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CBC will broadcast the first-ever Northern Super League final, which will be held at Toronto’s BMO Field on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. ET.

A prominent Jewish and Israeli advocacy organization and some Canadian politicians are calling for the Irish rap group Kneecap and the British punk rap duo Bob Vylan to be barred from performing in Canada over comments about the war in Gaza.

More than 100 demonstrators from Canada's Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the government to intervene in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria where hundreds have already been killed. 

Police say the case is a "completely new phenomenon" in Alberta, where a suspect has been accused of using AI to manipulate and sexualize images of underage girls.

Several Palestinian graduate students awaiting visas to study in Canada have been accepted by France in the last two weeks, said a group of professors advocating to bring them here.

A 16-year-old boy who was standing on a dock was killed after he was struck by a small plane that crashed into a lake northeast of Toronto, police say.

Whatever the reasons, next year's cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will see the departure of the host in the current era of late night television who kept Canada in his sights, as the relationship with the U.S. turned from friendly with occasional friction to antagonistic.

Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and injured 10. The wounded included a priest who had developed a close friendship with the late Pope Francis.

Jeremiah Valentine faces one count of first-degree murder in the killing of Abdeck Kenedith Ibrahim in Montreal. Valentine was among several people convicted in the 2005 shootout in downtown Toronto between rival gangs that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba.

The child suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in the Friday evening collision. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene.

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene after the midday crash near Caesarea, about 100 km northeast of Toronto.

City staff will present a report Wednesday about limiting tickets for first-time offenders.

Backers of Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie are sounding the alarm about the perils of plunging into another leadership race later this summer.

Toronto police say they believe Shahnaz Pestonji was targeted for robbery on Thursday morning as she loaded groceries into her car.

Toronto public school trustees have a week to hand them in, cut off from the public while the board is under supervision.

In total, Paul Adam faces five sexual assault charges for alleged offences in 1999 and between 2012 and 2023.

Shahnaz, 71, was stabbed to death on Thursday in what police described as a random, unprovoked attack, while she was on her weekly grocery run, leaving her husband, Soli, 75 and daughters, Dina, 41 and Yasmin, 39, reeling

President Donald Trump filed a $10-billion lawsuit after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean, 28, of Toronto was killed in an early morning shooting outside Yorkdale mall on Thursday.

Salmon runs were recently restored in the Elwha River, which flows out of Olympic National Park into the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Some officials say the government was encouraged by comments stating the country should be governed as a centralized state

U.S. President has been predicting for weeks that a ceasefire, hostage-release deal was imminent, but agreement has proven elusive

As a relentless critic of Trump, Colbert earlier this week criticized Paramount’s $16-million payment to the President a “big fat bribe”

Home rental company is accused of violating state law which prohibits rise of essential goods costs during state of emergency

‘Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland,’ says Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Injunction in effect across the country after appeal not filed by Trump administration

Internet got to work after band’s Massachusetts concert showed a couple on big screen, who immediately dodged the camera

Blast reportedly took place as a bomb squad was moving explosives

Bill is first major crypto law in U.S., requiring tokens to be backed by liquid assets

Ten Americans have been released from a Venezuelan jail after the U.S. agreed to a prisoner swap, which included several Venezuelan prisoners held in El Salvador.

Canada imposed additional tariffs earlier this week on steel imports from all countries containing steel melted and poured in China before the end of July.

The development came as federal police conducted searches at his home and his party’s headquarters in Brasília, in compliance with a Supreme Court order.

Authorities in Southwest England say a school bus carrying middle school children crashed Thursday, and one student has been killed, along with two being seriously injured.

Russian national Nina Kutina, 40, and her two daughters, aged four and six, had been living in the cave undetected.

Switzerland said the U.S. Defense Department had informed it that Washington is diverting a Swiss order for Patriot air defence systems to help Ukraine.

Canadian soccer star Olivia Smith has signed the most expensive contract in Women's soccer history after agreeing to a multi-year deal with England's Arsenal F.C.

The evening Brian Tarrence, 51, went missing, his wife had gone to bed. When she woke up, he was no longer at the Airbnb.

The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the conflict.

Couche-Tard says it walked away from its offer to buy 7-Eleven's parent company due to what it called a "lack of constructive engagement."

