CityNews - Toronto (57 minutes ago)
A female victim has been shot in Scarborough late Wednesday night. Toronto police were called to a residential neighbourhood at McCowan Road and Eglinton Avenue just after 11 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Officers found a female victim who had been shot. She was taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. A house was […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a "major terrorist organization.” Antifa, short for "anti-fascists,” is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning militant groups and is not a singular entity. They consist of groups that resist fascists and neo-Nazis, especially at demonstrations....
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
MONTREAL — The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ottawa brought forward the request in a factum filed at the court on Wednesday, as part of a landmark case on Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — European officials told Iran on Wednesday it had yet to take the actions needed to stop the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, warning time was running out. The comments from the German Foreign Ministry and the European Union came after a call Iran had Wednesday with […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
The Blue Jays have hit their way to the top of the AL standings, coming back from deficits by coming up big at the plate in late-game moments. Every once in a while, however, Toronto's offence goes silent. And such was the case Wednesday night as the Jays lost 2-1 in the third game of […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
BACK TO WORK … FINALLY So, Sept. 15 and Parliament is actually back at work. That's the first time in a year, isn't it? Sept. 17 last year was the day that the Conservative filibuster began, if memory serves. If you remember, that was because the Trudeau Liberals refused to hand over documents demanded by […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
CLEVELAND, Miss. — Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, in a case that has ignited strong emotions in a state with a history of racist violence. The 21-year-old student was found near the campus pickleball courts early Monday. While police have […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A pair of North Carolina brothers testified Wednesday about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year. Samuel and Lazaro Plata described in Spanish through translators how Ryan Routh left the container filled with pipes, bullets, […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles to target Hamas leaders in Qatar last week, a U.S. defense official said, in what was a novel method likely designed to overcome the energy-rich country’s air defenses and avoid entering any Mideast nation’s airspace. The Sept. 9 attack, which...
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (4 hours ago)
The Telus Canadian Championship could be the saving grace for a Vancouver FC team that languishes at the bottom of the Canadian Premier League standings with a dismal 2-15-6 record. Vancouver takes a 3-1 lead into Thursday’s return leg of its semifinal series with Atletico Ottawa, knowing a win, draw or even a one-goal loss […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (4 hours ago)
A man is wanted for allegedly stabbing another male, unprovoked, in the Weston area. Toronto police were called to Weston Road and King Street, just north of Lawrence Avenue, just before 12 p.m. on Wednesday. It’s alleged the male victim was working at the rear of a building in the area when he was approached […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (5 hours ago)
It appears the Windsor Spitfires will open the season a little more short-handed than expected. Nine players headed out to NHL rookie camps last week, but only captain Liam Greentree (Los Angeles Kings), A.J. Spellacy (Chicago Blackhawks) and Jack Nesbitt (Philadelphia Flyers) were drafted prospects and expected to move on to main camps. ...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
OREM, Utah — Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, was afraid of being shot by police and eventually agreed to surrender only if it was done peacefully, a sheriff involved with taking him into custody said Wednesday. Robinson appeared quiet and somber when he arrived with his parents to turn himself […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
This is not justice for a grieving family. Craig MacDonald’s relatives burst into tears as his killer was sentenced to just nine years in prison — and with credit for pre-sentence custody, Abilaziz Mohamed has only 3.9 years left to serve. “This is exactly why Toronto is the way it is right now, it’s exactly […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war. Chinese and pro-Iranian groups also spread disinformation about the shooting, with those loyal to Iran’s interests backing...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
MINNEAPOLIS — A man who set fires at two mosques in Minnesota in 2023 pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday, federal prosecutors said. Jackie Rahm Little, 38, admitted to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property for the fires at the Masjid Al-Rahma Mosque in Bloomington and the Masjid Omar […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it harder for Palestinians to summon ambulances during the military’s new offensive. Meanwhile, the Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war surpassed 65,000, local...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
NORTH CODORUS, Pa. — Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said. “We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said. “This kind of...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
Connor McDavid doesn’t have a contract beyond this season, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers start their Stanley Cup threepeat bid without Matthew Tkachuk and nearly a third of NHL teams have a new head coach. Training camps open around the league this week with questions from Edmonton to South Florida, many of which will not […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
SANDY, Utah — Connor Ingram and the Utah Mammoth have agreed to part ways, and the veteran goaltender will not participate in training camp. General manager Bill Armstrong said Ingram will be placed on waivers, clearing the way for him to sign with another team before the regular season starts in October. Ingram did not […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
