54 m. ago Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said. The balloons interfered with 30 flights, impacting some 6,000 passengers, according to Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center. Flights resumed […]

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14 h. ago This $3 million Toronto home from the 1960s is delightfully weird

Toronto real estate has no shortage of glassy new builds and cookie-cutter flips, but every so often, a house comes along that feels like it belongs in both an architectural magazine and a fever dream.Enter 38 Purdon Dr., a ravine-side 1960s modernist with cathedral ceilings, a sunroom bar that literally glows, and a backyard waterfall fed by rainwater.From the street, you know you're not in typical North York territory.The front entrance. The façade glows pink at night, with what can only be described as dinosaur-egg decals on its exterior. And the deeper you go, the stranger it gets.The living room. Originally designed by a local architect in the mid-'60s, the home was completely reimagined in 2002 and again in 2024, fusing mid-century bones with eclectic modern finishes.The dining room. The result? About 5,000 square feet spread across three and a half levels, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two kitchens, and four separate entrances.The foyer.&nb...

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28 h. ago Two dead, one injured in collision between farm tractor, truck in Ontario

OPP are investigating after a fatal crash on Oct 3., left two people dead, and another driver injured in a collision between a pickup truck and farm tractor.

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44 h. ago Sam O’Reilly lifts London Knights to first win with OT heroics

The Knights managed to eliminate some demons that haunted them through their first four games.

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44 h. ago Dangerous driving charge laid in Whitemud crash that killed Edmonton father

Three months after a crash claimed the life of a father, police have charged the semi-truck driver involved in the collision in south Edmonton with driving causing death.

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45 h. ago Calgary woman physically and mentally abused for months before husband strangled her, court told

Manpreet Kaur was found dead in her Redstone home in April 2024

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45 h. ago Police investigating after senior struck and killed by truck in south Edmonton

Police confirmed this is the 26th traffic fatality in the city this year

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47 h. ago Munich airport grounds departures and diverts arrivals after drone sightings

Nearly 3,000 passengers were grounded as 17 departing flights were cancelled on Thursday night, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to other cities

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47 h. ago Border woes ease after IT outage, but truckers still facing delays, Winnipeg driver says

Winnipeg truck driver Don Taylor got the OK to cross the border Friday, after having been stuck in Fargo, N.D., since Wednesday, but other drivers haven't been quite so lucky.

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49 h. ago Detroit carmakers feud over Trump’s threatened truck tariffs

(Bloomberg) — U.S. carmakers have mounted a furious, last-minute lobbying blitz over the Trump administration’s potential tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks, in a fight pitting Detroit’s legacy automakers against each other. Stellantis NV has lobbied the administration in recent days to waive or soften a possible 25% tariff that could otherwise hit medium-duty Ram […]

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52 h. ago Retired Royal Canadian Air Force officer pleads guilty at court martial

A former officer has pleaded guilty to two charges at a court martial in Halifax for his role in wrongly detaining two young air cadets at a flight training school.

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55 h. ago NFL WEEK 5 PICKS: Tampa Bay Bucs will be out to sea in Seattle

Seahawks have a big rest advantage, a health advantage and the Bucs have quite the flight to get to this one.

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57 h. ago Marilyn Castonguay incarne une sorcière pas comme les autres dans le film familial «Ma belle

Marilyn Castonguay incarne une sorcière dans le nouveau film de la célèbre franchise jeunesse.

Culture

58 h. ago How to see Gatineau Park's fall foliage without getting stuck in traffic

Fortunately, the National Capital Commission has been running free shuttle buses to Gatineau Park from Ottawa and Gatineau since May.

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59 h. ago ‘Frustrating:’ Canadian trucker among thousands stuck in US after border outage

"In some cases, truck drivers are being fed by bridge authorities because they've been sitting and waiting on the US side for so long," the Canadian Trucking Alliance said Thursday

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62 h. ago What a $5 million Toronto interior designer's home looks like

If houses could flirt, 239 Borden St. would wink at you from across the street, pull you inside, and then casually drop the fact that it has a 400-bottle wine cellar, rooftop hot tub, and stained glass windows from 1878. We're already blushing.  Professionally rebuilt by designer and owner Lyndsay Jacobs, the house was taken down to its bones — leaving only the original front façade intact — before being transformed into a four-storey showcase of craftsmanship, function, and character.The project wrapped up in July 2023, and it has already been celebrated with a House & Home "House of the Month" feature and featured in Beta Publishing's Timeless Living.The front of the house. Although, to be fair, we'd expect nothing less from a designer's own home. The living room. Inside, the first thing that strikes you is the mix of history and modernity.A powder room with a Red Alicante marbl...

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64 h. ago One person injured after two Delta jets collide while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport

The airline said one flight attendant was treated for minor injuries but there were no reported passenger injuries

Economics

66 h. ago Peavey Mart hardware chain hoping to come back from the dead after financial failure

Hardware retailer mounts return into industry that's shut many locations in the past several years

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68 h. ago Unidentified man found dead in Rexdale park in 2003 likely from Grenada

Toronto Police hope someone will recognize him and come forward

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2 d. ago Ontario border struggles all week as outages back up trucks and airport kiosks

Ontario's border has been a mess all week, to say the least, as drivers and travellers continue to face long delays caused by repeated system outages at Canadian customs and border inspections kiosks. On Thursday, commercial truck drivers entering Canada at the Blue Water Bridge just outside of Sarnia reported waits of several hours due to a system outage that was confirmed by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Although the outage has since been resolved, videos of the resulting gridlock quickly spread on social media. In a statement, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed that while the outage has since been resolved, "commercial drivers continue to experience delays" as normal processing resumes and the agency works to clear a backlog of requests that were received during the outage. #BORDER: Six Hour Delay Entering Canada At📍Blue Water Bridge. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/kYpJKmGLXv— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) October 2, 202...

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