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April 29, 2026 | Families of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting victims are suing OpenAI over its failure to alert police to the shooter's ChatGPT history. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth lashes out at congressional Democrats over the Iran war. And Whitecaps fans rally to keep their team in Vancouver.

A bright fireball was seen streaking across the night sky over Victoria on Vancouver Island on Tuesday night. The American Meteor Society said it has received over 100 reports about the fireball, stretching as far south as Oregon.

Jerome Powell said Wednesday he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month "for a period of time, to be determined," saying the "unprecedented" legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation's central bank at risk.

Canada has been selected to headquarter the multinational Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), sources have told Radio-Canada.

The Liberal government's plan to make it easier for Canadians living with disabilities to apply for the disability tax credit is being welcomed by the opposition and advocates who say the proposed changes are long overdue, though some say they don't go far enough.

Prosecutors said on Wednesday that singer D4vd killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times.

Athletes and sport organizations are optimistic and awaiting more detail, after the federal government pledged more than $660 million directly to national sport organizations.

The Toronto Blue Jays says Cricket Canada is not involved in this year’s Cricket Day at the Park on May 23, though the team said the event will continue as scheduled.

Israel has begun taking control of aid ships ‌bound for Gaza far from ​its shores, Israeli ​army radio cited an Israeli source ​as saying on Wednesday.

A new law in the United Kingdom banning the sale of tobacco products to future generations has been hailed as a landmark moment in the fight against nicotine addiction. The ban by birth date has given heart to campaigners and researchers in Canada, who see it as the ultimate goal — and a plausible one — in making the country nicotine-free.

Manitoba is already pushing ahead with a ban and Ontario has signaled it may follow.

The regime to investigate wrongdoing and protect whistleblowers within the federal government is on the verge of collapse under a relentless surge of allegations and complaints, Canada's integrity commissioner says.

A mix of retirements and projected economic growth mean Canada will need more than 1.4 million additional trades workers by 2033, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, as he touted the new program at a trade union event in Gatineau.

There is no shortage of political drama in the unofficial campaign as Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith seeks the Liberal nomination on his path to his party's leadership race in November.

A unanimous decision was made by 19 member countries to headquarter the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) in Canada, a source told the Star.

Ottawa said that Toronto would be getting an additional $45 million to cover security costs, while Vancouver would be receiving $100 million more because of higher costs.

Malik Cunningham, 24, is accused of acting as a killer-for-hire on behalf of a cocaine empire linked to ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding.

Tim Hodgson said the federal government would present a new nuclear strategy in the “coming weeks,” alongside an electricity strategy, to help grow the sector.

Minister says they want to make operations and passenger services more efficient.

Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano, currently provost and vice-president, academic at Toronto Metropolitan University, will be the first woman in the role at the school.

Two leaders discussed temporary cessation of hostilities to mark anniversary of end of World War Two next month

D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, is alleged to have killed Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she threatened to reveal their inappropriate relationship

Musk’s lawsuit alleges OpenAI ditched its mission to build artificial intelligence for the public good

Results underscore company’s position as key beneficiary of global surge in AI spending

Current and former government or law enforcement officials in Sinaloa have been charged

King Charles and Queen Camilla visit the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City, honoring victims of the 2001 attacks. The king laid flowers at the memorial, and the royal couple met with 9/11 first responders and victims’ families.

Naftali Bennett from the right and Yair Lapid from the centre-left are forming a party called Yachad (Together)

Ruling makes it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under civil rights law

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to defend the Iran war in fiery remarks to Congress on Wednesday, saying it was not a quagmire and attacking Democratic lawmakers as 'feckless' for criticizing the unpopular conflict.

Case is related to a photograph he posted on social media last year of seashells arranged in the numbers ’86 47′

Negar Mojtahedi broke the story that Taj was on his way to the FIFA congress in Vancouver on Thursday, but was put back on a plane shortly after landing in Toronto.

Iranian state media says Iranian Football Federation president Mehdi Taj, a former IRGC commander, and two other Iranian officials were denied entry after arriving in Canada.

On Monday, Iran was nominated to the vice-presidency of the UN's month-long review conference on the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty, better known as the NPT.

The show was part of the entertainment program at an Egyptian hotel complex and involved two snakes, 'presumably cobras,' police said.

The Metropolitan Police said the attack left two men, aged 34 and 76, hospitalized with knife wounds and that a 45-year-old man has been arrested.

Prince William and Kate Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London in 2011, in a ceremony watched by an estimated billion people worldwide.

Talks between Iran and the United States seemed to have stalled Wednesday, despite Trump's earlier claims Iran had informed his administration that it was in a 'State of Collapse.'