Björn Borg starts his new memoir, “Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on “alcohol, drugs, pills — my preferred ways of self-medication,” and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. “It’s good,” Borg, 69, said in a […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday it's "sad” that the U.S. "turned its back” on Canada by starting a trade war that is now forcing Ottawa to "reinvent” the national economy. Champagne also said "a lot of the costs” the country must carry in the upcoming federal budget are "directly related to the […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Three men face charges — and two other suspects are outstanding — after armed thugs pulled off two home invasions in Vaughan, say York Regional Police. Officers said Wedensday that both home invasions happened on Timber Creek Blvd. — in the Major MacKenzie Dr.- Hwy.27 area — one on Aug. 31, and the other on […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
WATCH: Sun political columnist Brian Lilley speaks with the Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, a visiting scholar at McGill University, on how food inflation is likely to become headache for Liberal leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Toronto Public Health says it has the results for about a quarter of the patients potentially exposed to blood-borne viruses at a downtown gynecologist’s office, and that none of them contracted infections there. The public health unit is releasing its final report on Dr. Esther Park a year after it was notified of a patient […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
A Montreal man has been accused of an attack three years ago in which an assailant forced his way into a Toronto home and sexually assaulted a woman, say police. Toronto Police said the sex attack occurred in the Ossington Ave.-College St. area while the woman was asleep around 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2022. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (8 hours ago)
A Brampton man was stabbed in the neck while taking two men out for a test drive of the Dodge Challenger that he wanted to sell, according to Peel Regional Police. Officers said Wednesday that they’ve charged two Windsor men after the May 10 carjacking. Police said the victim was trying to sell the car […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (9 hours ago)
Alex Formenton’s days with the Ottawa Senators are over. Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, confirmed on the first day of training camp at the Canadian Tire Centre that the Senators are trying to trade the rights of the restricted free agent forward. Found not guilty of sexual assault along […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
The alarming number of recent arrests of ever-younger suspects accused of serious offences, such as murder, has skyrocketed. Those in the judicial system have pointed fingers at social media as the cause, with only vague references to the pandemic as the culprit. Social media has been in existence for decades. It's more likely the recent […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
A massive immigration raid on a battery plant in Georgia earlier this month continues to reverberate across the region with workers staying home and delays mounting. Ken Shim, president of Woowon Technology Inc., says he's had to provide paid time off to ease the stress of South Korean engineers installing equipment at a cell plant […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
LOS ANGELES — A dismembered corpse found rotting in an impounded Tesla registered to rising American rap star D4vd was that of a teenage girl, a U.S. medical examiner has said. Los Angeles police discovered the body in the car’s trunk last week when they were called to a Hollywood tow yard by workers and […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
As he and director Colin Hanks were putting together their upcoming career-spanning documentary on the late comedian John Candy, producer Ryan Reynolds says he discovered archival footage of journalists who said mean things about the actor’s weight. Reynolds made the revelation during an onstage conversation at the recently-wrapped Toronto...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of No Holds Barred, Postmedia's Rob Wong and Postmedia wrestling writer Jan Murphy chat with AEW star Adam "Cope” Copeland about his tag team match against FTR at AEW: All Out in Toronto, why it was easy to regain in-ring chemistry with Christian Cage, where he would like to wrestle […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to booze. The study, carried out in the wilds of Africa where the animals live, supports the theory that people may […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
The Ford government is expanding the number of services that health professionals can provide in order to help cut down on the number of visits to emergency rooms and doctors’ offices. Among the proposed changes, optometrists would be able to perform minor surgical procedures in the office without having to refer patients to a physician, […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
Police in Peel Region and Windsor have arrested and charged two Windsor men with attempted murder after they allegedly posed as car buyers, then tried to steal the vehicle and ended up stabbing the seller in the neck during a harrowing test-drive. Investigators say a man posted his Dodge Challenger for sale on Facebook Marketplace […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
BRAMPTON – In a city where most mornings begin with the rush of work and school, two Brampton residents start their day differently — with gloves, garbage bags, and a quiet mission to give back. For years, Sukhdev Singh Sidhu and his friend, Karamjit Singh Gill, have dedicated two hours each morning to cleaning up […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (10 hours ago)
After missing the Ontario Hockey League playoffs for the first time in more than a decade — and just the sixth time since 1970 — the Ottawa 67’s are determined to play in the most meaningful games again. It’s a sentiment shared by the 15 returning players and the eight newcomers on Dave Cameron’s squad. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing is to be sentenced on Wednesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years to life in prison. The 74-year-old has been jailed since a […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
OTTAWA — The public safety minister says details on the Liberal government’s gun buyback program will be released within the next couple of weeks. Gary Anandasangaree says the government will provide information on next steps and the mechanics of the program very soon. Anandasangaree says he is confident collection facilities will be available...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
