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CTV News - Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 6:28 PM
     Canadian businessman Frank Stronach has been charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults that spanned over four decades, police west of Toronto announced on Friday.
CTV News - Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 5:58 PM
     The chief of pediatric surgery at McMaster Children's Hospital says the deaths following tonsil and adenoid surgeries at his hospital are 'tragic' and 'very rare.'
CTV News - Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:43 PM
     All southbound lanes are blocked on Highway 400 near Aurora, Ont. after a two-vehicle collision Friday evening.
CTV News - Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 2:07 PM
     An Ontario animal welfare agency is looking for donations after taking in 12 Shih Tzu dogs in poor condition.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 4:27 PM
     Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic 'Earthrise' photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 6:28 PM
     Canadian businessman Frank Stronach has been charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults that spanned over four decades, police west of Toronto announced on Friday.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 6:48 PM
     Ontario entrepreneur, rapper and self-described religious viewer, Bishop Brigante, will tune in and try to solve the Hangman-style puzzles as game show host Pat Sajak takes his last spin on the Wheel of Fortune.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 3:26 PM
     A low-calorie sweetener called xylitol used in many reduced-sugar foods and consumer products such as gum and toothpaste may be linked to nearly twice the risk of heart attacks, stroke and death in people who consume the highest levels of the sweetener, a new study found.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 7:43 PM
     A Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home will go on trial in October following a hearing on Friday.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 9:43 PM
     Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was 'in over his head' with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 8:26 PM
     A federal judge in New York has given the go-ahead to a Long Island woman's class action lawsuit that claims consumers are being duped by Cold Stone Creamery when they purchase certain flavours that "do not contain their represented ingredients."
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, June 7, 2024 7:28 PM
     Two reported shark attacks Friday led authorities to temporary close beaches to swimmers in Walton County, on the Florida Panhandle.
Friday, June 7, 2024 9:31 PM
     With the taxpayers picking up the tab for the multi-billion dollar overrun on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, critics say its no time for mayors to be jetting overseas.
Friday, June 7, 2024 8:42 PM
     The property is located across from the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre and the South Okanagan Events Centre.
Friday, June 7, 2024 8:25 PM
     Ahead of the Edmonton Elks' home opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmontonians and Elks fans are expressing their frustration over changes to transit and parking.
Friday, June 7, 2024 8:20 PM
     A football that was stolen in the dying minutes of the Edmonton football team's 1956 Grey Cup victory game has been returned to the son of the player it was originally stolen from.
Friday, June 7, 2024 8:13 PM
     Living Positive announced it will be officially closing this month, which was an unexpected move to many people.
Friday, June 7, 2024 7:54 PM
     Honouring the legacy of NHL all-star Jim Neilson, youth from New York City have spent a week learning hockey and Indigenous culture on the Big River First Nation.
Friday, June 7, 2024 7:40 PM
     Thanks to recent rain, the fire danger rating for most of the region is currently rated as low (2 out of 5), though there are some pockets listed as moderate (3 out of 5).
Friday, June 7, 2024 7:40 PM
     An open house regarding the rink's future will be held on June 19, from 6 to 8 p.m., at city hall's council chambers.
Friday, June 7, 2024 7:32 PM
     A well-known white grizzly bear was injured and her two cubs killed in separate incidents involving vehicles on the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho National Park, B.C. on Thursday.
Friday, June 7, 2024 7:31 PM
     From coast to coast, Canadians are rallying behind the Edmonton Oilers, though a new poll suggests there may still be some hard feelings west of the Rockies.
