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The Toronto Maple Leafs entered this season with their sights set on two goals — keeping the NHL's longest active playoff streak alive and (no snickering, fans of other teams) finally hoisting the city's first Stanley Cup since before the moon landing. To say it hasn't worked out would be an understatement.

Last week, a Canada goose found its way into a building at Wilfrid Laurier University's Waterloo, Ont., campus and was captured by several witnesses on video trying to fly away, causing students to run for cover. The goose's capers went viral on social media.

Add the three-day Barbie Dream Fest in Fort Lauderdale to the list of highly marketed conventions that didn't live up to the hype.

Tiger Woods's eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated, and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his car crash last week in Florida, according to a sheriff's office report released Tuesday.

A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Gilbert Rozon, the Just For Laughs founder, to pay just under a little more than $880,000 to eight of the nine women who have accused him of sexual assault and misconduct in a civil trial.

The women who testified they were sexually assaulted by Frank Stronach all failed "quite miserably" on credibility and reliability, meaning the court should find the Canadian businessman not guilty, his lawyer argued on Tuesday.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to the United States this spring, Buckingham Palace has announced.

That The Drama blossoms into a subversive investigation into the limits of empathy doesn't really matter. All that will matter is the disappointment theatre-goers will feel walking out of a supposed rom-com they expected to be like Sleepless in Seattle, but that instead feels closer to Midsommar.

There is now one less way to get weather information in Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada is ending its long-running Weatheradio service. It comes after ECCC closed many of its weather accounts on social media specific to provinces and territories.

A judge set the bond of a Canadian mother who has spent weeks detained at an immigration facility in Texas along with her seven-year-old daughter at US$9,500.

Treliving was fired Monday night after with the Leafs set to miss the post-season for the first time in a decade.

“The pendulum has swung so far the other way that we’ve really lost our ability to balance and respect our constitutional norms,” defence lawyer Leora Shemesh told the judge.

But good progress is being made and a deal is not far off, the prime minister said.

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Canada should aggressively aim to ramp up natural gas exports to Asia at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions, says the head of a leading energy infrastructure company.

Jeremy Hansen, 50, grew up on a farm in southwestern Ontario. If all goes to plan, he will be first Canadian to fly around the moon.

The New Democratic stalwart's death was announced on Tuesday, just days after Lewis's son Avi was elected leader of the federal NDP.

Grabovski, head coach of the U15 Markham Waxers, is accused of assaulting the head coach of the York-Simcoe Express.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.

Iran’s tournament participation is currently in limbo due to Middle East tensions

Drivers who use these systems often pay less attention to the road, says Jennifer Homendy

Decision is latest in line of cases in which justices have backed claims of religious discrimination while taking skeptical view of LGBTQ+ rights

Suggestions that the U.S. might not honor its NATO commitments could encourage Russia to test NATO members’ readiness, experts warn

King Charles III will undertake a state visit to the United States in late April to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American Independence and to mark the close ties that exist between the two nations.

Social media footage released on Tuesday showed a large explosion and thick smoke in Isfahan, Iran. Reuters confirmed the location by buildings, car park layout, tower, lights on the highway and trees which matched satellite imagery of the area, and mountains in the background matched topography mapping. The shape of the smoke and blast matched corroborating visuals posted online.

Golfer told police he had taken prescription medication earlier in the morning

Thirty-one out of 50 premature babies survived the first month of the war. Eleven returned to Gaza on Monday

The group of toddlers returned Monday to families overjoyed yet worried about their futures in a transformed Gaza.

It is believed to be the first such attack since wolves returned to the country in 1998

The growing Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East, which some experts say could amount to war crimes if carried out.

Experts say the Australian courts could decide what steps the platforms can reasonably be expected to take under the laws that took effect on Dec. 10.

King Charles III has visited the U.S. 19 times, but it will be his first state visit to the country. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, undertook four state visits to the U.S.

The passage of the bill marked the culmination of a yearslong drive by the far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his frustration toward allies that have been unwilling to help the U.S. reopen the critical passageway in a social media post.

Thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Monday.

The mixed movements followed a whirlwind of action in the war over the weekend, including an entry into the fighting by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

After the incident, the Mexico City Prosecutor's Office released a statement saying it's 'investigating the death of a person that occurred on March 28 inside Estadio Banorte.'

The chocolate bars were set to be distributed across Europe, but KitKat announced Sunday that a large chunk of its chocolate supply had veered off course.

The thieves forced entry through the main door on the first floor of the museum before escaping with the paintings through the gardens and over a fence.