A police officer in Oregon was fired after he admitted to soliciting sex from an intoxicated woman who had just crashed her car. David McVeigh, 35, of Estacada, Ore., entered a no-contest plea to first-degree misconduct after investigators determined he forced a woman to perform a sex act on him in 2019, the Oregonian reported. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
A couple in northern Ontario is recovering from injuries after being attacked by a bear that entered their home, provincial police said Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday evening in Nipigon, Ont., located around 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. The bear walked into the home when the residents opened their back door to let […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labour market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered its short-term rate to about […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
A popular Florida seafood restaurant was robbed of thousands of dollars by a man who police say used scuba gear to make a quick and slick getaway. Authorities in Orange County said investigators believe the suspect swam up to Paddlefish restaurant — a replica steamboat located on a pond at Disney Springs — just after […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — America’s public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez warned senators on Wednesday. Describing extraordinary turmoil inside the nation’s health...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
One week before the Ryder Cup arrives in New York for the first time in 30 years, the PGA of America announced three more of its major championships through 2035 in the Empire State. The KPMG Women’s PGA will be played on the Black Course at Bethpage Black in 2028, while the PGA Championship will […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to maintain Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the measure is critical to securing a trade deal with the U.S. and protecting Canada’s auto sector. Carney met with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe yesterday to talk about China’s canola...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
A former TV anchor in California who has had trouble with the law in recent years was arrested a fourth time following a fight with his daughter. Frank Somerville, who used to work the news desk at KTVU, detailed on Facebook what allegedly went down. "I love my daughter more than anything in the world,” […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
A stretch of highway in New Jersey was closed Monday night due to an unusually nutty problem. Bags of peanut M&Ms were spilled along Interstate 80 after a tractor-trailer hauling boxes of the chocolate candy crashed into another tractor-trailer that was parked at the side of the road. Area firefighters said in a social media […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (11 hours ago)
Ontario's financial watchdog is projecting that the government won't balance the budget by 2027-28, though the finance minister's office insists it will. The financial accountability officer says in a report today that Ontario likely won't come to balance until at least 2030. Jeffrey Novak says real GDP growth in the province is projected to slow...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
Police in York Region say one of three men arrested during an alleged home invasion in Toronto is connected to a pair of home invasions in Vaughan. Security footage on September 10 captured four suspects forcing their way into a home using an axe and an extendable baton in the Timber Creek Boulevard and Major […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
A Farm Boy store in Toronto is temporarily closed for "preventative maintenance,” according to a note on its door. The location at 740 Dupont St., near Christie St., was closed on Tuesday with plans to reopen on Wednesday morning at its usual opening time of 8 a.m. However, the store remains closed, according to its […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Opponents of the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in France have launched legal action to demand a public debate on the Games planned for the French Alps. A citizens’ group — Collectif Citoyen JOP 2030 — was joined in its action by some regional elected officials, members of parliament and civil society groups, and said […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
RICHMOUND — RCMP in Saskatchewan have charged three more people who were arrested earlier this month at or near a compound that housed so-called “Queen of Canada” Romana Didulo. Mounties say the three women faces charges of obstruction of a peace officer in Richmound, a village west of Regina. RCMP named them as 72-year-old Lise […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
BOGOTA — Colombia’s top military officer has told AFP that his country will fight the resurgent cocaine trade with or without American help, after Washington blacklisted Bogota for what it called flawed anti-drug efforts. Amid record cocaine production, President Donald Trump this week declared that Colombia’s leftist government was no longer...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A Yellowstone National Park trail remained closed Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 29-year-old man suffered injuries to his chest and arm in Tuesday’s attack on the Turbid Lake Trail northeast of Yellowstone Lake. The man...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, who was convicted of corruption offences after a four-decade military career in which he rose to become the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison, days after the trial of the tech executives who were accused of bribing him ended with a hung jury. Burke served […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Parents who say their teens were harmed by popular artificial intelligence apps testified before the Senate on Tuesday about the dangers associated with AI chatbots, urging lawmakers to hold technology companies more accountable. After hearing parents describe minors who faced mental health issues or died by suicide after intense hours spent with...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
As America's appetite for butter grew over the past few years, the dairy industry turned to cows that produce fattier milk and expanded facilities to meet the demand. They might have gone too far. U.S. butter prices have plunged to the lowest in more than three years as near-record seasonal production raises concerns of a […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