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 9:24 PM
     Jake Paul and Mike Tyson have rescheduled their boxing match for November 15. The YouTuber-turned-boxer was originally set to face Tyson, 57, in Arlington, Texas, on June 20, but they were forced to postpone the fight, after the former heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month. Tyson, who suffered an ulcer problem during […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 9:00 PM
     But the billionaire founder of Magna International 'categorically denies the allegations of impropriety' that span decades
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 8:46 PM
     SEATTLE — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 8:26 PM
     Frank Stronach, the auto parts magnate facing five charges including sexual assault and rape, arrived in Canada with very little money but big dreams. Stronach, born in Austria in 1932, grew up in a working class family while the country was under Nazi rule. He left school at 14 to work as a tool and […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 8:11 PM
     The Blue Jays made news for all the wrong reasons in the hours leading up to Friday night's first pitch in the series opener against the Oakland A's. The biggest, by far, involved the team's big right-hander, Alek Manoah, whose season is effectively over just as it appeared he was on the cusp of regaining […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 8:06 PM
     A fourth man was arrested Friday in the sports betting scandal that got Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter expelled from the NBA. Ammar Awawdeh, 32, turned himself in following the arrests of three co-defendants earlier this week. A court complaint accuses Awawdeh of pressing an NBA athlete, identified only as "Player 1," to resolve gambling […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:37 PM
     'If for one second I thought there was any alcohol involved at all, I would have arrested him myself,' Joyce Schertzer says
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:30 PM
     SHOW US YOURS The anti-Israel encampment demands at U of T needs full disclosure — by student protesters. If I tell you, then you must tell me. If protesters want disclosure of all investments made/held by the university and vetting of future finances, then U of T administrators need to know what investment holdings students […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:25 PM
     SEACREST, Fla. — Two reported shark attacks Friday led authorities to temporary close beaches to swimmers in Walton County, on the Florida Panhandle. The first attack happened in the afternoon when a woman was injured by a shark near Watersound, the county sheriff's office said. She was taken to a medical facility for treatment. Later […]
Toronto Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:18 PM
     Not only was the comedian sent packing but the audience at the Four Season's Ball got an 'unconditional' apology
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 9:55 PM
     ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers — but offered little detail on how she would replace the program's financial and environmental benefits. […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:40 PM
     SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of academic workers on strike at the University of California were ordered by a state judge Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza. Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman issued the emergency restraining order after UC lawyers argued that the ongoing strike […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:29 PM
     LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has won a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor was honored Friday night as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's "Days of Our Lives," making him the oldest Daytime Emmy winner. "I don't believe this. I […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:21 PM
     Alek Manoah is set to undergo UCL surgery on June 17, said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. The exact surgery is TBD — could be Tommy John, could be a repair with the internal brace. Either way, his season is over. The diagnosis was made during a visit to Dr. Keith Meister's office in Texas […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:20 PM
     CanadiaPolice west of Toronto have laid five charges against Canadian businessman and billionaire Frank Stronach related to a sexual assault investigation. Peel Regional Police confirmed to Global News that the 91-year-old man now facing charges is the founder and former chief executive of auto parts manufacturing giant Magna International. In a release issued Friday evening, […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:19 PM
     NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Fitch agency said Saturday it has raised Cyprus' credit rating by a notch to BBB+. It cited the country's heightened ability to withstand financial shocks, the government's commitment to keeping its finances in order and a strengthened banking sector thanks in part to the lowest bad loan ratio since the […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:07 PM
     A New Jersey school district has hired an outside law firm to investigate how and why a Jewish student group was erased from the high school yearbook, with the members' names omitted from the page and their photo replaced with a picture of a group of Muslim students. East Brunswick Public Schools said the independent […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 8:04 PM
     VERONA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined top political and cultural figures at Verona's ancient Arena amphitheater Friday night for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera's recognition by UNESCO as a global cultural treasure. Conductor Riccardo Muti presided over an orchestra of 170 musicians from Italy's 14 opera houses, joined by over […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:47 PM
     SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state's entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said the new closures were due to "historic […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:41 PM
     Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was "in over his head" with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday. Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis, also said in a statement provided to The Associated Press that […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:40 PM
     Information about how much money three GOP-backed initiatives would cost the state of Washington must appear on the November ballot where voters can see it, a judge on Friday ruled. The measures to repeal the state's landmark Climate Commitment Act and the tax on the sale of stocks and bonds as well as one that […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:25 PM
     PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claimed Friday that he's qualified for the ballot in enough states to win the presidency as an independent candidate, but there's a major caveat: at least 10 of the states have not certified his candidacy. Kennedy is racing to secure a place on the ballot in states with […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:22 PM
     ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — The driver who caused a fiery crash that killed four fellow Maine Maritime Academy students in December 2022 was ordered to serve three years in prison for manslaughter at his sentencing on Friday. Joshua Goncalves-Radding, of North Babylon, New York, pleaded guilty to charges including manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving. He […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:06 PM
     BOSTON (AP) — The owner of two Boston-area pizza shops was convicted of forced labor on Friday for using physical violence and threats of reprisal or deportation against employees living in the country illegally to make them work long hours, sometimes seven days a week. Prosecutors said Stavros Papantoniadis, of the Boston suburb of Westwood, […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, June 7, 2024 7:06 PM
     Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan? Such weighty questions about a favorite summertime confection could soon be decided by the courts. A federal judge in New York has given the go-ahead to a Long Island […]
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, June 7, 2024 6:44 PM
     -Reporting by Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com Journalist. Local News. June 2024. Four guns seized by CBSA and $5,500 in fines issued to travellers at ...
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, June 7, 2024 2:58 PM
     Finding work has become increasingly challenging for Canadian jobseekers as a weakening economy and high interest rates push business owners to ...
