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Friday, March 8, 2024 6:00 AM
     If you want to skip or minimize the sugary treats and chocolate this Easter, here are several candy-free gift ideas your kids are sure to love.

Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     A man who has been living at the Shubie Campground in Dartmouth says he's being told to vacate by the end of April, but he fears he will not find an affordable place to live.

Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     Right before the holidays, the family business took a new step to help the community by trying to give back when so many people are struggling to make ends meet.

Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     On a day meant to celebrate women and the fight for gender equality, one woman shares her story as she pushes to change the culture with the skilled trades.

Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     International Women's Day is held yearly on March 8 to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

Toronto Sun Friday, March 8, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Honey is our 5-foot-7 Canadian international fashion model who has been modelling for over the past decade and has walked in runway shows in Italy, NYC, Miami, Toronto and Montreal. Honey originally posed for us in June 2018. (JACK BOLAND/Toronto Sun)

Toronto Sun Friday, March 8, 2024 2:00 AM
    

Toronto Sun Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:50 PM
     Joel Edmundson would have loved to have jumped into the fray with the Maple Leafs.  Instead, he had to be content with watching on Thursday night as his new club lost 4-1 to the Boston Bruins. Acquired from the Washington Capitals earlier in the day, the big defenceman arrived for the opening faceoff and looked […]

Toronto Sun Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:42 PM
     The Raptors got burned badly in the Valley of the Sun early, but surprisingly not by Phoenix's megastars, but rather by the NBA leader in three-point percentage, Grayson Allen. And though Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal eventually heated up too, a short-handed group of Raptors dug deep to hang with a Western Conference power deep […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 5:58 AM
     A tractor-trailer fire has shut down a large stretch of the westbound Highway 401 express lanes in Toronto, leaving many west end GTA drivers scrambling for alternate routes on Friday morning. The truck caught fire after it was involved in a collision in the westbound 401 express lanes approaching Avenue Road around 12:30 a.m. The […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     BEIJING (AP) — In Beijing and Kyiv, the divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, his boss, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, trumpeted a sharp rise in China-Russia trade — which the West sees as providing […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:30 AM
     BEIJING (AP) — China's hackers-for-hire take government officials out for lavish banquets, binge drinking and late-night karaoke with young women in a bid to win favor and business, as revealed in a highly unusual leak last month of internal documents from a private contractor linked to Chinese police. China's hacking industry is vast in size […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:15 AM
     Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Ottawa residents remember family slain in mass stabbing, hold vigil Residents in Ottawa are still reeling after a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:05 AM
     TORONTO — When Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin went into labour with her second child early, she was in the middle of grading her students' work. "My closest friend was telling me to go to the hospital. My partner was like, 'Let's go to the hospital,' but I'm like, 'No, I have to finish this because once I […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     MONTREAL — Cruises are surging back to popularity among Canadians this spring break, as more travellers look to try a mode of tourism they may have avoided since the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say Caribbean cruises are drawing greater numbers of northerners to Miami, Tampa Bay and other ports of call thanks to their sun-soaked itineraries […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its latest reading on the jobs market for the month of February today. In January, Canadian employers added more jobs than many Bay Street economists expected at roughly 37,000 positions. The unemployment rate ticked lower to 5.7 per cent in January. In a recent note, RBC Economics […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     OTTAWA — Residents in Ottawa are still reeling after a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family friend. On Thursday evening, neighbours and community members gathered in a small park in a suburban street for a vigil for the victims. They brought flowers and teddy bears and lit candles, […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     MONTREAL — The cancellation of the Just for Laughs comedy festivals in Montreal and Toronto this year underscores the vulnerability of an industry struggling to manage ballooning costs while vying for increasingly in-demand but inadequate government grants. As a result, some events are considering cuts. In Montreal, the situation is worrying organizers about whether the […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 4:00 AM
     Halifax-born filmmaker Ben Proudfoot says he wouldn't be heading to the Oscars with his third nomination in four years if it weren't for the conversations he had in the place he grew up. "If you've ever spent any time in Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes, you know we love a good yarn," the 33-year-old says […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 3:53 AM
     BEIJING (AP) — China saw large increases in arrests and cases of phone and internet scams last year, according to reports presented Friday to the National People's Congress that stressed the ruling Communist Party's determination to safeguard national security and public order. A report issued by the Supreme People's Procuratorate said the number of cases […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 3:35 AM
     CAIRO (AP) — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children's agency. In the last eight years, some 30 million people have undergone the procedure, in which external genitalia are partially or fully removed, […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 3:08 AM
     NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship will head to Gaza on Friday carrying humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the territory, which faces widespread hunger and shortages of other essential supplies after nearly five months of war. A ship belonging to Spain's Open Arms will […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 3:05 AM
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is responsible for the "physical violence" that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a U.N. fact-finding mission said Friday. The stark pronouncement came in a wide-ranging initial report […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, March 8, 2024 2:35 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, his studio said Friday. He was 68. Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series, which started in 1984, has sold millions of copies globally and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games […]

Windsor Star Friday, March 8, 2024 4:13 AM
     Detroit Red Wings (33-23-6, fourth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Arizona Coyotes (25-33-5, seventh in the Central Division) Tempe, Arizona; Friday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Red Wings -132, Coyotes +112; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Red Wings are looking to stop their three-game skid with a win over the Arizona […]

The Province Friday, March 8, 2024 1:09 AM
     Facing a wounded Vegas Golden Knights squad on their home turf, the Canucks came out strong, took a lead and never looked back

Ottawa Sun Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Ottawa Sun Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:10 PM
     Special to the Sun It's not often that a rookie gets to play on the top line of a playoff-bound Ontario Hockey League team, but Kimi Körbler is proving an exception to that rule, and deservedly so. The Swiss import forward produced his second multi-goal game of a strong second half to the season on […]

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     One fundamental role of the Women Plus Water project is to connect early-career female scientists with mentors who can help them thrive.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 AM
     After an extended break, the Saskatchewan Huskies get set to host the 2024 U Sports women's hockey championship tournament March 14-17 at Merlis Belsher Place as one of eight participating teams.

National Observer Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 AM
     Researchers in Italy examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than half had deposits contaminated with tiny particles of plastic.

National Observer Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 AM
     For climate policy experts, the carbon tax was always meant to be part of the solution, not the dominant climate policy.

National Observer Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 AM
     The Texas city's housing-first approach has been widely lauded for tackling chronic homelessness. Can we learn from its model?

National Observer Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 AM
     Clean Foundation pilots Flood Retrofit Program in two municipalities.

National Observer Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 AM
     Ottawa will provide over $15 million to assist First Nations and Indigenous groups considering mining deals on their ancestral lands.

Montreal Gazette Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:21 PM
     William Zhang, 17, was doing drills with his teammates in the Gulf of Mexico when he went missing. His body was later found.

Calgary Herald Friday, March 8, 2024 3:21 AM
     In the opening seconds of Journey's 50th anniversary Saddledome show on Thursday, there was a brief moment when guitarist Neal Schon stood alone in the spotlight. It didn't last long. Schon played a few notes of a slow-burn intro before the rest of the band joined in and singer Arnel Pineda bounced on stage to […]

Calgary Herald Friday, March 8, 2024 12:44 AM
     Keep this in mind as you peruse Friday's trade grades … While it makes for fun reading and great debate, the instant analysis can sometimes miss the mark. Consider the case of Yegor Sharangovich, who potted a pair of goals and racked up four points to power the Calgary Flames to Thursday's 6-3 victory over […]