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March 25, 2026 | Quebec politicians call for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's resignation after his English-only statement on the deadly Laguardia Airport collision. Meta and YouTube are found liable in a landmark social media addiction case. And, Ontario farmers try to stop plans for a high-speed rail line.

The Liberal government's politically contentious new anti-hate bill has passed its final hurdle in the House of Commons and will now go to the Senate.

The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for its new franchises in Portland and Toronto on April 3, the league announced Wednesday. A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.

The three-pound cub was found crying and unresponsive just outside of Kamloops on Monday, according to Northern Lights Wildlife Society. It took a team of wildlife workers and about 1,000 kilometres on the road to get the young bear to safety.

The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran.

Andrew Chang explains why Air Canada's CEO Michael Rousseau is facing backlash over his English-only message of condolence to the victims and the families of those killed in the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia airport. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

The final report from the Future of Sport in Canada Commission found significant issues with the Canadian sport system, including lack of funding, fragmentation, and persistent discrimination and abuse.

Former Q107 host John Derringer testified at a human rights tribunal hearing Wednesday, alleging his former co-host Jennifer Valentyne was unprepared at work, "obsessed with appearances" and did not understand radio as a medium as compared to her former role in television.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser, who was in charge of immigration during some of the years Auditor General Karen Hogan found instances of fraud in Canada's international student program, said with hindsight, he would have acted sooner to fundamentally change it. The Opposition Conservatives have been calling for his resignation, along with his successor and the current immigration minister.

The Dominican Republic national police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Canadian who was shot and killed early in the morning March 23, in the province of Puerto Plata while on vacation.

Minister Jill McKnight said the program is 'not entirely broken,' as many vets' rehab has been successful.

Local Italian soccer fans and businesses aren’t getting their hopes up just yet, but know what it would mean, emotionally and financially, to see their country's team play in Canada.

Information and privacy commissioner Patricia Kosseim has filed a six-point rebuttal to Premier Doug Ford's "various" reasons for exempting himself, his cabinet ministers and political aides from access to information laws.

Since Monday, much of the wreckage had remained on the tarmac, blocking access to one of two runways at one of the country's busiest airports.

A clash of legal visions played out at Canada’s top court and in Parliament Wednesday, with federal and provincial governments taking starkly opposite views of a powerful constitutional tool that allows elected lawmakers to override fundamental Charter rights.

The Star's city hall team will be updating throughout the council session that is scheduled to run Wednesday through Friday.

Canada’s public safety minister says a damning investigation that exposed widespread RCMP surveillance of Indigenous people and organizations decades ago is “deeply disturbing” — and that discussions about how the force should atone are ongoing.

Premier Doug Ford announced plans to expand the airport and take over the City of Toronto’s role in governing the property, arguing that expansion was long overdue.

David Crombie, Art Eggleton, Barbara Hall, David Miller, John Sewell and John Tory said decision to close sites nearly a year ago caused “much harm."

Toronto's integrity commissioner found Coun. Chris Moise violated council's code of conduct by accusing IntegrityTO's Daniel Tate of holding "a white supremacy view."

Alphabet's Google and Meta were found liable on Wednesday for designing platforms that are dangerous for kids and teens, in a landmark verdict that could force tech firms to rethink how they defend themselves against safety claims.

Otto Schellhammer’s bracket is a one-in-41.2-million success

Esubalew Birhanie says he was snatched off a plane for comments he made at a meeting in Toronto six years ago

British government alleges tankers are part of network enabling Moscow to export oil despite Western sanctions

In a region where energy shapes national identity, the Iran war hits close to home

Attack brings number of people killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 163 since early September

Trump is applying pressure to bring a quick end to the four-year war triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion, says Ukrainian President

Potential deal would shift production at German auto plant from cars to missile defence, report says

A new study shows dogs have been a part of our families for much longer than we realised. In fact, whole genome analysis shows they were around 5,000 years earlier than previously thought. The research says dogs evolved from grey wolves and accompanied human hunter gatherers long before the existence of agriculture.

The BBC named former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director general on Wednesday, replacing Tim Davie who quit last year after a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

While the spike in the price of gasoline is squeezing consumer budgets, the skyrocketing price of diesel could soon have consumers digging even deeper into their pocket.

Consumers struggling with higher gas prices as a result of the Iran war may be feeling optimistic after U.S. President Donald Trump said that a ceasefire in the works,

The RCMP and CSIS are looking into the company, which remains active in Canada despite being sanctioned by the U.S.

Two officials from Pakistan described the U.S. proposal broadly, saying it addressed sanctions relief, a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said the arrests marked 'an important breakthrough in the investigation.'

Hope for a possible end to the war with Iran is taking over again on Wall Street Wednesday, and stocks are back to jumping while oil prices ease.