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, June 7, 2024 2:29 PM
     A strike by Canada's border workers could start this afternoon if mediation doesn't deliver a deal by the 4PM deadline.
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, June 7, 2024 1:12 PM
     CP24 has reached out to Rielly's agent for comment but has not heard back. Virtue, a former Olympic gold medalist, announced earlier this year ...
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, June 7, 2024 12:05 PM
     At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, ...
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 4:51 PM
     The legislation introduced by NDP Municipal Affairs Critic Jeff Burch on Thursday is bound for a second reading in the legislature, which is now on recess until October.
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 4:32 PM
     "We want to recreate an environment that looks more like daily life rather than a hospital."
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 4:03 PM
     OCSB chair Mark Mullan said the provincial funding represented a significant investment in the future of students and communities.
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 3:06 PM
     TORONTO — Ontario's new education minister is stepping into one of the largest and most visible files in government, which comes with a fraught relationship with teachers, though he is no stranger to politics or tough portfolios. Todd Smith served as energy minister since 2021, balancing a need to vastly increase Ontario's electricity supply, and […]
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 2:47 PM
     PWHL Ottawa expects to land a young "generational player" with the No. 2 overall pick when the league holds its draft Monday night in St. Paul, Minn. New York owns the first pick and what the bottom-ranked team from the league's inaugural season does with it will impact Ottawa's selection which will likely come from […]
Ottawa Citizen Friday, June 7, 2024 2:25 PM
     Travis Green has spoken with all of the Ottawa Senators individually since taking over the head coaching job last month and his message was simple: Work hard in the off-season and show up to training camp in September in top physical condition. Speaking to Postmedia in a one-on-one interview on Thursday, the 53-year-old Green has received […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 4:54 PM
     Potential strike action by 9,000 Canada Border Service Agency employees has been postponed until Wednesday as the two sides will continue in mediation. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said no picket lines or other job action will be taken until further notice. The union issued the postponement announcement just before Friday's 4 p.m. strike […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 4:00 PM
     By: Lloyd Brown-John Notable about the student protests currently plaguing universities, at least in Canada, is the absence of the type of obscenities and Trump-ish style rhetoric characteristic of the Ambassador Bridge blockade or the Ottawa occupation insanities. Also, notable among many current university demonstrations is that leadership seems to be largely female. Protests against […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 3:58 PM
     Despite forecasting a bit of an economic slowdown for the Windsor area in 2024, the Conference Board of Canada still expects the city to top the 24 metro areas it analyzed for average growth of gross domestic product through 2028. Windsor's GDP is expected to grow by 1.4 per cent in 2024 and average 2.9 […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 3:55 PM
     Windsor Goodfellows got a big boost Friday morning with a $10,000 donation from Mikhail Holdings. "Our company always had a turkey giveaway every Christmas and last year was the last one so we decided instead of giving to the needy once a year, we'd kind of spread it out over the year," said Lou Mikhail. […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 2:43 PM
     The Canada Summer Jobs program is creating employment opportunities for hundreds of students in Windsor and Tecumseh. Thanks to a federal investment of $2.2 million, more than 600 new jobs are now available to young people aged 15 to 30. "There are hundreds of organizations across Windsor-Essex that are looking for young people through this […]
Windsor Star Friday, June 7, 2024 2:01 PM
     A man on trial for murder hugged his lawyer Friday when a jury found him not guilty in the death of a stranger during a violent struggle for a handgun. Frederick Leon left court a free man following a monthlong second-degree murder trial in the death, from blunt force trauma, of 30-year-old Jovan Burgher.  "This is a […]
The Province Friday, June 7, 2024 6:43 PM
     The B.C. Lions made no secret of wanting to become bigger, bolder and more Blue Bombers-like. The first chance to test their new philosophy comes Sunday in their CFL season-opener against Toronto.
The Province Friday, June 7, 2024 5:00 PM
     It's been 40 years since Jim Rutherford picked PaulMaurice, a lanky defenceman from Sault Ste. Marie, in the OHL's draft.
The Province Friday, June 7, 2024 3:30 PM
     The Canucks' analytics department is small, but their work is leaned on by all parts of the team's hockey operations.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, June 7, 2024 5:23 PM
     The decision quashed the defence's attempt at a constitutional challenge at Taylor Kennedy's THC-impaired driving causing death trial in Saskatoon.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, June 7, 2024 4:40 PM
     Ācimowin Film Festival, Saskatchewan's only Indigenous film festival, featured more than 80 films and wraps up Saturday in Saskatoon.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, June 7, 2024 4:10 PM
     The review of the RCMP's response into the 2022 mass stabbing attacks in Saskatchewan asked "whether the RCMP has learned from the past."