Charles, who was in the U.S. for a four-day state visit, is just the second British monarch to address Congress after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, did so in 1991.

The unidentified woman fell from the balcony of her stateroom and landed on a deck below on board of a Carnival Cruise ship in California.

The defendant, a 21-year-old Austrian citizen known only as Beran A., faced charges including terrorist offenses and membership in a terrorist organization.

With Israel increasingly unpopular and antisemitism on the rise, Jewish politicians find themselves more and more under attack.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and King Charles did not meet privately. But if they had, the mayor said, he probably would have raised the issue of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond.

The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.

Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push a three-year renewal through the House, but the Senate appeared likely to opt for a 45-day punt ahead of a Friday expiration.

House Republicans toiled to pass major measures as lawmakers scrambled to fund homeland security, extend spy powers and deliver a farm bill.

The comments came after the German chancellor said that Iran has “humiliated” the United States.

Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, and other Mexican officials of a yearslong conspiracy to protect the powerful cartel.

A school transfer disrupted two brothers’ visas, their lawyer said, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and unsettling their Mississippi school community.

In the name of disentangling race from politics, the court has given white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities.

Alphabet reported first-quarter earnings, posting booming cloud revenue and upping its full-year capex spend to as much as $190 billion.

The official purchasing managers' index reading of 50.3 was higher than the the 50.1 expected by Reuters-polled economists.

Microsoft's forecast on revenue and operating margin was light, but the company sees $190 billion in 2026 capital spending, well above Wall Street's estimate.

Samsung Electronics reported an over eight-fold increase in first-quarter operating profits, hitting a new record and beating analysts' estimates.

A committee of independent directors will evaluate strategic alternatives for LIV Golf after PIF pulls its funding, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Asia-Pacific markets traded largely lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street as oil prices extended gains.

Meta beat on revenue, but showed disappointing user numbers and its capital expenditures were below estimates.

Iran is back at the top of our headlines after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tehran again.

India’s IT sector fueled consumption growth, but AI is reducing mass hiring now, revealing a shortage of quality jobs, risking future economic momentum.

Oil extended gains Thursday on signs of a prolonged U.S. blockade of Iranian exports and stalled nuclear negotiations.

The defendants are accused of having partnered with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel to “distribute massive quantities of narcotics” in the United States.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, at sea for 10 months, is in need of repair. Its exit, though, reduces the firepower on hand as Trump presses Tehran to make peace.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attacks after two men were stabbed in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of north London.

The departure weakens the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, long criticized by Trump, as the global economy reels from the Iran war energy shock.

Diplomatic missions are told to ask nonimmigrant visa applicants if they fear returning to their home country, and to deny travel documents to those who say yes.

Iranian negotiators are seeking separate tracks for a deal over the Strait of Hormuz and talks on broader peace, including nuclear issues.

“This war should not have taken place,” Sihasak Phuangketkeow said in an interview, adding that Thailand is approaching Russia and China amid its economic crisis.

Before the fragile ceasefire in the region, this was one of the most heavily targeted US and UK military bases in the Middle East.

The Tiktok star's attorneys have maintained his innocence and vowed to "vigorously defend" him.

An interim report also says policing arrangements for Jewish holidays should be extended to other 'high-risk' events.

Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all reported earnings at the same time on Wednesday.

After visiting the 9/11 Memorial, Queen Camilla read to children at the New York Public Library and King Charles visited a community organisation in Harlem.

Two Jewish men have been stabbed in Golders Green, north London, an attack police have declared a terrorist incident.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the Met Police says.

A new scan technique could spot areas of endometriosis missed by conventional scans, scientists say.

Is the UK fumbling the shift away from oil and gas jobs?

The governor of Sinaloa, Rúben Rocha Moya, hails from the same party as the president of Mexico.

Trump urged Tehran to ‘get smart soon’ and reach an agreement

New Zealand's Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by Brenton Tarrant to withdraw his guilty pleas for the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks

‘I didn’t buy it for me,’ Graham said of the infamous bubble wand

The King and Queen visited New York City’s 9/11 memorial earlier Wednesday

Unofficial estimates suggest the U.S. is rapidly burning through its supply of high-priced missiles as the Iran conflict continues

Prosecutors claim he killed her after she threatened to expose the relationship

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it is her “understanding” that Iranian soccer officials were denied entry into her country ahead of the FIFA Congress meeting in Vancouver just weeks before the start of the World Cup

Democrats say hearing ‘shows you what a f***ng joke he is.’ But, Eric Garcia writes, the Senate might be tougher for him

Three family members face charges for allegedly assaulting a journalist who writes for a conservative organization during a protest in Minnesota

Brazil's labor prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing it of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions