56 m. ago ’AN OPEN NERVE’: Israelis, Palestinians mark two years of the Gaza war

OTTAWA — Two years into the war in Gaza, the conflict continues to spread anger, frustration and pain across Canada, while Israelis and Palestinians fear the region will never exit the cycle of violence. Hamas militants and affiliates attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 civilians and soldiers and taking roughly 240 people hostage. […]

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18 h. ago Seniors killed, teenager injured in crash north of Stratford: OPP

Two people were killed and another seriously injured in a crash north of Stratford on Saturday night, Ontario Provincial Police say. Emergency crews were called at around 8:30 p.m. to a collision involving a pickup truck and a car on Perth Line 86 in North Perth, the OPP said. The driver of the car was […]

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27 h. ago Russia Targets Much of Ukraine With Missile and Drone Barrage

Russia launched another massive airstrike at targets across Ukraine overnight, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

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27 h. ago Russian Air Barrage Targets Ukraine, Damaging Gas Infrastructure

Russia launched a massive airstrike at targets across Ukraine overnight, including at energy facilities, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

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66 h. ago U.K. synagogue attacker: Briton of Syrian descent from ‘nice family’

London (AFP) — The attacker who targeted the British synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian descent who liked weightlifting and came from a “nice family”, U.K. media and officials reported Friday. Police late Thursday had named 35-year-old Shamie as the perpetrator of the attack in Manchester, in which two people were killed […]

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68 h. ago Jewish group calls for more government protection after Manchester synagogue attack

OTTAWA — A prominent Canadian Jewish organization is calling on “leaders of all levels” to enhance security at synagogues after a vehicle and knife attack at a U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur. Thursday’s attack in Manchester, which saw two people killed and three others hospitalized, is being called an act of terrorism by police. The […]

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4 d. ago 2 dead and 3 in serious condition after synagogue attack in Manchester

LONDON — Police said two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded in a synagogue attack in northern England. The suspect was also believed to be dead, Greater Manchester Police said. Police bomb experts were investigating whether the attacker had an explosive device. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows […]

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5 d. ago Strong earthquake kills 20 people in Philippines region hit by deadly storm

MANILA — An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 20 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said. The epicenter of the earthquake, which was set […]

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6 d. ago Answers sought after 2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas casino parking lot shooting

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Authorities on Monday were trying to determine why a man opened fire in the parking lot of a casino in a Texas border city over the weekend, killing two people and wounding at least five others. Keryan Rashad Jones, 34, was arrested during a traffic stop several hours after the shooting […]

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6 d. ago Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church after deadly shooting and fire

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police officers walked amid the burned out ruins of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan on Monday, a day after a former Marine opened fire during a crowded service, killing at least four people, then set the building ablaze. Eight others were wounded in the […]

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7 d. ago Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4, wounds at least 10

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21 people dead last month. Kyiv bears the brunt of the […]

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8 d. ago Airstrikes and gunfire kill at least 59 people in Gaza as pressure grows for ceasefire, hostage deal

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 59 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire and hostage return deal while Israel’s leader remained defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were those hit by two strikes in the Nuseirat refugee camp — […]

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9 d. ago Gunman who killed 4 at NFL offices had CTE, says medical examiner

A medical examiner confirmed Friday that Shane Tamura, who killed four people in July and blamed the NFL for hiding the dangers of brain injuries was suffering from CTE.

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9 d. ago Gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, medical examiner confirms

The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, New York’s medical examiner said Friday. Shane Tamura, 27, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” […]

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1 week ago Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital kill at least 9, injure scores

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Friday that at least nine people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country’s rebel-held capital of Sanaa the previous day, the latest in an increase in exchanges between Israel and the Iranian-backed rebels over the war in Gaza. The strikes on Thursday afternoon came a day […]

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1 week ago Two people arrested at B.C. ostrich farm where birds to be killed over avian flu

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, had been overnight.

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1 week ago Police detail separate dog attacks that injured two people, killed one pet

A 36-year-old Goderich woman is charged with criminal negligence after two separate dog attacks in the same neighbourhood left two pedestrians injured and one dog dead, Huron County OPP say. Ontario Provincial Police say the first incident happened last year on Aug. 3, when a pedestrian walking their dogs was attacked by two unsecured dogs […]

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1 week ago Ontario dog owner charged after 2 people attacked, another dog killed

Police say a dog owner is facing a criminal charge after her two dogs, that were not secured, were involved in separate incidents that injured people and also killed another dog.

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1 week ago New book coming from spouse of Nova Scotia’s mass killer who dressed up like a cop and murdered 22 people

According to the publisher, the book 'changes the way we understand both the tragedy of April 2020 and the private realities of intimate partner violence'

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1 week ago Amid string of fatal crashes, police and city mount campaign against reckless driving

56 people were killed in crashes last year, the highest in a decade, Calgary police say

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