2 h. ago Letters April 13: Carney copies best from Conservatives, worst from Trudeau Liberals

Who should start the playoffs for the Oilers? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CARBON-COPY CARNEY I follow the news on the election campaigns and every policy that Pierre Poilievre announces, Carbon Copy Carney announces the same policy shortly after, and claims that it was his all along. He’s very adept at dodging questions (sound […]

Politics

4 h. ago Opinion: Ukraine and Israel are fighting two fronts in the same war — the West must support both

By following diverging policies on the two conflicts, Canada and the U.S. are playing into the hands of our enemies

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9 h. ago CGTN: China’s silver screen pivot: Why U.S. tariff policy is to blame

CGTN published an article on how China’s new film partnership with Spain contrasts with its cuts to U.S. film imports, exposing the self-defeating impact of America’s tariff war – jeopardizing Hollywood’s most lucrative foreign market and undermining the country’s broader services trade dominance. BEIJING, April 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — During Spanish Prime Minister Pedro […]

Economics

18 h. ago Man charged with assault after police say two officers in Vancouver were set on fire

VANCOUVER — A man has been charged after allegedly setting two officers from the Vancouver Police Department on fire earlier this week. The department says the 40-year old faces one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of obstructing a police officer. The incident happened on Thursday night when the officers were on […]

Events

21 h. ago In Season 2, ‘The Last of Us’ chooses human drama over fungal zombies

This story contains spoilers for the first season of “The Last of Us.” – – – It’s a testament to the unusual terrain “The Last of Us” has carved out that its first season ended on the exact opposite of a cliff-hanger. Ellie (Bella Ramsey), the cocky teenager whom smuggler Joel (Pedro Pascal) was charged […]

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23 h. ago Vancouver eyes major hotel policy overhaul to tackle room shortage

Without a significant boost in hotel stock, tourism organizations, including Destination Vancouver, warn the city risks losing out on billions in economic activity.

Politics

23 h. ago Quebec teen, 15, dies after falling into silo at closed factory in Shawinigan, Que.

SHAWINIGAN — Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl’s relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the victim fell into a silo at the former Belgo factory, a paper mill that […]

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24 h. ago Woman, 24, dead after crash that led to wild police chase across region

A 24-year-old woman is dead, and two men are in custody, after a crash in a First Nations community southwest of London that resulted in a multi-county flight from police involving several stolen vehicles. Police were called to a crash on Jubilee Road, near Dodem Way, in Muncee-Delaware Nation at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Middlesex […]

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24 h. ago OPP seeks pair suspected of torching two vehicles in Carleton Place

Provincial police are seeking public assistance to locate two suspects who torched two vehicles in Carleton Place early Saturday. The men were spotted at about 4 a.m. torching two vehicles on Dowdall Circle. They fled on foot. No injuries were reported. OPP said the suspects were described as wearing dark sweaters, one with dark pants, […]

Transport

34 h. ago The history of the horse and human water fountains in Toronto

Long before Toronto's streets were jam-packed with cars and motorcycles, they were filled with carriages and horse-drawn streetcars.In the 19th and early 20th century, horses were one of the city's primary modes of transportation, and just like today's vehicles need gas stations and charging stations, horses needed water troughs to keep them going through their long journeys.As a result, there were tons of horse and human water fountains across the city at major intersections during this time, and many of them even featured a tiny basin for dogs at their base.Horses having a drink at a Toronto water fountain in the 1910s. Photo: Archives of Ontario.One of the last surviving examples in Ontario still stands in St. James Park, along King Street East near Church Street.Manufactured by the Canada Foundry Company Ltd., the cast-iron structure dates back to the late 1800s. Facing south toward King Street is a large trough once filled by two taps, offering water to horses that fr...

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34 h. ago Fraude à l'emploi, amoureuse, chantage, faux policier... Voici comment des arnaqueurs s'y sont pris auprès de Québécois qui ont été poussés au désespoir, jusqu'à la mort

Voici quelques cas de personnes poussées au désespoir par une arnaque, selon les dizaines d'enquêtes du coroner consultés par Le Journal.

Events

36 h. ago Mother of newborn baby left on London doorstep located: Police

The mother of a newborn baby boy left on the front porch of a London home has been identified and located, London police said Friday evening

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38 h. ago B.C.'s Curtis Sagmoen, jailed for attacks on sex trade workers, has died

Sagmoen was charged and found guilty in connection to an attack on a sex worker near his family's Shuswap-area farm

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38 h. ago Vancouver deputy police chief tapped as Victoria’s next top cop

Fiona Wilson is a 26-year veteran of the VPD, where she started with roles including patrolling the Downtown Eastside and as an investigator in the Sex Crimes Unit.

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38 h. ago Trump opens window for deal with Iran but issues warning if things don’t work out

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is betting that a beleaguered Iran is so vulnerable following a tumultuous 18 months in the Middle East that it might finally be ready to abandon its nuclear program. The renewed push to solve one of the most delicate foreign policy issues facing the White House and the Mideast will […]

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39 h. ago Nepean Conservative files police report alleging stolen signs

Barbara Bal points the finger at Liberal Party campaign workers for the sign damage

Events

40 h. ago South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. He groaned two more times […]

Transport

41 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Two men injured in violent Scarborough home invasion

Two men were taken to hospital – one with serious injuries and one with minor injuries – following a violent home invasion robbery in Scarborough early Friday. Toronto Police say several home invaders, armed with hammers and a knife, entered through the rear door of the house near Finch Ave. E. and McCowan Rd. around […]

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41 h. ago Two Vancouver police officers set on fire in DTES, suspect treated for burns

As VPD was arresting the suspect, police allege he used a flammable substance to set the officers’ uniforms on fire.

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42 h. ago Armed robbery sparked police chase that left 2 B.C. police officers hurt

A series of events that started with a robbery in Surrey, B.C., ended with two officers being sent to hospital because of a crash.

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