A 21-year-old Toronto driver is facing several charges, including dangerous driving, after going the wrong way and almost colliding head-on with another vehicle on Highway 401 in Milton. Provincial police say dashcam footage shows a driver going eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway near James Snow Parkway just before 6 p.m. on September...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
Toronto police have charged a Montreal man years after he allegedly broke into a residence in Toronto and sexually assaulted a female. Officers were called for a break-in at a residence in the Ossington Avenue and College Street area on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at around 6:30 a.m. Investigators say a female was asleep in […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (13 hours ago)
The Finch West LRT has taken a big step towards opening, as sources confirm to 680 NewsRadio that the line is set to begin a 30-day revenue demonstration starting this weekend. This is the final hurdle which needs to be cleared before the line can be opened to the public, which could happen in November. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
European Union member states approved negotiations with Canada and the United Kingdom that would give them access to the bloc's €150 billion (C$244 billion) fund aimed at accelerating investment in the defence industry. The decision to begin talks on access to the Security Action for Europe program was unanimous, the European Council's rotating...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
OTTAWA — Ottawa is calling Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City “horrific” and suggests it violates international law. Israel escalated its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying it is targeting what used to be the most populated city in the territory so that it can prevent Hamas from launching attacks. The military escalation...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
GENEVA — Artificial intelligence could boost the value of global trade by almost 40% by 2040 thanks to cost reductions and productivity gains, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. In its latest annual World Trade Report, the WTO identified AI as one of the few bright spots as the global trading system has been upended […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
Former president Barack Obama says that the United States is at “an inflection point” following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that President Donald Trump has further divided the country rather than work to bring people together. “There are no ifs, ands or buts about it: The central premise of our democratic...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
NEW YORK — A well-financed campaign to build a casino in the heart of New York’s theatre district collapsed Wednesday as a government-appointed panel voted down the proposal. Opposition to the project was led by community groups who said a casino would lure unsavory people and theatre interests who argued it would cut into Broadway’s […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
The Bank of Canada’s decision to lower interest rates for the first time since March will have a direct effect on variable mortgages, and shifts the equation on whether to go with a fixed or variable rate. Penelope Graham, mortgage expert at Ratehub.ca, says the growing narrative that rates will continue to move lower means […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to start working with StopNCII, a nonprofit that helps prevent the spread of non-consensual images online. For advocates, the move marks a significant, albeit overdue, step in the search giant’s efforts against image-based abuse. StopNCII's technology allows victims of image-based abuse to create digital fingerprints,...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
Ontario’s financial watchdog is projecting that the government won’t balance the budget by 2027-28, though the finance minister’s office insists it will. The financial accountability officer says in a report today that Ontario likely won’t come to balance until at least 2030. Jeffrey Novak says real GDP growth in the province is projected...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
The scenes at the Manhattan courthouse illustrated the sharp divides searing American society: Inside, a shackled Luigi Mangione sat solemnly facing state murder charges over the shooting of a health-insurance executive, who left behind a wife and two children. Outside, dozens of Mangione fans were cheering him. They waved Italian flags and sported...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and head coach Craig Berube spoke to members of the media ahead of training camp, providing some updates and insight as the team braces for a new season. One of the more notable bits of information concerns Max Domi, who is expected to miss the start of training camp with […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (14 hours ago)
Newly obtained air traffic control audio reveals the tense exchanges between a pilot and tower operators in the moments before a small plane made an emergency landing in a Toronto park earlier this week. The recording, obtained by CityNews Toronto and courtesy of LiveATC.net, begins with the pilot calmly alerting the tower: “I think I […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child. It will be her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, the New England Patriots’ wide receiver. The Grammy Award-winning rapper revealed the news Wednesday in an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings. “I’m excited. I’m happy,” she told King. “I feel like I’m in a good space. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Canadian sprinters Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake qualified for the men's 200-metre semifinal through Wednesday's heats at the 2025 world athletics championships. The Canadians did not finish in the top three in their respective heats and earn automatic qualification, and had to endure some nervous minutes as they waited to see if...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Later this year, the National Toy Hall of Fame could induct snow — yes, the cold, white stuff that falls from the sky. But only if it ices out enough of the competition — a group that features hugely popular board games, outdoor favourites and giggling plushies. The Hall of Fame announced its 12 finalists […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly launched supply ship has run into engine trouble that is preventing it from reaching the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s capsule rocketed into orbit Sunday from Florida aboard SpaceX. But less than two days later, the capsule’s main engine shut down prematurely while trying to boost its orbit....
