2 h. ago Hermès Heir ‘Strongly Contests’ Lawsuit Over $16 Billion Fortune

A longstanding mystery surrounding the wealth of an octogenarian heir to the Hermès luxury fortune just got even murkier.

Economics

10 h. ago Province of B.C. files to seize Langley home where drug lab caused deadly explosion

Surveillance video from a residence across from the home at 7340 196 Street captured the thunderous blast which jolted the Willowbrook neighbourhood around 10:40 a.m. 

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12 h. ago Alberta’s request to question fired AHS CEO over confidential emails granted

EDMONTON — A judge has granted Alberta’s government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without permission, including to media. The government’s request was made last month when it filed for an injunction in the high-profile lawsuit launched by Athana […]

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13 h. ago 'I could hear her screaming': Man describes pulling partner from burning home

Nick Taylor says he was in the backyard of his east London home when he heard a loud “pop” and saw a bathroom window blow out.

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13 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze, escalating standoff

Trump’s administration had called for broad reforms at the university, and froze billions of dollars in federal funding after Harvard leaders defied the government's demands.

Politics

18 h. ago Google guilty ruling in antitrust case could boost Canada’s lawsuit against tech giant

Here's a breakdown of what could happen next

Technology

20 h. ago UN researchers warn Asian scam operations spreading across globe

BANGKOK — Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, scam compounds have proliferated in Southeast Asia, especially in border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as […]

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20 h. ago Toronto Maple Leafs just pulled off something they haven't done in decades

The Toronto Maple Leafs were firing on all cylinders in their Game 1 victory on Sunday night.Taking on the Ottawa Senators in the first Battle of Ontario matchup in the postseason since 2004, Toronto came through with a workmanlike 6-2 victory over their provincial rivals.And while all wins count the same in a best-of-7 series, how the Leafs got the W wasn't something they've seen since, well, last millennium.Toronto scored three goals on the night via the power play, a welcome sight for those who saw Toronto go 1-for-11 on the man advantage in 2024 in a seven-game first-round series against the Boston Bruins.Via Sportsnet Stats, it was actually the first time Toronto had scored three power play goals in a playoff game since 1999, in another Game 1 against the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Final.Leafs score 3 Power Play goals in a playoff game for the first time since Game 1 of the 1999 East Final vs the Sabres pic.twitter.com/9RG3qQh0e5— Sportsnet Stats (@S...

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21 h. ago Oregon college softball coach and player killed when truck collides with team bus

An Oregon college softball team traveling from a game was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed an athlete and coach, authorities said Saturday. The driver of a pickup crossed a center line and crashed head-on into a bus carrying 10 members of the Umpqua Community College team Friday night in Coos County, Oregon State […]

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24 h. ago Civil lawsuit woes mount for driver in fiery Old East crash, explosion

The driver involved in a fiery Old East Village crash and explosion has been slapped with thousands of dollars in costs by the court for refusing to be interviewed first as the lawsuits related to the August 2019 incident unfold.

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27 h. ago Blackburn Hamlet looks west: riding change raises questions about community identity, political implications

The east-end neighbourhood is part of the new riding of Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester for the 2025 federal election.

Politics

41 h. ago Lost hiker dies in North Vancouver’s Mount Seymour area: police

NORTH VANCOUVER — Police say a hiker has died in North Vancouver’s Mount Seymour area. RCMP say in a social media post that officers had worked with the local search and rescue team in an effort to find the hiker, who had become lost on Saturday. But the post from about 4:20 p.m. that day […]

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61 h. ago Parkside Dr. speed camera cut down for fourth time in five months

A speed camera along Parkside Dr. that has generated an estimated $7 million for the city was cut down for the fourth time in five months. Safe Parkside Co-Chair Faraz Gholizadeh said the latest vandalism leaves this stretch of road, with residential homes on the east side and High Park on the west side, with […]

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63 h. ago Grass fire east of Edmonton closes section of city’s ring road

The RCMP said officers were alerted to the fire just before 12:30 p.m.

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66 h. ago NTSB investigating after plane crashed into Nebraska river and killed 3

FREMONT, Neb. — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash in Nebraska that killed all three people on board. The single-engine Cessna 180 was traveling along the Platte River when it crashed into the water south of Fremont at 8:15 p.m., Sgt. Brie Frank of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said […]

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2 d. ago Letters, April 19: Poilievre more in tune with Canada’s middle class

Will the Oilers defeat the Kings in Round 1? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! EAST VS. WEST Pierre Poilievre was an orphan and was adopted by two teachers, therefore was well educated and understands what it is to be poor. Carney was born rich and everyone he associates with is rich. Who do you […]

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3 d. ago Destroyed Ontario ghost town was almost a historic catastrophe

Once a quaint French Ontarian farming village nestled along the South Nation River, Lemieux, Ontario, is now nothing more than a distant memory.Formerly located just an hour's drive east of Ottawa, the town's origins can be traced back to the mid-1850s, when it began as a service centre for the local lumber industry before transitioning into a farming hamlet.Though the community appeared stable on the surface, it was built on sensitive marine silts and clays, known as Leda clay, which were laid down during the Champlain Sea roughly 10,000 years ago.The 1993 Lemeiux landslide. Photo: South Nation Conservation Authority.On May 4, 1971, a landslide in Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, which was caused by the same type of soil, resulted in the deaths of 31 people and the destruction of 40 homes.In the aftermath, the Geological Survey of Canada began soil testing in similar regions, including areas along the South Nation River. Tests confirmed that Lemieux, which at the time was compri...

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3 d. ago Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village on fire east of Edmonton

RCMP said several buildings were on fire at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations were underway Friday in the rural area surrounding the museum east of Edmonton.

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3 d. ago Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village catches fire east of Edmonton

RCMP said several buildings caught fire Friday at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations occurred briefly in the surrounding rural area east of Edmonton.

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3 d. ago Neighbours recall troubles at home where fire raged, woman was hurt

A skull mailbox, burned e-bikes, scooters and shacks in the backyard remained in the rubble Friday of an east London home destroyed by fire one day prior. Surrounded by yellow tape, police cruisers, and fire investigators, the home at 1884 Avalon St. – near the intersection of Clarke Road and Dundas Street – was known […]

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