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CTV News - Toronto Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:50 PM
     A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in North York.
CTV News - Toronto Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:17 PM
     Peel police say they are investigating what they believe is a hate-motivated incident after a suspect was caught on camera throwing rocks at the windows of a mosque in Mississauga.
CTV News - Toronto Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:36 PM
     Thousands of hockey fans crammed along the red carpet Thursday afternoon, hoping to see their favourite NHL All-Star up close.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:02 PM
     Surrey RCMP said gunfire erupted outside a home in the 2800-block of 154 Street around 1:20 a.m., but that no one was hurt.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:43 PM
     British Columbia's first cases of a fatal disease found in deer species have been detected in the Kootenay region, south of Cranbrook.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:31 PM
     Police have made an arrest in connection to a shooting on Sandy Bay First Nation earlier this month, but two other suspects remain on the loose.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:20 PM
     The agreements between the City of Calgary, Flames ownership, Calgary Stampede and provincial government were made public Thursday after they were signed in October.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:11 PM
     The Interior Lumberman's Pension Plan was set up in the '70s for employees of smaller, non-unionized forestry sector companies in the B.C. Interior.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:43 PM
     Officers from the Edmonton Police Service's major collision investigation unit responded to the intersection of 90th Avenue and 50th Street on Thursday night.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:33 PM
     The experts said the the Taliban and al-Qaida remain close, and "the high concentration of terrorist groups" in Afghanistan is undermining security in the region.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:31 PM
     On Wednesday, Global News reported that Vancouver Police Board member Faye Wightman had suddenly resigned from the board. 
Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:13 PM
     Vancouver teachers' unions have penned an open letter warning of an 'alarming' increase in shifts going unfilled.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:10 PM
     B.C. public health experts are urging the province to expand the current "safe supply" program, which prescribes clean drugs to a few thousand opioid users.
Toronto Sun Friday, February 2, 2024 2:00 AM
     Steve Nease
Toronto Sun Friday, February 2, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Franny is a hazel-eyed Taurus whose favourite way to spend time off is going shopping. She is also into video games and kickboxing. Franny, who posed for us in 2017, would love to land her dream job – a model/actress. (Craig RobertsonToronto Sun)
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:54 PM
     CLEARWATER, Fla. — A small plane crashed at a Florida mobile home park on Thursday, killing several people aboard the plane and in one home, fire officials said. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 reported trouble shortly before the aircraft went down at about 7 p.m. in the Bayside Waters park in Clearwater, […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:38 PM
     RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — York Regional Police say their homicide unit is investigating after three bodies were found in a home in Richmond Hill. Police say officers went to the home on Thursday afternoon to respond to a call for a wellness check. They say three people were found dead inside the home. Investigators add […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:31 PM
     NEW YORK — In the early hours of New Year's Day in 1987, a French tourist was mugged while walking with his wife through Times Square. The man, 71-year-old Jean Casse, struck his head on the pavement. He was pronounced dead soon after. Within days, police hauled in a pair of young Brooklyn residents, 19-year-old […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:42 PM
     No one could deny this particular election was rigged, but few were crying foul. In an NHL All-Star Game staged in Toronto, getting four Maple Leafs on a team in blue sweaters designed by their super-fan celebrity manager Justin Bieber wasn't a shock. Now captain Auston Matthews, alternate Morgan Rielly and top picks Mitch Marner […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:41 PM
     Pretty crazy. That about sums up the thinking of Auston Matthews' opponents in the National Hockey League as the Maple Leafs superstar remains on pace to score 70 goals. "First, I think it's awesome," Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger said on Thursday during media availability at Scotiabank Arena for the NHL all-stars. "It'd be like […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:39 PM
     Cale Makar was part of Canada's team at the 2018 world junior hockey championship.  And though the Colorado Avalanche defenceman was not at the Hockey Canada gala that would lead to sexual assault charges against five of his teammates on that roster, like all players who were on that team, Makar is ineligible to play […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:16 PM
     TORONTO — A masked mammal appears to have been the culprit after a swath of downtown Toronto had its power knocked out. Hydro One says crews determined that a raccoon "made contact" with equipment at a downtown Toronto station and that they were working with Toronto Hydro to restore power. A Toronto Hydro spokesperson says […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:09 PM
     Is this the year? It's sure beginning to feel like it is. A Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup. A Canadian team ending the drought of more than three decades. The last time it happened — the 1993 Montreal Canadiens — also happened to be the last time an NHL player scored 70 goals. It […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 3:52 AM
     KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Pardons Board said Friday it has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak's 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply cut the fine imposed after his corruption conviction. The board said it approved the reduction at a meeting on Monday chaired by the country's then-king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 3:32 AM
     BANGKOK (AP) — China promised more help for renters as it rolls out a flurry of measures to prop up its ailing property market, while also promising to keep government spending at a "necessary intensity." The moves to increase the supply of affordable housing and spur demand come just weeks before top officials will gather […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 3:05 AM
     GENEVA (AP) — FIFA wants to open debate on setting soccer transfer fees by algorithm instead of the historic way of two clubs negotiating a market value price for contracted players. FIFA president Gianni Infantino used his address to its annual law conference that closed Friday in Tokyo to refloat an idea that has circulated […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 3:02 AM
     ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey's National Intelligence Organization, or MIT. Acting on warrants issued […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 2:18 AM
     KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest, with one confirmed killed in a road accident, officials said Friday. This was the second time in two years that such a breakout occurred. In 2022, 528 Rohingya refugees staged a protest and escaped […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 2:09 AM
     THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice is ruling Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia's invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention. In the highly-charged case, Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using trumped-up claims […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 1:42 AM
     WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of U.S. adults say Israel's 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has "gone too far," a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Broadly, the poll shows support for Israel and the Biden administration's […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 1:11 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to 36,158.02. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.5% to 7,699.40. South Korea's Kospi surged 2.7% to 2,610.49 after the country reported strong export data. Hong Kong's […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 1:08 AM
     COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For months, the underdog in the presidential primary refused to concede defeat. He fought hard in state after state, even as the front-runner amassed a delegate advantage that would be virtually impossible to overcome. The extended feud between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016, which turned more bitter as time […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:53 AM
     ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero. Anchorage has seen some of its coldest temperatures in years and the mayor opened warming facilities for people who are homeless or don't have reliable heating. To the south in the state capital, Juneau, snow blanketed streets […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:51 AM
     EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago, but the worries and fears are always there. Some people still report respiratory […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:37 AM
     WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Friday to honor three American servicemembers killed in a drone attack in Jordan, a solemn ritual that has become relatively uncommon in recent years as the U.S. withdrew from conflicts abroad. The Bidens […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:27 AM
     WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police are investigating alleged death threats made against referees involved the Rugby World Cup in France last year. The acting director of the National Criminal Investigations Group, Detective Inspector Stuart Mills, confirmed Friday that three complaints have been received from World Rugby about death threats against referees and […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:26 AM
     SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Almost immediately after he walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, Joe Biden began rolling back his predecessor's immigration policies, which he had assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as harsh and inhumane. A lot has changed in three years. Biden, now sounding increasingly like former President Donald […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, February 2, 2024 12:21 AM
     The final, cringeworthy season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and a documentary on Run-D.M.C. are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists: Donald Glover starring as a spy in the new TV […]
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, February 2, 2024 1:09 AM
     CP24.com Journalist. Follow | Contact. Published Feb. 1, 2024 4:04 p.m. PST. Share. Toronto police are searching for a suspect who allegedly struck a ...
G-Alt cp24.com Friday, February 2, 2024 12:14 AM
     From one of Canada's tallest condo towers to bare tracts of land, residential development projects across the country are increasingly being ...
G-Alt cp24.com Thursday, February 1, 2024 8:35 PM
     CP24.com Journalist. Follow | Contact. Updated Feb. 1, 2024 5:00 p.m. PST. Published Feb. 1, 2024 3:29 p.m. PST. Share. York Regional Police say ...
Windsor Star Friday, February 2, 2024 12:15 AM
     The Windsor Spitfires were once again frustrated by the Sarnia Sting. It's been that way since the Sting hammered the Spitfires in the season opener and little changed on Thursday. Three-unanswered goals in the second period helped pave the way for Sarnia's 4-2 win over the Spitfires before a crowd of 4,229 at the WFCU […]
The Province Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:21 PM
     "It's always a spark to come somewhere new and hopefully, it might take a little time, but we'd love to see him get his touch back, scoring wise," said Flames GM Craig Conroy.
Vancouver Sun Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:21 PM
     Historically, the policy has been a point of contention between the oil giant and the local union.