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CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 5:51 AM Collision on Highway 400 in Vaughan sends 2 to hospital, causes major delays       A two-vehicle collision involving SUVs on Highway 400 southbound near Rutherford Road has sent two people to the hospital and created significant traffic delays during the Monday commute. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the crash forced the closure of three right lanes on the busy stretch of highway. The extent of the injuries to those […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:44 AM Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt over possible Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages       CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort Monday in hopes of hammering out a potential ceasefire in Gaza on the eve of devastating war's second anniversary. The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli delegation, headed by top negotiator Ron […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:18 AM Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody diagnosed with ALS       LONDON (AP) — Lewis Moody, the former England rugby captain and 2003 World Cup winner, has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as motor neurone disease. The 47-year-old Moody said he has "a bit of muscle wasting in the hand and the shoulder" but described them as "minor symptoms." "I feel fit and well in […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:05 AM French Prime Minister resigns after less than a month in office       PARIS (AP) — Facing criticism from all sides, France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis. The French presidency said in a statement Monday that President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation. […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM 'An open nerve': Israelis, Palestinians mark two years of the Gaza war       OTTAWA — Two years into the war in Gaza, the conflict continues to spread anger, frustration and pain across Canada, while Israelis and Palestinians fear the region will never exit the cycle of violence. Hamas militants and affiliates attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 civilians and soldiers and taking roughly 240 people hostage. […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM Champagne set for finance committee appearance as fall budget looms       OTTAWA — MPs will be pressing for details about Canada's fiscal position today as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to appear at a parliamentary committee. Champagne was summoned last month to make an appearance at the House of Commons finance committee to answer questions about the federal government's budget cycle. The Liberals will table […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM Trial begins for ex-Hydro employee accused of espionage       LONGUEUIL — A trial is scheduled to begin today for a former employee of Quebec's electricity utility who is charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China. Yuesheng Wang was charged in November 2022 and was the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada's Security of Information Act. The RCMP's national […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM Poilievre wishes Carney well in Washington — but says he wants to see results       OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is offering Prime Minister Mark Carney his support ahead of meetings this week with U.S. President Donald Trump but is also pressing the Liberal leader to return with results for Canadians. Carney is travelling to Washington on Monday ahead of planned meetings with Trump on Tuesday, where the pair […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 3:50 AM Prosecutors appeal for longer sentence for Erin Patterson in mushroom poisoning murders       MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life for poisoning four of her estranged husband's relatives with death cap mushrooms but will be eligible for parole after 33 years. Victoria state's Office of Public Prosecutions said in a […]

CityNews Toronto Monday, October 6, 2025 3:32 AM The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance       STOCKHOLM (AP) — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Sakaguchi is a distinguished […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 5, 2025 10:46 PM 2 pedestrians struck by vehicle in Greenwood-Coxwell       Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in the Greenwood-Coxwell neighbourhood late Sunday night. Toronto police were called to the Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East area around 10:08 p.m. for reports of a collision. According to police, two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle. The driver remained at the scene. Paramedics say they transported […]

Ottawa Citizen Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa       Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is finally changing the narrative—one swimming dock, one red chair, one breathtaking vista at a time.

Ottawa Citizen Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM Canadian sailor who blew whistle on 'Officer X' to be booted from military       Navy Lt. Patrick White warned Parliament about a serial sexual offender in a leadership position.

Ottawa Citizen Monday, October 6, 2025 4:00 AM Could job cuts impact public servants on parental leave?       A public sector executive on leave asks Public Service Confidential if they should return to work sooner than planned.

Windsor Star Sunday, October 5, 2025 10:40 PM Winning streak ends at seven as Spitfires unable to establish new mark for victories to start a season       Well, it was fun while it lasted.  After tying the 1987-88 team for the franchise record for most wins to start a season on Saturday, the Windsor Spitfires could not establish a new mark on Sunday.  The Owen Sound Attack scored the game's first four goals and held on, thanks in part to two empty-net […]

Canada's National Observer Monday, October 6, 2025 4:55 AM The fall of a Canadian giant       The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of "global business centres." That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn't just a corporate restructuring. It's the clearest sign yet that Canada's century-and-a-half-long oil story is drawing to a close. And our leaders still haven't noticed.

Canada's National Observer Monday, October 6, 2025 4:55 AM Climate change threatens accuracy of gas pumps and electricity meters, federal agency finds       Worsneing climate impacts could impede the work of this lesser-known federal agency whose work underpins the accuracy of measurements, from gas pumps to retail scales, that affect our day-to-day lives.

Canada's National Observer Monday, October 6, 2025 4:55 AM An Inuit community installs Nunavut's first wind turbine       Clara Phillips is helping Nunavut return to quiet. As development project manager at Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation, this 25-year-old engineer-in-training from Newfoundland is leading the installation of Nunavut's first wind turbine and battery.

Canada's National Observer Monday, October 6, 2025 4:55 AM Jane Goodall's gaze is still on us       In some deep sense, seeing is why she's famous. She looked at chimpanzees and didn't see objects or specimens. She gave the chimps in Gombe names instead of numbers, to outraged howls from the scientific patriarchy. The stuffy old men sneered but, today, the rest of us are still catching up to her gaze.

Canada's National Observer Monday, October 6, 2025 4:55 AM Wildfire smoke will become deadlier if emissions aren't curbed: study       As many as 1.4 million people globally will die each year if planet-heating emissions aren't curbed, researchers have found, while separate research released on the same day shows more than 70,000 people will die each year in the US alone by 2050.