89 m. ago MANDEL: Why was alleged dangerous driver still behind the wheel?

Surely, they won’t again release an accused dangerous driver now facing new charges of killing a father of three. Or so you would think. But that’s hardly a sure thing. A bail hearing was held in Oshawa Wednesday for 18-year-old Jaiwin Kirubananthan, who was arrested Aug. 3 after a head-on collision, on Hwy. 48 in […]

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3 h. ago Grok, l’assistant IA de Musk, brièvement suspendu de X après une nouvelle controverse sur Gaza

L’outil a déclaré qu’« Israël et les États-Unis commettaient un génocide à Gaza ».

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3 h. ago New York man charged with cyberstalking a family member of killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has been charged with cyberstalking a family member of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly leaving threatening voicemails that expressed glee about Thompson’s killing within hours of the fatal shooting, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Shane Daley, 40, is accused of placing multiple calls to Thompson’s family member after […]

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4 h. ago London police officer faces five professional misconduct charges

The 47-year-old officer has been suspended with pay since London police charged him in December 2023 with seven criminal offences.

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5 h. ago Appeals court lets the White House suspend or end billions in foreign aid

WASHINGTON — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid. Two of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that grant recipients challenging the freeze did not meet […]

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5 h. ago Jewish visitor to Halifax confronted with ‘Heil, heil, heil’ at Palestinian rally

The Montreal lawyer has filed a hate crime complaint after he and his wife, both Jewish, were confronted by a protester

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7 h. ago Cops seek man accused of indecent acts in front of Oakville homes

Halton Regional Police cops are trying to identify a man accused of committing indecent acts while facing doorbell cameras in Oakville earlier this week.  Police said the suspect rang the doorbell of at least two homes on Monday on Pelee Blvd. When no one answered, cops alleged that he committed an indecent act while facing […]

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9 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto man sought for alleged East York assaults

A 31-year-old Toronto man is wanted for alleged assaults in East York earlier this week. Toronto Police responded on Tuesday at about 9:30 p.m. to an assault call in the Dawes Rd.-Victoria Park Ave. area. Police alleged that the suspect went to the victim’s apartment and while inside, he assaulted two people, who fled and […]

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11 h. ago Travelling through YVR this week? Check if your Air Canada flight is cancelled

Air Canada says it will gradually suspend Air Canada and Rouge flights over the next 72 hours after flight attendants issued strike notice.

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11 h. ago Elon Musk loses court bid to dismiss OpenAI’s harassment claim

Elon Musk must face claims by OpenAI that his attacks on the startup in court and in the media amount to a “years-long harassment campaign,” a federal judge ruled. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Tuesday refused a request by the world’s richest person to brush aside allegations that he has weaponized legal claims, […]

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12 h. ago Air Canada to suspend flights starting Thursday amid potential flight attendant strike

Customers whose flights are cancelled will be notified and can obtain a full refund

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13 h. ago Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura convicted of indecent assault but avoids jail

He allegedly touched the interpreter's thigh repeatedly during a celebratory dinner at a restaurant

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13 h. ago Bogue, mauvaise conduite ou «censure»: pourquoi l'IA Grok a été suspendue de X?

Le robot conversationnel IA Grok a donné plusieurs raisons mardi, certaines surprenantes, pour expliquer sa courte suspension de X

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23 h. ago Expo Line disrupted as smoke pours from SkyTrain, fills platform

Shortly after 5:30 p.m., TransLink said Expo Line service was suspended between Edmonds and Columbia stations due to a stalled train. 

Transport

24 h. ago Israel rejects UN allegations its forces have sexually abused detained Palestinians

UNITED NATIONS — The UN chief warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians, which Israel’s UN ambassador dismissed as “baseless accusations.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to Ambassador Danny Danon that he is “gravely concerned” about reported violations against […]

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25 h. ago MANDEL: Lawyer temporarily suspended over allegations of “reprehensible” conduct

Toronto lawyer Andrew Rogerson once made headlines for launching a $5.5 million lawsuit against Havergal, claiming the private girls’ school failed to protect his daughter from bullying. Six years later, the Toronto lawyer’s reputation is in tatters with allegations he ignored a court injunction to return a $90,000 retainer and even helped a client move […]

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27 h. ago B.C. high school teacher suspended for repeatedly messaging recent grads

Darren Richard Brown often sent the messages late at night and included invitations to meet and, in at least one case, 'sexual innuendo'

Society

27 h. ago In Calgary courts: Crown fails to prove sex assault suspect was in Canada at time of alleged abuse of niece

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from Aug. 11 to 15, 2025

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29 h. ago 'Extremely dangerous': Alleged impaired driver going wrong way in fatal Henday crash nearly struck RCMP cruiser

"The constable got onto Highway 216 heading southbound towards the Whitemud and saw the vehicle coming towards him"

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29 h. ago Olympic medalist Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failure

American Fred Kerley, a two-time 100m Olympic medalist, has been provisionally suspended for failing to notify anti-doping officials of his whereabouts, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Tuesday. Kerley, who took 100m silver in Tokyo and bronze last year in Paris as well as the 2022 world 100m crown, was suspended for “failing to comply […]

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