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
How many grams of protein have you eaten today? If you’re like most people, you probably have no idea - and that can be a problem. Protein is an essential nutrient. Your body uses it to build and maintain muscle, recover from injuries, produce hormones and fight off infections. Eating protein promotes satiety and helps […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more authority, including allowing psychologists to prescribe anti-depressants and letting pharmacists administer strep throat tests. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says in a statement that expanding the scopes of practice for health professionals will ease pressures on other parts of...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
Rap superstar Drake has shared his condolences following the shooting death of an east-end rapper identified by area residents as Ytn Paco. One suspect has been charged following the targeted hit on the Scarborough musician. Det.-Sgt. Phillip Campbell, of the Toronto Homicide Unit, said Tuesday that Shakur Campbell-Sergeant, 23, was gunned down at...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
PARIS — How did the ostrich cross the ocean? It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world — given that none of them can fly. However, […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
MACH PICCHU, Peru — Peru has evacuated around 1,600 tourists from a train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after a local protest escalated into clashes with police. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, the ancient fortified complex receives around 4,500 visitors a day, many of them foreigners, according to the […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls there were many who did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit. Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Windsor before his visit to chant, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
PARIS — Thieves have broken into Paris’s Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros (US$700,000) in the latest of a series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum. Famed for its dinosaur skeletons and taxidermy, the National Natural History Museum in the chic 5th district of the French...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
The Florida Panthers expect forward Matthew Tkachuk to be sidelined until December while he recovers from offseason surgery to deal with a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle, general manager Bill Zito said Wednesday. The timeline is fluid, since there are various benchmarks that Tkachuk has to continue hitting in his recovery before the...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (15 hours ago)
A fired Florida nurse caught by her husband while engaged in a torrid sex romp with her 15-year-old stepson has been jailed for two years. Alexis Von Yates was sentenced to serve 24 months in a Sunshine State prison, followed by two years of community control and 10 years of probation as a registered sex […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (15 hours ago)
Ottawa police reined in two young drivers on learner’s permits on Tuesday for speeding-related offences. The force’s Traffic Escort Unit caught a 22-year-old doing 56 km/h over the posted 80 km/h limit in his parents’ vehicle on Limebank Road. The driver was charged with stunt driving. His G1 license was suspended, and the vehicle was […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
Drivers across Toronto and the GTA will see welcome relief at the pumps Thursday, as gas prices are set to fall eight cents at midnight to 133.9 cents per litre — the lowest level since August. The drop will take effect just after 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, according to Roger McKnight, Chief Petroleum […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
York Regional Police have released video footage showing two suspects smashing their way into a Vaughan business and setting it on fire before fleeing. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, in the area of Centre and Dufferin Streets. Officers responded to reports of a fire, which Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (15 hours ago)
A new outlook report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) projects the province’s deficit and debt will grow significantly over the next five years. The report from Ontario’s financial watchdog, which was released on Wednesday, looks at the province’s economic outlook and finances from 2024-25 to 2029-30. “Based on the...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (16 hours ago)
A 28-year-old man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Toronto early Wednesday morning. Toronto police say the collision happened around 12:30 a.m. in the Sherbourne Street and Shuter Street area. Authorities said a 43-year-old man was driving a Ford Fusion in the southbound lanes of Sherbourne Street when he struck the […]
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (16 hours ago)
It is an uncommon sight to behold. Or rather sites. As part of ongoing efforts to revitalize Ottawa's Centretown neighbourhood, this year the city has transformed two downtown spaces into vibrant social hubs. Both described by the local BIA as "Uncommon space,” no doubt due to how much thought has gone into designing these locations....
ReadWindsor Star - Local (16 hours ago)
A man out on bail for attempted murder-related charges in Peel Region has been arrested in Windsor after police say he breached the terms of his release. Windsor police said the 29-year-old was granted bail in July on a series of serious charges, including two counts of attempted murder with a firearm, possession of a […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)
Hollywood figures and fans of the movies mourned the death of Robert Redford, expressing affection and admiration for the actor, Oscar-winning director and Sundance Film Festival founder. Actor Colman Domingo said Redford had an “everlasting impact” on movies and director Ron Howard called his Sundance Film Festival a “game changer.”...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (16 hours ago)
Toronto Police say a man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in the city’s downtown area overnight. Police say they received reports of a crash at around 12:30 a.m. in the area of Sherbourne and Shuter Sts. They say the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead on scene, but have […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
MONTREAL — When immigration lawyer Hana Marku opened her email weeks ago to a photo of an emaciated infant in the Gaza Strip, she said she felt helpless. The child is among about 50 Palestinians the Toronto-based lawyer is representing. She said each one was blocked without explanation from submitting applications under the temporary visa […]
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SEHNDE, Germany — A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case. It’s the latest turn in the 18-year mystery over what happened to the 3-year-old, who disappeared while her family was on vacation in the […]
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SEHNDE, Germany — A German national who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said. The man, who has been identified by media as Christian Bruckner, had been serving a seven-year sentence that stemmed...