As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.

The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.

President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.

Bruce Blakeman, who is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, will not receive up to $7 million, after a 4-to-3 ruling by a Democratic-led board.

Investors weighed the news that the owner of a Kuwaiti tanker loaded with oil said it had been hit in an Iranian attack near Dubai.

The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under 18.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is lifting the ban on governmental use of the social media app, one of a handful that the mayor used to amplify his campaign messaging.

Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life.

The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?

The Justice Department is examining Gustavo Petro for possible ties to drug traffickers. U.S. officials have told him that for now he does not face criminal charges arising from the probes.

Mercedes is investing $4 billion in its Alabama plant through 2030 in a push to increase production as the automaker targets a 28% rise in U.S. car sales.

Nvidia has also made $2 billion investments in CoreWeave, Nebius and Coherent in recent months.

While there's still plenty of uncertainty about where rates are headed, Wall Street commentary shifted back to expectations for cuts.

Longer subscriptions offer lower monthly pricing, with people expected to save up to $1,200 a year on the injection and as much as $600 a year on the pill.

Reports indicate that the U.S. and Iran are open to ending the war.

U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Tuesday morning, as investors continued to monitor developments in the Middle East.

The Berkshire Hathaway chairman said the growing number of nuclear-armed states has fundamentally altered the global risk landscape.

Oracle has ratcheted up its capital expenditures as it builds data center infrastructure that can handle AI workloads.

Nike has shown some gains in North America, its largest market, amid its turnaround, but the strength was offset by weakness in China.

The Iran war has caused energy prices to surge, directly benefiting — and filling the coffers — of major oil and gas producers like Russia.

Opposition lawmakers, rights advocates and some foreign governments condemned the law as discriminatory. Israelis in the territory are tried in different courts.

Italy blocked U.S. use of a base, the latest instance of European nations refusing deeper involvement in the war despite U.S. threats of backing away from NATO.

A soldier who made “inappropriate remarks” has been dismissed from service, the IDF said. Reservists from the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit held the journalists for two hours.

Iran contradicted Trump’s claims that direct talks with more a moderate regime in Tehran were making “great progress.”

Four masked men are believed to have forced their way through an entry gate, grabbed the paintings and escaped by climbing a fence, Italy’s Carabinieri said.

The administration had threatened to punish countries that attempted to break the blockade, which was aimed at weakening the communist government.

In a rare about-face, the move by Israeli police to block Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the holiest site in Christianity was reversed after criticism.

The division of responsibility has left Israel to hunt and kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an intelligence apparatus built up to assassinate with lethal proficiency.

Defence Minister Israel Katz also says houses in Lebanese villages near the Israeli border will be demolished.

The US-Israel Iran war has halted almost all traffic in a key waterway and the price Brent crude has surged.

As the case draws to a close, we look back at the toughest newspaper court battle yet.

King Charles will be expected to improve UK and US relations on his state visit next month.

King state visit to US to go ahead, despite more Trump criticism of UK.

Hedge fund founder Chris Rokos said he wanted to "give something back" to the UK with the donation.

Tiger Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket as officers observed him acting "lethargic and slow" following his car crash in Florida last week, a police report says.

Tiger Woods had two hydrocodone pills in his pocket as officers observed him acting "lethargic and slow" following his car crash in Florida last week, a police report says.

Ashley Warren, who was the first person charged under new XL bully legislation, is sentenced.

The Hull East MP says he was suspended because of his "robust" criticism of the government's policy on jury trials.

Rights groups have warned that recruiting children for roles relating to conflict could amount to a war crime

In a new lawsuit, one of the first three women to officiate an NFL game describes her three years at the pinnacle of her profession as a descent into the grip of a sexist institution unable to treat a woman as an equal

US congressman Ro Khanna wrote to the King Monday, calling for him to meet survivors privately

Police did not find the man on the beach until a relative reported him missing

President tells Sir Keir Starmer to get some ‘courage’ and and ‘take’ fuel from the Strait of Hormuz

The Prime Minister has given doctors a deadline to reconsider an offer on pay and jobs.

'We're too frightened to talk about it': Rapid rise of AI is now the 'single greatest threat' to authors and literary agents

US president Donald Trump said countries would need to learn ‘how to fight for yourselves’ without American military support

The bill passed the Senate 16‑14 and the House Government Committee and now awaits a full House vote before going to Arizona Governor Hobbs, who recently vetoed a highway naming for Kirk

A federal indictment accuses an Arkansas doctor of drugging and abducting psychiatric patients to profit from health care reimbursements