutes ago)
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is "disappointed” that the main arena slated to host ice hockey at February's Olympics isn't yet completed with less than two months to go before Games are scheduled to be played. And deputy commissioner Bill Daly reiterated on Wednesday that NHL players won't compete if the ice isn't safe.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (26 minutes ago)
The rain has mostly stopped Thursday morning in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, in places like Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope, after it was hammered by an intense downpour for 24 hours. But officials say flooding risks remain. Here's what you need to know.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (26 minutes ago)
In the seven months since a crash that killed a teacher and four teenagers from a Walkerton, Ont., high school, several funds and foundations have been set up to keep memories of the five alive. "The legacy is still there," says Dan Rourke, dad of one of the students who died.
ReadCBC - Calgary (26 minutes ago)
If you've been in the market recently for RAM, you've probably noticed a major spike in prices as memory manufacturers pivot more of their production capacity away from consumer products to supplying AI companies instead, which are rapidly building out data centres that need massive amounts of memory to operate.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (26 minutes ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays have officially signed right-hander Cody Ponce, the team announced on Thursday. The Blue Jays reached a three-year, $30 million deal with the 31-year-old on Dec. 2. The agreement brings the former second-round draft pick back to the major leagues after stints in Japan and Korea. Most recently, Ponce posted a 1.89 ERA […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (26 minutes ago)
An elderly woman has died after being struck by the driver of a vehicle in Scarborough on Thursday morning. The collision happened just before 8:30 a.m. in the area of Homestead Road and Coronation Drive, near Morningside Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East. Toronto Paramedic Services told CityNews that an elderly female was treated for...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (26 minutes ago)
Some residents in Brampton are without water after a watermain break flooded the street amid frigid temperatures in the GTA. It happened in the area of Queen Street East and Central Park Drive around 1 a.m. on Thursday. “Several addresses in the area are without water. Peel is working to restore water to most addresses […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (26 minutes ago)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Ontario say they have dismantled a major international drug trafficking operation that exploited Canadian mail services to ship narcotics across the globe. The 10-month investigation, conducted in partnership with U.S. Homeland Security and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), uncovered a network...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (26 minutes ago)
An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of "uncertainty" caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (26 minutes ago)
The atmospheric river over B.C.’s south coast broke several daily records for rainfall across the Lower Mainland between Tuesday and Wednesday. 1130 NewsRadio Meteorologist Michael Kuss says while some wet weather persists, Thursday is unlikely to see anywhere near as much rain. “The atmospheric river has weakened and is rolling away from the...
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (An hour ago)
Police say a 19-year-old who was already facing a manslaughter charge for allegedly selling toxic drugs to a 14-year-old boy was caught selling drugs again. The family of the boy says this new arrest proves he shouldn't have been released to begin with.
ReadToronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of No Holds Barred, Postmedia's Rob Wong and Postmedia wrestling writer Jan Murphy chat with WWE Superstars Aleister Black and Zelina about their experience of working together as a married couple on and offscreen, Aleister's return to WWE, Zelina winning the U.S. Women's Championship the same night, John Cena's...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Annika Hammerschlag AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — In Northwest Alaska, a proposed mining road has become a flashpoint in a region already stressed by climate change. The 211-mile (340-kilometer) Ambler Access Road would cut through Gates of the Arctic National Park and cross 11 major rivers and thousands of streams relied on for salmon and […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Gary Gerard Hamilton NEW YORK (AP) — You don’t need to major in astrophysics at Harvard to become an actor — but it doesn’t necessarily hurt, either. “I thought that’s what you go there to do. It’s like why are you paying all this money to go to this fancy school if you’re not […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
HALIFAX — The Northern Super League’s Halifax Tides FC have named Ruth Fahy as vice-president of football and confirmed Stephen Hart as head coach. Hart was named interim coach in late June, replacing Lewis Page who was tasked with helping establish the Tides development academy. Halifax was 1-6-1 at the time, in the league basement. […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Mark Kennedy NEW YORK (AP) — Tramell Tillman didn’t dream of being an actor when he was growing up. He yearned to be a storm chaser. “I wanted to follow tornadoes. I wanted to study hurricanes. I wanted to see volcanoes up close. I wanted to experience an earthquake,” he says. There was something […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
Kevin Smith says a planned Jay and Silent Bob movie was ready to move into production earlier this year before North American trade tensions abruptly cut off financing. Smith, 55, told The Hollywood Reporter that the project was supported by Canadian funding until tariff disputes disrupted the partnership. "We lost out,” he said, explaining that...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1 billion for Saturday night’s drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday night. The U.S. has seen more than a dozen lottery jackpot prizes exceed $1 billion since 2016. Here is a look at the largest U.S. jackpots won and the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By James Brooks LYNGBY, Denmark (AP) — It was a wedding that captivated the world — in 1981, Lady Diana Spencer said “I will” to Prince Charles, becoming Princess of Wales and bringing youth and glamour to Britain’s royal family. More than 40 years after the wedding and many years after the marriage fell apart, […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Mike Corder THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The landmark Dutch museum that holds some of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer announced Thursday that it is planning a new branch in the southern city of Eindhoven to give more people access to its vast trove of art and artifacts. The Rijksmuseum in […]
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By Tara Deschamps TORONTO — Two of Canada’s wealthiest families have cleared the final hurdle on the road to buying and donating the royal charter that created the Hudson’s Bay Co. Ontario Superior Court Judge Peter Osborne gave the shuttered retailer permission Thursday to sell the 355-year-old document to holding companies belonging to the...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
Flight dispatchers at Porter Airlines have voted unanimously in favour of strike action after more than 14 months of negotiations failed to produce a first collective agreement, their union announced Wednesday. The Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) said all 35 certified dispatchers at Porter supported the strike mandate. The group...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Julhas Alam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s next national elections will be held on Feb. 12, 18 months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted through a mass uprising following weeks of violence that left hundreds dead and thousands injured, the chief election commissioner said Thursday. A.M.M. Nasir Uddin confirmed the...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
The University of Winnipeg has turned to one of its most recognizable academic leaders to guide the institution through a period of transition. The university's board of regents has appointed Dr. Jino Distasio as interim president and vice-chancellor, effective Dec. 12, 2025. The appointment places a long-serving professor, administrator and...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
LONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended for 20 years and fined $70,000 for match-fixing. The ITIA said Folliot has also been ordered to repay “corrupt payments” totaling more than $44,000 for “committing 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Veselin Toshkov SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s government resigned on Thursday as mass protests gripped the country just weeks before it’s due to join the eurozone. The resignation of the minority coalition, led by the center-right GERB party, was announced minutes before parliament was scheduled to vote on a no-confidence motion tabled...
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