89 m. ago Father of Tesla Cybertruck crash victim files lawsuit over death

The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. truck and better understand how their daughter died. The driver and two passengers were killed while they were on Thanksgiving break in late November when the […]

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2 h. ago Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas. injured in L.A. car crash

LOS ANGELES — Alijah Arenas, a Los Angeles high school basketball star who’s committed to playing for the University of Southern California next season, was in an accident early Thursday, the university said. The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded shortly before 5 a.m. to single-vehicle collision in the Reseda area of the San […]

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7 h. ago B.C. crime news: Missing woman found dead in Dawson Creek | Victim of pedestrian crash on Haida Gwaii was 'targeted'

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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7 h. ago B.C. crime news: Missing woman found dead in Dawson Creek | Victim of pedestrian crash on Haida Gwaii was 'targeted' | Cars torched, shots fired in Fort Nelson

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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8 h. ago China denies it’s in talks with U.S. over tariffs: ‘Groundless’

China’s comments come after Trump said Tuesday that things were going “fine with China” and that the final tariff rate on Chinese exports would come down “substantially.”

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8 h. ago Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections thwarted by judge

Judge also denied several requests from a group of Democratic plaintiffs

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9 h. ago French student arrested after fatally stabbing another student, wounding 3

PARIS (AP) — A high school student stabbed four other students at his school in western France on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said. The motive for the stabbing was unclear. Such fatal attacks are quite rare in French schools. France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou ordered tighter […]

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9 h. ago Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May at risk of losing their B.C. seats, poll aggregator projects

NDP captain projected to finish third, Green co-leader in a tight race with Conservative contender

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10 h. ago One dead after rural crash between passenger vehicle, big rig

One person is dead and one is in hospital after a two-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a transport truck northeast of Strathroy. Ontario Provincial Police said emergency crews were called shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday to the scene of the collision and had closed Egremont Drive between Hedley Drive and Ilderton Road. That’s […]

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10 h. ago Ontario Place megaspa company fires back after making international headlines

It's been nearly four years since residents first learned of the major players tapped to redevelop Ontario Place, the expansive lakeshore green space that for many years served as the best amusement park in Toronto, if not the entire province.That also means it's been just as many years of drama surrounding the overhaul, as the public quickly became aware of how much of the space it would be losing to private entities, and at what cost — to taxpayers, the environment, and more.There had been propositions to build everything from a casino and condos to a landmark Ferris wheel and public gardens on the 155-acre property, some of these ideas being understandably less popular than others.In the end, the key brand that the provincial government selected to take over the coveted lands was Therme Group, an Austria-based spa company that will build a wellness facility that ...

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14 h. ago Toronto Pearson: Police reveal what led to fatal shooting of 30

'We know what's happening now is having an impact on hundreds of thousands of travellers,' said Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah at the scene on Thursday

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17 h. ago China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs

BANGKOK (AP) — China on Thursday denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying that any suggestion of progress in this matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.” China’s comments come after Trump said Tuesday that the final tariff rate on China’s […]

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24 h. ago B.C. pilot tells remarkable survival story after small plane crash off Mexico

'It just felt like a sea monster reached up and grabbed us and pulled us in and slammed us forward,' Mike MacDonald said of the impact.

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25 h. ago Avs captain Gabe Landeskog returns to lineup for Game 3 after missing 3 years with knee injury

DENVER — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was in the lineup and will play his first NHL game in nearly three years Wednesday night against the Dallas Stars. He strongly hinted he was suiting up for Game 3 in a video posted by the team on social media about an hour before puck drop. Landeskog […]

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27 h. ago MANDEL: ‘This is a case about consent,’ Crown says in opening of world junior hockey sex assault trial

WARNING: Graphic details And now it becomes clearer why it’s taken almost seven long years to try five world junior hockey champs on charges of sexual assault. This was never going to be a slam dunk case. At the opening of the sensational trial in London, with each of the well-dressed defendants sitting at a […]

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27 h. ago Man missing, mother and infant rescued, after boating accident near Victoria

Police near Victoria are looking for a missing man after his boat was found floating unoccupied in Finlayson Arm on Tuesday afternoon.

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28 h. ago Woman, 84, critically injured after crash leads to ‘terrible assault:’ OPP

Whitby OPP hunting for tattooed male suspect after incident on eastbound 401 off-ramp at Salem Rd.

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28 h. ago In Calgary courts: Alberta Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction of Airdrie man in connection with fatal shooting

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from April 22-25, 2025

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30 h. ago Sister of confessed killer says he was a different man in the months and days leading up to fatal stabbing

'I could just tell that his mental health was getting worse and worse and worse and worse,' said Winie Adenyi of her brother, Michael Adenyi

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36 h. ago ’Suspect’ on Disney+ digs for truth around fatal London police shooting

LONDON — It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to have the most traumatic event of your life reenacted as television drama. For one Brazilian family, it is cathartic. “I want them to see the reality that my boy was innocent,” said 80-year-old Maria de Menezes, whose son was shot dead by London police in […]

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