60 h. ago Alberta charity gives the gift of mobility to Saskatchewan kids

Go Baby Go is back in Saskatchewan, donating adaptive cars for children with restricted mobility. The cars include push-buttons, supported seating and communication devices.

Society

3 d. ago 6 children hurt after vehicle crashes into Richmond Hill daycare

Six children have been injured, including one seriously, after a vehicle crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare on Wednesday afternoon. York Regional Police said the crash happened in the Yonge St.-Notthingham Dr. area shortly after 3 p.m. Cops said the child who suffered serious injuries was transported to hospital with their parent. There was no […]

Transport

3 d. ago 10 children hurt after vehicle crashes into Richmond Hill daycare

Ten children have been injured, including one seriously and another critically, after a vehicle crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare on Wednesday afternoon. York Regional Police said the crash happened in the Yonge St.-Notthingham Dr. area shortly after 3 p.m. Cops said the child who suffered serious injuries was transported to a hospital with their […]

Transport

4 d. ago Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after Pakistan floods

OTTAWA — Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoon rains that have affected roughly four million people and killed more than 900. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says Canada […]

Economics

4 d. ago Zelenskiy Says At Least 20 Killed in Russian Strike on Donetsk Town

A Russian strike killed at least 24 people as they collected pension payments in eastern Ukraine, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to renew calls on the US and Western allies to respond to a spike in attacks on civilians.

Politics

4 d. ago At least 60 people killed in a rebel attack in eastern Congo

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels in eastern Congo affiliated with the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people in an attack overnight, an official said. The attack was carried by the Allied Democratic Force in Ntoyo, North Kivu, after residents gathered at a burial. “The ADF attack caused around 60 deaths, but the final […]

Events

4 d. ago Russian attack in Ukraine kills 21 people in line to receive pensions

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the front line.

Events

5 d. ago Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 21

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as older people were lined up to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a regional official said. The bomb hit the village of Yarova in the Donetsk […]

Events

5 d. ago Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social media platforms including Facebook, X and […]

Technology

5 d. ago Train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 8 people

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in the town of Atlacomulco. The state of Mexico’s civil defense agency said via X that authorities were still working at the site of […]

Events

5 d. ago 6 killed in Jerusalem after Palestinian gunmen opened fire, Israeli officials say

Several Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six and wounding another 12 people, according to Israeli officials.

Events

6 d. ago Government building in Ukraine’s capital damaged in Russia’s largest aerial attack since war started

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that four people were killed and 44 were wounded

Events

7 d. ago Cabins in Lisbon streetcar crash lost balance after cable linking them disconnected

Inspectors investigating the deadly streetcar crash in Lisbon, Portugal, found that two cabins lost stability after the cable linking them disconnected before the funicular came off its rails and killed 16 people Wednesday, including two Canadians. The Portuguese government’s office for air and rail accident investigations said in a preliminary technical report that the cabins […]

Economics

7 d. ago US Strike on Alleged Cartel Boat Shows Rubio’s Influence Growing

The US strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hardline strategy toward Latin America led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Culture

9 d. ago Two Canadians dead in Lisbon streetcar crash, Portuguese police say

Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, one American, one French, one Swiss and one Ukrainian, police said in a statement. The list of nationalities was published following forensic identification. The French […]

Events

9 d. ago Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — The shooter who killed two schoolchildren and injured 21 other people at a Catholic church in Minneapolis was caught on video visiting a suburban gun shop the weekend before the attack, but the owner of the store said Thursday that his staff saw no warning signs in his conduct. […]

Events

1 week ago Lisbon funicular accident kills at least 15, authorities say

An accident in Lisbon, Portugal involving the Gloria funicular railway car has killed at least 15 people and injured several others, according to local authorities.

Events

1 week ago CAUGHT ON CAMERA: U.S. strikes a boat suspected of carrying drugs in southern Caribbean

WATCH: U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that 11 people were killed aboard the boat that had departed Venezuela, which is located near Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has praised the U.S. strike  and said that all traffickers should be killed “violently.” – Associated Press. What do YOU think? Tell […]

Transport

1 week ago Trinidad and Tobago PM says U.S. should kill all drug traffickers ’violently’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that 11 people were killed aboard the boat that had departed Venezuela, which is located near Trinidad and Tobago. “I, along with most […]

Events

1 week ago Trinidad and Tobago leader praises strike and says US should kill all drug traffickers ‘violently’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that 11 people were killed aboard the boat that had departed Venezuela, which is located near Trinidad and Tobago. “I, along with […]

Events