The president has been under intense political pressure from his base after Attorney General Pam Bondi withheld portions of investigative files on the disgraced financier.

It was not immediately clear what caused the blast at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Training Academy center. No one else was injured, officials said.

The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.

Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

A video from a concert dominated internet discourse as people joked about a man and woman who appeared very upset to be shown on camera.

The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.

Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. and imprisoned in El Salvador.

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

The regulator had asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt all shipments of its therapy, Ele­vidys, after three patients died from liver failure after taking it or a similar treatment.

When does arbitrage edge into illegality? The line between arbitrage and market manipulation has long been one of the greyest areas in financial markets.

President Trump is under increasing pressure to have the Justice Department release files about the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Block is joining the S&P 500, replacing Hess as of July 23.

Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new "visa integrity fee" to visit, but questions remain as to how and when it will be implemented. Here's what we know so far.

The change follows a ProPublica report that outlined how Microsoft's use of Chinese engineers left U.S. defense clients vulnerable to cybersecurity risks.

The Trump administration's handling of the so-called Epstein files has spurred a growing backlash from within the president's own MAGA base.

Eric Jackson has been posting obsessively about Opendoor as part of an effort to spark a rally in shares of the online real estate service.

Israel's markets have been lifted by significant foreign investment and more recently by renewed investor confidence following its 12-day conflict with Iran.

Sarepta reported a third death tied to its gene therapies.

President Trump has faced growing calls for Attorney General Pam Bond to reverse her decision to withhold evidence in the Epstein case from the public.

Putin’s refusal to compromise on Ukraine, say analysts, is a colossal error costing Russia regional influence, lucrative energy markets and its place in the world.

The Venezuelans, labeled terrorists and violent criminals by Trump, had been deported to the notorious CECOT prison, setting off a legal battle over executive power.

Humanitarian officials see a pattern of Israel retaliating against those who criticize its conduct in Gaza and toward Palestinians.

Friday’s measures against Bolsonaro were the clearest sign yet that Brazil has no intention of backing off his prosecution, despite White House pressure.

Israeli leaders said they launched attacks on Syria this week to protect members of the Druze religious group in the country’s south, amid clashes in the area.

Chinese industrial-scale scam centers are bilking Americans of more than $5 billion each year and giving Beijing a pretext to expand its influence across Asia.

The E.U. approved plans to lower a price cap on Russian oil and ban transactions with 22 more Russian banks, pressing ahead with sanctions without the U.S.

The Austrian daredevil, 56, set records when he broke the sound barrier in a jump in 2012. He died in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy, in a paragliding crash.

Trump’s decision to allow weapon sales to Ukraine culminated a five-month effort by allies to help Volodymyr Zelensky rebuild a relationship with the president.

This year’s military exercises, unprecedented in length and scale, are designed to prepare people for the prospect of Chinese troops storming Taiwan’s shores.

The 65-year-old funded a lavish lifestyle by using her family to move large amounts of cocaine around the UK.

The Syrian leader's move comes after days of clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in Suweida, reported to have killed hundreds.

Police forces across England and Wales have seen an increase in dog attacks over the past five years.

Saturday could see 20-40mm of rainfall within an hour over London and south-east England.

The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.

The MoD says it will 'robustly defend' against large compensation claims from Afghans affected by the data breach, and won't proactively give payouts

A court in Brazil also bars the ex-president from using social media and puts him under 24-hour surveillance.

Last year saw record levels of pollution incidents in England, such as the release of untreated sewage, the Environment Agency says.

The $10bn lawsuit is over a story claiming the president wrote a "bawdy" personal note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

Big screen footage of the two people went viral after reports they were colleagues and at least one was married to another person.

Ukraine’s allies welcome new EU sanctions package targeting Russian oil and gas industry

Three members of the arson and explosives unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have been killed in a blast at the department’s training facility

The president was seeking $50 million

Authorities are investigating a Southern California couple after their infant child was taken to a hospital with a traumatic head injury and 21 children were discovered in their custody

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing

A study published Friday found families have a ‘unique probability’ when it comes to whether they will have a boy or a girl

A new Wall Street Journal report claims Donald Trump penned a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday, and now the president is suing the publication

Andry Hernández Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday

‘They were very close and they were up to no good,’ the model said

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