One way to force snap elections would be to let parliament fail to pass the budget by March 31, which under Israeli law would trigger a vote within 90 days.

At least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division will be sent to the Mideast, and the Pentagon is sending about 5,000 more Marines and thousands of sailors to the region.

More than 550 drones were launched at Ukraine in the middle of the day, Ukraine's air force said, an abrupt change from Russia's usual tactic.

The Iran war is a 'disastrous mistake' that breaches international law, Germany's president said on Tuesday in a blunt rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy

It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.

Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is banking on savings from a delay he is seeking in the state mandate for smaller class sizes. He is also scaling back a commitment to expand a rental assistance program.

By leveraging social media and the influencer economy, he turned his website into a byword for online pornography in the 21st century.

The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.

From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money.

An oil blockade could pressure Iran. Sanctions relief would do the opposite.

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

Seven years after leaving office, Matt Bevin, the combative ex-governor, faces charges for not providing financial records sought by his estranged son.

The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by “humanoid educators.”

The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump did not have authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to unilaterally impose tariffs.

Impacts from the Iran war continue to way on global supply chains as economists raise their expectations for a potential recession in the U.S.

Oil prices rose after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States.

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States.

Amid slowing global sales and store closures in China, Ikea has high hopes for India.

President Donald Trump has claimed the U.S. and Iran are "in negotiations now." But the Islamic Republic denies any direct talks to end the war.

U.S. Treasury yields ticked lower on Wednesday amid hopes of a potential peace plan in the Middle East.

Arm said it expects its new chip to generate six times more revenue in 2031 than the $4 billion it made in 2025.

A jury reached a verdict in the LA trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.

Space stocks, including AST SpaceMobile, Rocket Lab and Firefly Aerospace, rallied after a report that SpaceX may file to go public this week.

As Iraq claimed “heinous aggression,” the U.S. denied it targeted a clinic. The incident threatens to sour relations between the countries amid the Iran war.

Manus’s CEO and chief scientist are facing scrutiny from Beijing over the company’s $2 billion sale to Meta.

The proposal offered sanctions relief to Iran in return for the removal of all its enriched uranium and other U.S. demands, officials said.

Ukraine said eight people were killed as Russia launched a bombardment that included its largest single-day drone assault of the war.

Parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf could be hit by strong thunderstorms later this week. Major highways and airports in the region could be inundated.

Concern that Iran was amassing missiles to overwhelm defenses was a key factor in the push for war, officials said, and recent strikes laid bare Israel’s vulnerability.

The orders follow weeks of speculation about whether the 82nd Airborne Division would join the war, after its headquarters unit abruptly pulled out of a training exercise this month.

President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: “They want to make a deal so badly.”

Former congressman David Rivera, accused of secretly lobbying for Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela, climbed Miami politics alongside Marco Rubio.

Four Persian Gulf states reported fresh missile and drone threats from Iran, as Israel pledged to keep up its attacks in Iran and Lebanon “with full force.”

The government will invest £100m to restart the Teesside site producing carbon dioxide, a key part of food and drink manufacturing.

Trump's delayed meeting with Xi Jinping will be the first visit to China by a US president since 2017.

Iran's rejection of US talks and Donald Trump's reaction features on Thursday's front pages.

ADHD affects the brain's frontal lobe and can impact organisation and focus, a specialist says.

The Gulf's hub airports made long-distance travel cheaper - but now their future looks unclear.

The long-distance Coast to Coast route which stretches across the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors is now an official National Trail.

Roblox said safety was a top priority and it had advanced safeguards in place to keep users safe.

Queen Camilla is to appear in a BBC documentary about the life-changing power of books.

The UK giant is optimistic but chief executive Greg Jackson tells the BBC he is making contingency plans.

Manchester United suffered defeat by Bayern Munich in the home leg of their Champions League quarter-final, but manager Marc Skinner refuses to rule them out.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump was prepared to ‘unleash hell’ on Iran if Tehran did not come to the negotiation table

The president’s hour-long speech touched on voter ID, mail-in ballots and the war with Iran

In a landmark ruling, a Los Angeles jury held Meta and Google liable for a young app user’s mental distress. Io Dodds explains why that logic could cost Big Tech billions — and potentially transform it permanently

The plant on Teesside was mothballed last year after a trade deal with the US cut tariffs on bioethanol, its main product.

The US president has consistently demanded that Kyiv hand over illegally occupied land to Putin

Vladimir Putin has remained a close ally to the Tehran regime

Arthritis UK said these policies are being implemented by the NHS “in a bid to cut waiting lists and costs”

A new survey has found that pharmacy staff are facing ‘escalating abuse’ from patients

Consumer expectations of the economy over the next three months has fallen to its lowest level on record, the BRC and Opinium found.

British consumers are anticipating rising costs over the coming months due to the Iran war