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CTV News - Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:29 AM
     A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in Etobicoke overnight.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:47 AM
     Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia's Kursk border region, Zelenskyy broke the government's silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to 'push the war out into the aggressor's territory' in his nightly address.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     Armed with a keen eye and curiosity, Jim Wilson has watched birds in New Brunswick for decades. Recently, Wilson saw his 400th species of bird, but the search continues for the next one.

Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:06 AM
     Canada's record performance at the Olympic Games in Paris did not happen without thorns, but athletes provided unforgettable sporting moments.

Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     From Barcelona to Mallorca, Spanish protesters have argued that the tourism sector has been contributing to the country's housing crisis.

Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:00 AM
     The constituency assistant who claimed her boss, an Ontario MPP, was sexually harassing her was wrongly terminated by the NDP, an arbitration decision has found.

Sunday, August 11, 2024 4:04 AM
     Both Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg had already left the Paris Games when they were given the offer to become Canada's flag-bearers for the closing ceremonies — she off to her cottage in Muskoka, and he to a hammer throw training camp in Slovakia.

Toronto Sun Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:00 AM
     DEAR ABBY: I am a retiree with diabetes and heart trouble. My husband is disabled. I'm his sole caregiver when I have the energy to do it. Our adult daughter lives with us and works full time in the medical field on weekends. She does practically nothing around the house. The real problem is, we […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, August 11, 2024 2:00 AM
     Steve Nease cartoon for Aug. 11, 2024.

Toronto Sun Sunday, August 11, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Erin loves going clubbing and listening to rap and R&B music. The green-eyed Sagittarius' dream mate is Drake. Her hobbies include playing the violin. She posed for us in December 2019. (Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun)

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:34 AM
     MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at Mankato West High School in Minnesota, where Walz and her husband, Tim, were teachers. In her classroom, Gwen Walz had announced at the start of his sophomore year that […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:16 AM
     Both Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg had already left the Paris Games when they were given the offer to become Canada's flag-bearers for the closing ceremonies — she off to her cottage in Muskoka, and he to a hammer throw training camp in Slovakia. But by Sunday, both Canadian athletes had hopped on planes and […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:00 AM
     From his office overlooking the runway at Gander International Airport, Reg Wright can see all flights in and out of his corner of Newfoundland. But in recent years, those plane spottings have been fewer and farther between. "In Newfoundland, we have a saying called the fisherman's widow, which is typically anyone that keeps eyes to […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 5:37 AM
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country's new foreign minister and also sought to appoint a woman as roads and housing minister. If approved, she would be Iran's first female minister in more than a decade. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 3:54 AM
     DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. Israel said it targeted a militant command post, killing 19 fighters. Israel has repeatedly ordered mass evacuations as […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 3:01 AM
     KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia's Kursk border region, Zelenskyy broke the government's silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to "push the war out into the aggressor's territory" in his nightly address. Overnight into Sunday, a Russian drone and missile barrage on […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 1:17 AM
     SAO PAULO (AP) — Families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil are gathering Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as forensics experts work to identify the remains of the 62 people killed in the accident. Local authorities said the bodies of the pilot, Danilo Santos Romano, and his co-pilot, Humberto […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 1:15 AM
     NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda's mountainous east. Yet the frolicking in the streets belied a dispute brewing behind the scenes as some locals questioned their king over the […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:09 AM
     CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm has a street address. But unlike the houses in Carmel-By-The-Sea, those days may soon be numbered. After more than a century of address-free living, this seaside tourist destination where Clint Eastwood once presided as mayor is […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:08 AM
     ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney will bestow "legends" status to 14 artists, including Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett and Miley Cyrus, who have shaped the company. The honorees, who the company says have had a "significant impact" on Disney's legacy, include director James Cameron, iconic film composer John Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Ripa, among […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:07 AM
     THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — As one of the world's largest retirement communities, The Villages in central Florida is known for its endless golf courses, having the oldest median age in the United States and its traffic-stopping golf-cart parades usually supporting a Republican candidate during campaign season. What it's not known for is kids. Yet […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:07 AM
     Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson's disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying at St. Cloud State University. But her schooling was upended in May when administrators at the Minnesota college announced a plan to eliminate its music department as it slashes 42 degree programs and 50 minors. It's […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:04 AM
     Israel broadens its evacuation orders after deadly strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. Israel said it targeted a militant command […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, August 11, 2024 12:03 AM
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has launched a new crackdown on people sleeping outside in a campaign to clear the sidewalks of homeless encampments that have come to define the city. Her four challengers in November's election, all Democrats, say she hasn't handled the crisis effectively, though the city last month […]

Windsor Star Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     While sitting on our front porch in Windsor on a recent Sunday my wife lost her balance and had a nasty fall and cut her head. I had surgery a couple of days previous and was unable to help her up. A young man was riding by on his bicycle and stopped to help. Didn't […]

Ottawa Sun Sunday, August 11, 2024 4:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Montreal Gazette Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:00 AM
     Despite impressive new technologies and design elements, there's a shortage of data substantiating the belief certain shoes are better suited to certain runners.  

Montreal Gazette Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:00 AM
     A mix of sun and cloud with a 60-per-cent of showers in the afternoon.

Calgary Herald Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     'The province has the opportunity to provide some rational thinking on this and they failed to do so,' said Steve Allan

Calgary Herald Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     I was on my way to really put the long in long weekend. This is what happened. My friends Wendy and Dave were getting married on Sunday and I had long ago committed to being there for the ceremony. No problem. I said I would be there and I wasn't about to miss the big […]

Calgary Sun Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:00 AM
     How encouraging Justin Trudeau's latest flowery advice to young people is that there is hope of owning a home. They will now have access to a 30-year amortization period. How encouraging. Now on a $600,000 property, a townhouse these days, they can save for the $100,000 down payment until they're 35-40 years old, then buy […]