Apr 05, 10:00


TORONTO STAR Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:32 AM
    
Police say there are no reports of injuries at this time near Queen Street East and Sherbourne Street.

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:43 AM
    
Toronto police Inspector Rich Harris will provide more information on "Project Repeater" Wednesday morning.

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:00 AM
    
New York City ramped up policing to make public transit safer, but advocates say it wrongly targets the vulnerable.

TORONTO STAR Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:00 AM
    

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:50 AM
     Ontario residents won't need an alarm clock to wake up this morning as the heavy drumming of 50 mm of rain graces the province on Wednesday.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:41 AM
     The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says competition between buyers returned to the market last month as the average home price in the area ticked above the average list price for the first time since May 2022.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:19 AM
     Two men were rushed to hospital after being shot early Wednesday morning in North York.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:30 AM
     Toronto police will be announcing the results of an investigation into a series of armed robberies on Wednesday morning.

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:26 AM
     Ontario is set to expand the list of tests midwives can order and perform, as part of the government's push to increase community care options and ease health system pressures.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:52 AM
     A rainfall warning is in effect for parts of central Ontario in and around the Barrie, Midland, Orillia and Bracebridge areas Wednesday.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:46 AM
     The Kitchener Rangers pulled off their third straight win over the Windsor Spitfires , moving one step closer to pulling off the upset of the Western Conference's top seed.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:40 AM
     Environment Canada has issued freezing rain warnings for much of Nova Scotia and southwestern New Brunswick starting in many areas Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:35 AM
     Belleville, Ont., police say there have been two cases of fraud this week involving victims who had applied for a job online.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:31 AM
     In texts to his family, the stabbing victim recounted Saturday's attack.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:21 AM
     Roots Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as its sales also moved lower.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:35 AM
     Snow is expected to continue falling throughout the day, accompanied by winds gusting up to 60 km/h.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:16 AM
     Steeve Gagnon is expected to be arraigned on three counts of first-degree murder and nine counts of attempted murder. He has been in custody since the March 13 crash.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:05 AM
     Investigators say a post-mortem examination is scheduled to determine the cause of death and believe there is no threat to public safety.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:50 AM
     Investigators described the vehicle as a 'newer model' dark-coloured Ford SUV with a missing rear window and 'considerable damage' to the front and driver's side of the vehicle.

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:52 AM
     Authorities found the bodies of cult mom Lori Vallow's two children buried on her hubby's property more than three years ago. Now, the 49-year-old is poised to go on trial for the double murder of her kids, JJ, seven, and Tylee, 16. Vallow's children vanished in September 2019 as the doomsday believer and new hubby, […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:47 AM
     'Grandpa's feeling a little frisky today,' rap-rocker said before opening fire on 12-packs of beer

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:41 AM
     AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tee up a ball, and rip at it as hard as you can. Now repeat, and repeat, and repeat. That's Mackenzie Hughes' strategy for gaining distance as a seasoned PGA Tour pro, and also for you as a, well, less than PGA Tour player. The 32-year-old two-time tour winner is one of […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:39 AM
     AUGUSTA, Ga. — Canadian Mike Weir's prediction proved correct as the LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour feud was not mentioned, and Phil Mickelson reportedly didn't speak at all during Tuesday's Champions Dinner at ahead of this week's Masters Tournament. Weir told Postmedia ahead of the event that he didn't expect any awkward moments and that […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:26 AM
     TOKYO — Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a video on social media showing one eating pickled ginger with his chopsticks directly from a communal container at a famous beef bowl restaurant chain, part of a series of pranks that have hit sushi chains and became known as "sushi terrorism." Osaka prefectural police […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:14 AM
     In the currency of today's attention economy, Donald Trump is the world's richest man. His media-engulfed arraignment in New York was an out-of-court Exhibit A. In returning to the no-business-like-show-business metropolis that propelled him to tabloid-fodder fame so many years ago, the former president also returned to the very stage where he thrives the most. […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:03 AM
     ROME — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday, his spokesman said. Italian media reported he was in intensive care with respiratory problems. The 86-year-old three-time premier was admitted to Milan's San Raffaele hospital, the clinic where he routinely receives care, said spokesman Paolo Emilio Russo. There was no confirmation of reports from the […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:43 AM
     WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week in part to help mark the the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday accord, a U.S.-brokered agreement that helped end decades of deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Biden will first visit Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is part of the […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:29 AM
     Think the action at the Masters will be cooking? The competition is just as stiff when it comes to the growing gaggle of golf influencers all targeting queen bee Paige Spiranac. The latest to throw their hat into the ring is Lilia Schneider, the reputed gal pal of LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau. And if […]