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Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever. In a letter that co-founder Ben Cohen posted on social media platform X on Greenfield's behalf, Greenfield said that he […]
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The widow of Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in a Russian prison. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died in the Arctic penal colony in February 2024. He was...
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WINDSOR, England — President Donald Trump was greeted by royalty, military honour guards and mounted troops in red and gold as he arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for the start of a two-day state visit to Britain as the guest of King Charles III Prince William and his wife Catherine met the president’s Marine […]
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PITTSBURGH — A driver rammed a car into a security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh early Wednesday, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving, authorities said. The car crashed into the gate at about 2:40 a.m., the FBI said, and authorities were searching […]
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BRUSSELS — The European Union laid out Wednesday its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza as Palestinians fled en masse from Israeli tanks, drones and troops pushing deeper into the coastal enclave ravaged by 23 months of war. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, urged the 27 member […]
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford believes Prime Minister Mark Carney will back his idea for a tunnel under Highway 401 through the Greater Toronto Area, though it is unclear if he has received any such assurances from Ottawa. Carney recently named the first five projects in the national interest that will be fast-tracked, which is intended […]
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One of South Korea's largest banks is suing the head of Windsor's Coco Group and another developer for more than $1.5 billion over a controversy-plagued Toronto condo project. The lawsuit alleges that Jenny Coco and Toronto real estate magnate Sam Mizrahi have defaulted as guarantors on loans for the unfinished high-rise formerly called The One...
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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision today, where it’s widely expected to lower its key lending rate. A quarter-point cut would bring the central bank’s benchmark rate down to 2.5 per cent after three consecutive holds at 2.75 per cent. The bank received a last-minute look at […]
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OTTAWA — The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has started the second phase of its online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. The “Canada on Hold” campaign was launched last month with a focus on CRA call centres but has now been expanded to draw attention to staffing cuts across the agency. Marc […]
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DEAR ABBY: I’m a man in my early 30s who has made a career switch. My new field requires me to be more social because I will be meeting with colleagues, some of them older than I am, and attending trade shows, meetings, and business and social networking outings. This was never part of my […]
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Durham Regional Police are working to identify a man injured in an e-scooter crash. Police were called to Kitney Drive just north of Clements Road West around 3:15 p.m. for reports of a single-vehicle crash involving an e-scooter. The man was riding northbound along the east side of the roadway when he lost control and […]
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Hamilton police have released doorbell camera footage showing a woman accused of stealing a gold necklace from a senior in Flamborough, and are asking for the public’s help to identify her. The video, recorded on Sept. 8 around 3:30 p.m., shows the suspect approaching the victim’s home and greeting her as though they were acquaintances. […]
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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette will miss the rest of the regular season with a knee injury but could return for the playoffs, manager John Schneider confirmed on Tuesday. Bichette, 27, was placed on the 10-day injured list after suffering what the team described as a PCL strain in his left knee. The injury […]
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Wednesday, Sept. 17: In Dunrobin, a proposed solar-panel farm could even be paired with farming crops or livestock, a reader suggests. You can write to us too, at [email protected]
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SUNshine Girl Carie is an internationally published bikini model. The 5-foot-4 Leo was studying psychology at university when she posed for these photos in February 2017. She enjoys dancing and is fond of Louboutin shoes. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun)
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Staging a major-league game in a minor-league park simply does not work, a reality the Jays have faced three times this season in three different series, including twice at Tampa's temporary home at Steinbrenner Field. Fortunately, two games remain with the hope the Jays will never play a consequential game in Tampa again. The temporary […]
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A male has been taken to hospital after being stabbed near Finch West subway station. Toronto police were called to a parking lot near the TTC station at Keele Street and Finch Avenue West just before 10 p.m. for a stabbing. The victim was found in the bus bay area and transported to hospital by […]
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