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CTV News - Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 12:11 AM
     Toronto traffic has reached the point of a congestion crisis, according to the Toronto Region Board of Trade, whose new numbers warn of a significant impact on the city's economy.
CTV News - Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:43 AM
     The suspect and victim of a stabbing in North York late Monday night have been taken to hospital with serious injuries, Toronto police say.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:00 AM
     Health-care professionals are questioning the efficacy of private mental health and addictions care in Alberta due to the lack of public data.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     In the wake of another fatal flood incident last week, a mother who lost her child during last year's flash floods is calling for improvements to Nova Scotia's alert system.
Toronto Sun Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:00 AM
     Sue Dewar cartoon, July 16, 2024
Toronto Sun Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Nicolette is a 5-foot-5, brown-eyed Virgo. She loves to stay active and spend time with her son. Nicolette, who originally posed for us in 2018, dreams of owning a Range Rover. (STAN BEHAL/Toronto Sun)
Toronto Sun Tuesday, July 16, 2024 12:01 AM
     Poll shows detrimental impact of traffic congestion on the GTA's economy and quality of life.
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 11:29 PM
     SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday that a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest in a series of defections by members of the North's ruling elite in recent years. The National Intelligence Service said media reports on the defection of a North Korean counselor […]
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 11:25 PM
     ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez won the Home Run Derby when he beat local star Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals 14-13 in the final round Monday night. The 31-year-old Hernandez hit 49 homers over three rounds that totaled 3.98 miles and became the first Dodgers player to win […]
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 11:18 PM
     NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, had confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife, since 2022. […]
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 10:45 PM
     There are a lot of ways to prepare for a career in professional wrestling, but there's one occupation that you probably wouldn't think of: Hooters waitress. That is the job that Nikki and Brie Garcia, who wrestled in WWE as the Bella Twins, said helped them get ready for a career taking bumps in the […]
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 10:08 PM
     A man is sought after someone was "slashed and stabbed" after exiting a streetcar in the west end last month. Toronto Police said officers responded on June 16 at 5:55 a.m. for a stabbing in the Dundas St. W.-Bloor St. W. area. Police said the victim exited a streetcar and was followed by a male […]
Toronto Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 10:07 PM
     BUTLER, Pa. — Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby roof. When a […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:53 AM
     The all-star break is more a respite from the grind than an actual break for players participating in the Midsummer Classic. Regardless, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is savouring the breather from what's been a trying first half for his Toronto Blue Jays, one that sent his team into the break looking to sell ahead of the trade deadline rather […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:47 AM
     LONDON (AP) — Former NATO leader George Robertson will lead a review of Britain's military strategy to counter what he calls the "deadly quartet" of China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the strategic defense review on Tuesday as one of his first major acts after taking office on July 5. […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:40 AM
     As the strike that has impacted thousands of Liquor Board of Ontario (LCBO) workers enters its 12th day, the retailer has launched a new advertisement campaign. The ad in newspapers and on television screens this morning says the strike did not need to happen and that the LCBO has worked hard to avoid it. "I […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:16 AM
     TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian Shiite Muslims on Tuesday commemorated Ashoura, a remembrance of the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith. Over 1,340 years after Hussein's death, Tehran and other cities across the country were adorned with symbols of Shiite piety and repentance. Red flags represented […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:15 AM
     KAUMAKANI, Hawaii (AP) — Residents of about 200 homes in a small, rural community on the Hawaiian island of Kauai were evacuated due to a wind-swept wildfire on Monday as firefighters tried to stop it from spreading by dropping water from the air, officials said. The fire had burned approximately 1.56 square miles (4.04 square […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:14 AM
     Ontario's health agency is reporting a rise in Mpox infections after 67 cases were reported between January 1 and June 15. Public Health Ontario says during all of last year, there were only 33 confirmed cases of the infectious disease. The Public Health Agency of Canada says more than 95 per cent of recent cases […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:14 AM
     BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A dramatic bus accident at the mouth of a highway tunnel in northeast Spain injured five people, three of them critically, officials said Tuesday. The bus was carrying 50-60 textile workers to a nearby factory when the accident occurred on the C-32 highway about an hour north of Barcelona, according to […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:03 AM
     LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, aiming to sharpen the choice voters will face this November in the wake of the attack. Biden will speak at the NAACP convention in Las Vegas, […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:51 AM
     DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — All 10 militants who rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistani military facility were killed in an 18-hour operation, officials said Tuesday. In its statement, the Pakistani military said eight soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber early Monday rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the outer wall of an […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:48 AM
     MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to appear in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny, court records showed. The trial is taking place behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, a city in […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:15 AM
     Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Republicans continue convention reinvigorated The second day of the Republican National Convention is set to begin as the party pushes forward reinvigorated following Donald Trump's first public appearance after the attempted assassination of the former president. Trump was […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:06 AM
     ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others, Taliban officials said Tuesday. Separately, at least 17 died when a bus overturned on a main highway, official media said. Sharafat Zaman Amar, a spokesperson for the Public Health Ministry, confirmed that 40 people had died […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     MILWAUKEE — The second day of the Republican National Convention is set to begin as the party pushes forward reinvigorated following Donald Trump's first public appearance after the attempted assassination of the former president. Trump was formally elected as the 2024 presidential nominee Monday in Milwaukee and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance his running mate for […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Vernon Fire Chief David Lind likens the Interior B.C. city's new artificial-intelligence-driven wildfire detection system to a fire alarm in the forest. The system involves cameras and scores of air sensors scattered among trees and other high points, collecting data that is fed into an AI system for analysis. Its […]
CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     MONTREAL — Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal's Griffintown neighbourhood. It's no bucolic day on a lake, but Leung says there are plenty of fish to catch in […]
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     A major downtown intersection has been shut down for an entire week, creating the potential for further gridlock along a corridor that has already ...
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     The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, ...
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     Award-winning portfolio manager and podcast host Thane Stenner chats with Jennifer Risher.
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     Share: Subway trains bypassed at least two flooded Toronto subway stations late Monday afternoon. The flooding impacted the eastbound trains at ...
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     St. Patrick Station on Line 1 is closed due to flooding rain caused by heavy rainfall. The issue comes after Toronto saw torrential rain at times on ...
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     A man has been charged after a shooting that left an Oshawa couple dead; the Ford government has announced an acceleration of the expanded alcohol ...
Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     Just a few weeks in, there are already questions about whether one full-time paramedic will be enough to meet the demand in the ByWard Market.
Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     "Our goal is really to make data accessible to as many Canadians as possible, and to really create some awareness on the type of data that's available at StatCan."
Ottawa Sun Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.
National Observer Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:10 AM
     The novelist explains why she wrote a pledge for the American Climate Corps.
National Observer Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:10 AM
     While B.C. fumbles on its commitments, old growth falls; forest defenders are arrested; mills close; and ecosystems are pushed further toward the brink of collapse by major timber companies.
National Observer Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:10 AM
     The federal government is in the middle of a regulatory battle over the future of so-called "forever chemicals," catching flack from environmentalists who say Ottawa is walking back plans that would protect the public.
National Observer Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:10 AM
     Calgary-based TC Energy recently lost its US$15-billion arbitration case against the U.S. government over the Keystone XL pipeline, much to the relief of environmentalists.
Vancouver Sun Monday, July 15, 2024 10:59 PM
     Acting Fire Chief Trevor Connelly said one home is destroyed and the second has extensive damage