Mar 21, 04:00

CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:32 PM
     Auston Matthews still gets excited about facing Alex Ovechkin, one of his favorite players growing up. And even with Ovechkin authoring a vintage performance, Matthews found a way to steal the spotlight.
CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:11 PM
     Domantas Sabonis had a 13-point, 17-rebound, 10-assist triple-double as the Sacramento Kings handed the Toronto Raptors their eighth straight loss, 123-89, on Wednesday.
CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:43 PM
     The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-handed pitcher Chris McElvain from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for infielder Santiago Espinal.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:07 PM
     The federal Liberals are looking to introduce new restrictions on nicotine pouches, Health Minister Mark Holland announced Wednesday, saying it is part of an effort to keep addictive products out of the hands of young Canadians.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:02 PM
     A man who claimed to be in a state of "automatism" when he killed a fellow patron at a B.C. karaoke bar has lost an appeal of his second-degree murder conviction.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:30 PM
     Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:45 PM
     Once a week, instead of furniture, the Packman Moving & Labour Services moving truck is loaded up with warm meals, coffee and goodies to help feed people.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:21 PM
     Winnipeg police have made four arrests after they say staff at a pair of convenience stores were selling illegal tobacco and cannabis products.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:06 PM
     Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic insisted the desire was still there after Wednesday's 123-89 blowout loss to the visiting Sacramento Kings.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:56 PM
     Kosar Eftekhari's eye injury is now evidence, showcasing the brutality and criminality of the Islamic Republic of Iran against its people.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:24 PM
     Manitoba PC's say a government plan to ban anti-abortion protests near some health-care facilities should be expanded to cover more areas and all protests, including picket lines.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:04 PM
     Health Minister Adrian Dix said the government has done "a lot of work in Prince Rupert over the last year." But he acknowledges it has been a challenge to recruit doctors.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:04 PM
     Some west Toronto residents are calling for a property tax reimbursement after disruptions to their neighbourhood caused by a prolonged city construction project.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:00 PM
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:55 PM
     "The cyclist's leg was trapped under the car, and required Vancouver Fire Rescue Services to use the jaws of life to rescue her," Vancouver police Const. Tania Visintin said.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:39 PM
     A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the "grief and shame" he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted.
Toronto Sun Thursday, March 21, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Tia loves cats and fashion. Back when she posed for these photos in June 2017 she was working at a non-profit organization and training at a college to become a social worker. Her perfect night in would include eating, reading and watching Netflix. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)
Toronto Sun Thursday, March 21, 2024 2:00 AM
     Tim Dolighan cartoon for March 21, 2024.
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:52 PM
     JACKSON, Ga. — A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state's first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. at the state prison […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:56 PM
     OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland promised a major crackdown on nicotine pouches Wednesday, and issued a stern warning to tobacco companies he says are marketing the pouches to children. Holland accused Imperial Tobacco of exploiting a loophole to get Health Canada approval for its oral nicotine pouch by branding it as an aid to […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:55 PM
     Auston Matthews and Alex Ovechkin are operating in their own corners of the NHL record shop. But when they generate goals on the same ice, covering three decades of scoring feats, it's a rare treat. Ovechkin, who has been lighting up the Leafs and everyone else since 2005, scored two, while Matthews almost had another […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:11 PM
     UNITED NATIONS — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan's military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children's lives, the UN humanitarian office warned Wednesday. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the UN Security Council that already […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:09 PM
     A little adversity is never a bad thing for a hockey team that has had its way for quite some time, and that's exactly what PWHL Toronto encountered Wednesday night courtesy of the visitors from Boston. Down a goal for the first two periods, Toronto rallied with a pair of power-play goals in the third […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:06 PM
     The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to die next month for killing his cousin and her husband 18 years ago. Judge W. Brent Powell wrote in the unanimous decision that Dorsey "has not demonstrated he is actually innocent" of the killing. Powell also wrote […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:05 PM
     The sad state of the Raptors was perfectly embodied in the five-player unit that would end the game's opening quarter Wednesday night against visiting Sacramento. With 2:43 remaining in the first period, Jalen McDaniels entered the game for Kelly Olynyk. McDaniels joined Jontay Porter, Jordan Nwora, Javon Freeman-Liberty and Jahmi'us Ramsey on the floor, not […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:19 PM
     Shakira's ex sure sounds like a snake. The 47-year-old Colombian singer's upcoming album will include a diss track aimed at her former soccer-playing ex Gerard Pique, whom she likened to the serpentine Harry Potter villain Voldemort in an interview with the U.K.'s Sunday Times, via the Daily Mail. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran El nuevo […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 3:53 AM
     LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal's general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a hand on […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 3:44 AM
     HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will serve as acting president after the previous president's resignation a year into the position, a Communist Party newspaper reported Thursday. Analysts said a permanent candidate was unlikely to be selected soon, underscoring the growing concerns among foreign investors about political instability in the […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 3:41 AM
     United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the "gaps are narrowing" in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent several weeks trying to broker. Blinken's sixth visit to the region since the start of the Israel-Hamas war began in Saudi Arabia […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 3:36 AM
     ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber carried out an attack Thursday at a private bank in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, officials said. All of the victims were people who had gathered at the branch of New Kabul Bank to collect their monthly salaries, said Inamullah […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 3:23 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the Federal Reserve's i ndication that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.0% to finish at a record high 40,815.66 after the government reported exports grew nearly 8% in […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:35 AM
     MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety Thursday. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing boats […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:26 AM
     LONDON (AP) — AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it's getting harder […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:16 AM
     JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:10 AM
     JERUSALEM (AP) — A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground. A clip of Rami […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:08 AM
     LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is widely expected to indicate Thursday that interest rates could be cut in the coming months following news that inflation across the U.K. is falling faster than expected. The central bank, which sets monetary policy for the U.K., is expected to keep its main interest rate unchanged at […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:07 AM
     SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid — the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid, which covers roughly a third of […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:04 AM
     Authorities are still searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police. Police said Nicholas Umphenour is suspected of shooting two corrections officers during Wednesday's ambush in the ambulance bay […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:01 AM
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly is set to vote Thursday on what would be the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the powerful new technology benefits all nations, respects human rights and is "safe, secure and trustworthy." The United States, which sponsored the resolution, has said it hopes the […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:17 AM
     TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are joining fellow Republicans in other states in trying to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on university campuses, but they've drafted their proposals to avoid having to agree on how to define DEI. The Kansas House planned to vote Thursday on a bill aimed at preventing universities, community […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:17 AM
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An infant whose parents and brother were killed when an SUV plowed into a San Francisco bus stop over the weekend has died, officials said Wednesday. Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who represents the area where Saturday's crash occurred, confirmed the child's death, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Melgar said the infant had […]
G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:01 PM
     Video shows suspected impaired driver spinning out at Markham intersection. TEST_LogoiHeart_Lowfi. CP24.com Journalist. Bryann Aguilar. Published date ...
G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, March 20, 2024 7:10 PM
     Toronto News | Ontario News | CP24 · Accident or choice? Crown, defence paint drastically different pictures of Toronto cop death · Top Stories.
G-Alt cp24.com Wednesday, March 20, 2024 6:15 PM
     Man pleads not guilty in killing of police officer. Bryann Aguilar. CP24.com Journalist. Follow |Contact. Published March 20, 2024 2:52 p.m. PDT.
Ottawa Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:23 PM
     Chris Simon combined skill and toughness, but also crossed some lines, in an NHL career that lasted almost 800 games.
National Observer Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:26 PM
     The minority Liberals are facing increasing political pressure on their signature climate policy, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre triggers a no confidence vote in the House of Commons. 
Calgary Herald Thursday, March 21, 2024 2:23 AM
     The Calgary Hitmen are now in must-win territory to stay in the Western Hockey League playoff chase this season. But they'll take it after being just over one minute away from elimination on Wednesday night in a 4-3 overtime loss to the host Saskatoon Blades. Connor Dale's goal with 64 seconds left in regulation not […]
Calgary Herald Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:48 AM
     Fresh off a bittersweet Brier performance, Airdrie's Aaron Sluchinski wanted more from this week's national curling effort than he got from the high-profile one a fortnight ago in Regina. That being at least a berth in the playoff round. And so he got that, alongside wife Amanda, Wednesday night at the 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles […]
Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:57 PM
     Ward 3 Coun. Jasmine Mian proposed the amendment, stating the greetings are a subtle way to use tax dollars to increase a politician's name and facial recognition
Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:21 PM
     As the Broadway Across Canada touring production proves in aces, the musical Hairspray has genuine staying power. Cult film director John Waters wrote this story of acceptance, not only of oneself but of others, back in 1988. It was always a small story with a big heroine, a big heart and big hair, which got […]
Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:04 PM
     'We had to get a printout and put the commas in the right places — we couldn't believe it!'
Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:14 PM
     The birds have set up in their nesting area near the park tennis court complex to hatch and raise their young
Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:00 PM
     Strata councils and landlords are grappling with how to regulate the use and storage of e-bike and e-scooter lithium batteries.
Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:00 PM
     Opinion: As medical students who will soon be responsible for patient care in B.C.'s emergency departments, we are alarmed by unsafe conditions