Toronto Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:13 AM
     TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says competition between buyers returned to the market last month as the average home price in the area ticked above the average list price for the first time since May 2022. The Ontario board found Wednesday that the average price of a home hit $1,108,606 last month […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:46 AM
     In the currency of today's attention economy, Donald Trump is the world's richest man. His media-engulfed arraignment in New York was an out-of-court Exhibit A. In returning to the no-business-like-show-business metropolis that propelled him to tabloid-fodder fame so many years ago, the former president also returned to the very stage where he thrives the most. […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:46 AM
     U.S. presidents don't usually wade into the minutiae of airline seat selection, yet that's exactly what President Joe Biden did during his State of the Union Address earlier this year, spending nearly two minutes of the speech decrying "junk fees." "We'll prohibit airlines from charging $50 round-trip for a family just to be able to […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:33 AM
     BEIJING (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he wants to "engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace" in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. French officials said earlier that Macron planned to urge Xi in talks Thursday to use Beijing's influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but didn't […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:33 AM
     ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday in intensive care because of a problem related to a previous infection, but was alert and speaking, Italy's foreign minister said. The 86-year-old three-time premier was in the ICU at Milan's San Raffaele hospital, the clinic where he routinely receives care, said Foreign Minister […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:32 AM
     LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe, British media reported Wednesday. Police in Scotland did not identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year old man arrested Wednesday "in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:32 AM
     JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinians who hurled stones and firecrackers in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes. The fighting, which comes as […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:31 AM
     LISBON, Portugal (AP) — With the historic chance to vote for female candidates against male opposition for the first time in international soccer politics, UEFA member federations elected one of two women Wednesday. Debbie Hewitt of England was voted in as the FIFA vice president for the four British soccer nations. She beat the incumbent […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:30 AM
     RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Democrat in the North Carolina state House switched to the Republican Party on Wednesday, giving the GOP veto-proof control in both chambers of the legislature and handing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper a setback in trying to block hardline conservative policies in his final two years in office. The party switch […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:28 AM
     ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, a top Turkish official announced Wednesday, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic said the Turkish airspace has been closed to flights taking off and landing at […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:25 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China with no word of a resolution to the case of Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from pubic view shortly after accusing a former high-ranking Communist Party official — in a web posting in November of 2021 — of sexual […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:17 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a video on social media showing one eating pickled ginger with his chopsticks directly from a communal container at a famous beef bowl restaurant chain, part of a series of pranks that have hit sushi chains and became known as "sushi terrorism." Osaka prefectural […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:17 AM
     WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Military honors, tributes and praise welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife to Poland on Wednesday as the couple made a state visit meant as a gesture of thanks for the crucial support the neighboring country has provided to Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion. The visit to Warsaw was a […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:17 AM
     A suspect is in custody after he allegedly chased people with a knife in downtown Toronto. Officers responded to the area of Ontario Street and Queen Street East around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday after getting reports that a man with a knife was chasing people. Police located a male suspect at the scene and placed him […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:16 AM
     BANGKOK (AP) — More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand after receiving U.N. refugee status will be deported by next week, probably to a third country, officials said Wednesday. Deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn said representatives of Thailand's Foreign Ministry and Immigration Bureau were holding talks […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:15 AM
     OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade surplus fell to $422 million in February as exports fell more than imports. The federal agency says the result compared with a revised surplus of $1.2 billion for January. The initial reading for the first month of the year put the surplus at $1.9 billion. For […]

G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:01 AM
     Trump surrendered to authorities ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 ...

G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, April 5, 2023 2:37 AM
     A high-ranking Toronto cop who usually heads up the force's disciplinary unit will be demoted after pleading guilty to a misconduct charge in ...

G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:06 AM
     Spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and ...

Windsor Star Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:28 AM
     The future of curling at Roseland remains uncertain with city council awaiting options for the aging South Windsor clubhouse and its oversized parking lot. During city budget deliberations on Monday, council directed city staff to begin public consultations about whether curling should move to another city facility, as well as the potential redevelopment of Roseland's […]

Windsor Star Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:01 AM
     The Windsor-Detroit truck ferry will cease operations sometime this summer after discussions with government leaders on both sides of the border failed to result in any public financial support for the private business. After being in business for the past 33 years, ferry operator Gregg Ward said it no longer makes sense to continue losing […]

Ottawa Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:30 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:04 AM
     The beloved country-rockers have made countless visits to Saskatchewan over the years, but their current tour has a different feel.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:01 AM
     Contraception is a human right, and Saskatchewan must ensure this right is not limited by prohibitive costs, write U of S medical students.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 AM
     A reader offers his opinion on petty theft by people who are addicted to drugs and seeking money to fuel their habit.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 AM
     Those who value effective public health policy would probably prefer that Saskatchewan's top health official makes such vital decisions.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 AM
     "It's one of those things where people are going to stop and reflect at that time of day, and just remember."