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, June 7, 2024 3:13 PM
     The latest Saskatoon stabbing victim was a 36-year-old man who was approached in the 200 block of Avenue K South by a group of men on bikes, police said.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, June 7, 2024 2:37 PM
     Workers at both of Canada's major railways remain without a contract
Regina Leader-Post Friday, June 7, 2024 4:24 PM
     The announcement comes nearly a month after the Government of Alberta announced its own intention to apply for intervener status.
Regina Leader-Post Friday, June 7, 2024 3:01 PM
     Ouellette, Saskatchewan's prized free agent signing, is looking forward to his first game in a Roughrider uniform
Regina Leader-Post Friday, June 7, 2024 2:02 PM
     New co-ordinator Marc Mueller has old-school roots
National Observer Friday, June 7, 2024 6:56 PM
     The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported Friday.
Montreal Gazette Friday, June 7, 2024 7:19 PM
     Montreal's Lance Stroll had the third-fasted practice time in his Aston Martin.
Montreal Gazette Friday, June 7, 2024 3:57 PM
     Marc-André Grenon admitted to attempting to murder a woman who was found assaulted and left for dead in Quebec City in July 2000.
Montreal Gazette Friday, June 7, 2024 3:29 PM
     The changes come as the cannabis industry has faced numerous headwinds and market consolidation following legalization in 2018.
Montreal Gazette Friday, June 7, 2024 3:24 PM
     An open house will allow citizens to glimpse the painstaking and costly work that was required to restore the heritage building.
Montreal Gazette Friday, June 7, 2024 2:00 PM
     The 73-year-old leader, who will be sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a rare third term, will now form a coalition government.
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 8:19 PM
     Crown countered Dr. Yuri Metelitsa was a pioneer of mental health reform
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 7:45 PM
     "This current level of water use cannot continue," said Calgary water services director Nancy Mackay, with demand exceeding supply as crews work to repair crippled feeder water main
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 6:51 PM
     The last such water main break happened in 2004 — though that pipe was about half the size of the one that ruptured Wednesday night
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 4:48 PM
     Former MLA and provincial cabinet minister had wanted to represent Tories in Calgary Signal Hill
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 4:36 PM
     Calgary's mayor already has scapegoats: any government but hers. This isn't great crisis leadership. This is garbage political deflection.
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 3:34 PM
     Serial rape suspect Richard Mantha will undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine if he remains fit to stand trial after he suffered a major stroke in early May. Defence lawyer Marc Crarer on Friday asked Justice Judith Shrier to order the testing on Mantha, who is currently hospitalized under the care of a neurologist. "Mr. […]
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 2:44 PM
     The then-record drug stash was found in the sleeping compartment of a semi-trailer hauling produce
Calgary Herald Friday, June 7, 2024 2:15 PM
     Emergency crews are searching a Strathmore lake for a man who disappeared into the water on Thursday evening. Strathmore Mounties say they were called to Kinsmen Lake for a report of a man who was struggling and sunk below the surface after 7 p.m. Thursday. Bystanders attempted to save the man but were unsuccessful, say […]
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:29 PM
     The ground search for three overdue climbers in B.C.'s Garibaldi Provincial Park has been suspended until it's safer to access the area
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 7:00 PM
     One reader is troubled by the "lack of proactive measures taken by educational institutions to combat accidental drug overdoses and poisonings."
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 6:22 PM
     Pattison Media had pulled the plug on the adult contemporary station two years ago
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 5:21 PM
     Police say the members of the Drug User Liberation Front had spoken publicly about trafficking heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 5:03 PM
     In the decision issued last month, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal heard how Roger Chin was denied priority boarding for a sold-out sailing in August 2019, despite successfully being permitted access with a doctor's note on previous sold-out sailings
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 4:47 PM
     Border workers were set to strike as early as 4 p.m. Friday if they hadn't reached a deal but have decided to extend negotiations
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 3:29 PM
     11,000 planes, 4,000 ships and 156,000 Allied soldiers were involved in a well-coordinated attack on Germany's western wall of defence in Europe
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 3:26 PM
     The 50,000-plus sellout of B.C. Place for their home opener against the Calgary Stampeders is proof of the importance of "cascading" in ticket sales
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 2:58 PM
     Ali received a mandatory life sentence at Friday's hearing, with no chance of parole for 25 years
Vancouver Sun Friday, June 7, 2024 2:30 PM
     Coloured mascaras come in a variety of shades like blue, purple, red and green.