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CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:38 AM Man drowns in Scarborough pool while swimming with child       A man in his 40s has died following a drowning incident at a residential pool in Scarborough early Wednesday evening. Emergency crews responded to a call at 8 Mondeo Drive, near Birchmount Road and Ellesmere Road, where Toronto Fire Services reported a pool rescue in progress. Despite efforts to revive the man, he was pronounced […]

CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:20 AM Pickup truck crashes into Toronto mushroom dispensary in latest suspected targeted attack       Toronto police are investigating an early-morning crash involving a pickup truck that slammed into the storefront of Shroomyz, an illegal magic mushroom dispensary. The incident occurred at 497 Bloor Street West, approaching Brunswick Avenue, around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday and is being treated as a possible deliberate act. Witnesses at the scene reported that the […]

CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM Most Air Canada domestic, U.S. flights expected to take off Thursday       Air Canada expects most of its North American routes to be back up and running today after resuming operations Tuesday following the conclusion of a strike by its flight attendants. An online dashboard tracking Air Canada's service resumption said last night that 97 per cent of domestic flights were expected to operate over the next […]

CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM Anand set to have meeting with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions       WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship. Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic […]

CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM Saskatchewan Premier Moe, federal minister to meet on China canola tariff       SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon. […]

CityNews Toronto Thursday, August 21, 2025 2:36 AM Prosecutors say Sean 'Diddy' Combs' request for acquittal or new trial should be swiftly rejected       NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to quickly reject Sean "Diddy" Combs ' request that he throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial after a jury convicted the music maven of two prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors said in papers filed shortly before midnight Wednesday that Combs masterminded elaborate […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 20, 2025 10:05 PM State Department employee fired after questioning talking points on Israel and Gaza       WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has fired a press officer who was responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza after complaints from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Officials said Shahed Ghoreishi, a contractor working for the Bureau of Near East Affairs, was terminated over the weekend following two […]

Ottawa Citizen Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM Today's letters: Pierre Poilievre, while re-elected, is damaged goods       Thursday, Aug. 21: Tory voters would do well to recall their re-elected leader's flop during the April federal election, a reader writes. Have you say by writing: letters@ottawacitizen.com

Ottawa Citizen Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM 1,005 children on waitlists for OCDSB extended day child care       Disappointed and scrambling: Families on waitlists for before- and after-school spaces at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.

Ottawa Citizen Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:00 AM New lazy river outing at Westboro Beach isn't for the lazy       Wilderness Tours has started a lazy river excursion along the Ottawa River, although it involves a lot more paddling than floating.

The Province Wednesday, August 20, 2025 11:08 PM UFC Vancouver: Middleweight contenders de Ridder, Hernandez headline October show       Canadian Jasmine Jasudavicius, ranked fifth among flyweights, is also on the Oct. 18 Rogers Arena card, facing No. 2 Manon (The Beast) Fiorot of France

Ottawa Sun Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:00 AM YOU SAID IT: Cycling safety a two-way street       Thursday, Aug. 21: Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM AI wildfire images expose 'spam on a colossal new level'       As Canada battles its second-worst wildfire year on record, BC's wildfire service highlighted as examples of AI-generated misinformation, a phenomenon that's accelerated as AI image generators become more widely used.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM Nova Scotia officials battling out-of-control wildfire — and monitoring hurricane       While the Long Lake wildfire continues to burn out of control, the province is now forced to keep its eye on Hurricane Erin as it tracks northward between the Carolinas and Bermuda.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM Meta banned the Epoch Times from advertising. Then it accepted $300k in new ads targeting Canadians       In the past 12 months, The Epoch Times has spent over $300,000 on Facebook and Instagram ads promoting political surveys to collect the emails of Canadians using a series of anonymous pages.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM Federal retrofit loan program is set to dry up by year's end unless Carney steps in       The multi-billion dollar Canada Greener Homes Loan program that gives zero interest loans to Canadians to retrofit their homes was so popular it got a $600 million top up last year. But within months, that refill will be exhausted, an access to information request reveals — unless the prime minister injects new cash.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM Powering forward: why we're betting on Canada's EV future       We are moving full steam ahead with our $7-billion EV battery cell gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario, alongside a major recruitment drive to create thousands of skilled Canadian jobs.

Canada's National Observer Thursday, August 21, 2025 4:55 AM Heat pumps in factories could save trillions and 77,000 lives, report finds       A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.