Regina Leader-Post Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:00 AM
     Odds and ends from the local arts-entertainment scene, including details on the 2023 Shake the Lake classic rock festival.

Regina Leader-Post Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:00 AM
     The legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is set to appear in Regina on Thursday — perhaps for the final time — at the Conexus Arts Centre

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:03 AM
     The federal government lacked the evidence to determine protests and barricades across Canada last year were threats to national security, an organization that defends constitutional rights told a federal judge on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:01 AM
     First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:58 AM
     Donald Trump relaunched his 2024 campaign on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, just hours after becoming the first former U.S. president to confront felony charges in what prosecutors allege was a hush-money scheme to protect his reputation before the 2016 election.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:55 AM
     The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:53 AM
     The federal government is backing away from setting a timeline to introduce legislation that would declare First Nations policing an essential service, but at least one regional chief hopes to see it this spring.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:51 AM
     The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 AM
     Environmental and health groups are prodding the federal government to turn a competition law into a powerful tool to tackle climate change and greenwashing.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 AM
     Scientists are tracking neurotoxic methylmercury production in North America's largest peatland.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 AM
     But just because the Trudeau government's bet on deficits has paid off in the past doesn't mean it will continue being a winner indefinitely, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 AM
     The renewable energy industry is booming in the province and this is a clear indicator that the market is signalling abundant future demand for clean electricity.

National Observer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 5:10 AM
     "Refugees are dying because of this agreement," said Lvba Ortiz Harza, a refugee from Mexico who attended Tuesday's rally.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:00 AM
     Cayden Primeau allowed five goals on 21 shots.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:46 AM
     Montreal police said the man, who is in his 30s, was in critical condition when he was transported to a hospital.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:41 AM
     The evacuees were taken to the Francis-Bouillon arena, a stone's throw from the scene of the fire.

Montreal Gazette Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:31 AM
     The decision to close some education centres was based on the afternoon forecast, when freezing rain will cause difficult road conditions.

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:18 AM
     Shakespeare enthusiasts are in for a royal treat with David Haysom's solo show Macbeth Un-Scotched which runs in the Joyce Doolittle Theatre until April 8. Haysom plays a rather excited William Shakespeare who wants to tell his audiences why he wrote Macbeth and then act out a brief version of his play. He's particularly proud […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:13 AM
     When Malcolm Gladwell wrote that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert of any kind, he could not have envisioned Wordle. His actual quote, in his book Outliers, was: "It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials, like playing the violin." Gladwell was referencing a […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:04 AM
     Re: Here's what the '15-minute city' offers, Opinion, March 31 As a now-retired city planner, the "15-minute city" is a new phrase to me, however, the concepts it embodies are many decades old. In 1994, the City of Calgary embarked on the Sustainable Suburbs Study with the development industry, premised on providing design guidelines to […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:00 AM
     A Calgary pastor accused of hate-motivated crimes related to his protests of LGBTQ+ community events is facing multiple new charges. Court records show eight new charges against 36-year-old Derek Scott Reimer: five counts of breaching court conditions, two counts of causing a disturbance and one count of criminal harassment. The alleged offences are said to […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:50 AM
     In 2021, Reuben and the Dark was asked to play the Wildhorse Saloon during the Calgary Stampede. But it didn't sit right with Reuben Bullock, the former Calgarian that has led the band for more than a decade. A few months earlier, news had spread about the discovery of unmarked graves and the remains of […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 AM
     In years past, long-time Herald researcher/librarian Norma Marr prepared a feature called The H Files, in which she looked back at a variety of Calgary news events. Here are some of her instalments from 1999, when she was highlighting April news from previous years.   As water experts in modern times note, the devastating flood […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:01 AM
     Broken promises  I read one online commentator referring to the recent Liberal budget as "Spending Ourselves Rich".  Trudeau seems to have no remorse about destroying his 2015 promise to balance the budget by 2019.  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland projected a $30 billion budget deficit merely a few days ago and landed, with a thud, a revised […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:00 AM
     Not a peep. On Tuesday morning, at the Sunalta LRT station in inner-city Calgary, you don't hear even a hint of defunding the police. On this day, there are no pie-in-the-sky pronouncements about how taking money away from the police will somehow make the city safer. In the real world, it doesn't. Defunding the police […]

Calgary Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 7:00 AM
     According to the Trans Mountain Corporation, the costs to complete the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Pipeline project has ballooned to almost $31 billion or about six times higher than the estimated $5.4 billion when the project was proposed in 2013, with an estimated completion date of early next year. In the original proposal, oil was […]

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9:26 AM
     It looks like it is going to be a soggy Easter long weekend for Metro Vancouver.