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The Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière concluded that Sgt. Simon Deveault-Bonenfant and officer François Bleau-Goulet of the Sûreté du Québec engaged in discriminatory actions based on the colour of Leslie Blot's skin in a 2020 traffic stop.

Canadian film financier Jason Cloth is facing fraud charges in Illinois, where he's accused of defrauding clients out of more than $100 million US.

In August 1973, Allison Spencer's mom sent her and her kid sister to the beach in Ocean City, N.J., with a mission: Write a message in a bottle, and cast it off to sea. Fifty-three years later, that letter has found its way back to her.

Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto is facing allegations of criminal sexual conduct, with four women telling BBC in a new documentary that the offences took place when they were teenagers. In a statement released to multiple outlets on Wednesday, Leto says the claims made in the documentary are "absolutely and categorically false."

Kayla Boisvert of Trenton, Ont., was last seen July 27.

A woman in her twenties is dead after falling from a mountain near Marvel Peak, according to police.

After 12 children were injured in June by an electrical shock at Cultus Lake Waterpark, the park has begun a phased reopening starting July 29, following a six-week closure for safety investigations.

How do you reset a superhero when he's a critical character for not one, but two Hollywood studios? Spider-Man: Brand New day tries to give Tom Holland a more mature hero, while attempting to overcome movie studio shenanigans.

Searchers have found what they believe to be the remains of Parker, the 11-year-old Calgary boy who has been missing for just under two weeks, police revealed on Wednesday.

Emily Simmons, a Canadian pastry chef living in Bordeaux in southwestern France, says heavy smoke from nearby wildfires forced her to leave the city for a few days this past week. High temperatures and wind on Wednesday threatened to fuel further flare-ups.

Calgary police Chief Katie McLellan says an 11-year-old boy who disappeared two weeks ago has been found dead.

Mayor Olivia Chow's motion to demand the repeal of the provincial law passed 25-1 at council on Wednesday, with the lone vote against being Coun. Stephen Holyday.

The entry of the former Conservative MP into the Toronto mayor's race has the potential to split the centre-right vote.

Former NDP MPP will be the New Democrat candidate in a looming Hamilton East-Stoney Creek byelection to replace Premier Doug Ford's retiring Sport Minister Neil Lumsden.

A disagreement over the airport is a reminder that even close political partnerships and alliances of convenience have their limits, Robert Benzie writes.

Carney's reluctance to use Canadian energy as leverage comes the opposition accuses him of caving to the Trump administration on the Gordie Howe bridge.

Mississauga council's vote will prohibit building "major digital infrastructure facilities" while staff study concerns related to data centres.

The announcement came after the Academy announced new categories, including best Asian pop music performance. Some fans viewed this as a racialized barrier for Asian performers.

Multiple weapons were involved in the shooting at the Candlewood Drive townhouse complex, Hamilton police say.

Daniel Langlois and Dominque Marchand were found dead in a burnt-out SUV not far from the off-grid mountaintop resort they owned on the island of Dominica.

The Associated Press explains the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates unchanged.

Jury finds Hadi Matar guilty of all charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism

In a video released on Wednesday by the Spanish Air Force, pilot Francisco Javier Gimeno Benito-Sendin described battling the wildfires as 'emotionally draining,' adding that flying over the affected areas and witnessing the devastation was taking a heavy toll on him.

The powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Tuesday and killed at least 18 people. Many residents were reminded of the earthquake that occurred there 10 years ago that killed 50 people.

Some Republicans in Congress, including Sen. Rand Paul who subpoenaed Fauci to testify, have long called on him to be arrested for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now-retired infectious-disease expert invokes Fifth Amendment, accuses committee chair of ‘unhinged obsession’

More than 235,000 acres have burned in Utah and Colorado, while in Oregon and Washington state, the total has exceeded 1.8 million acres

Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Academy Award for the 2007 film 'Once,' died in a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. He was 56.

He says he can’t be sued for comments he made while he was president

The physician and immunologist who helped lead the U.S government response to the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to face aggressive questioning from Republican members, especially Chairman Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Oil prices were on the rise again Wednesday on news a brief ceasefire in fighting between the United States and Iran was shattered by renewed missile attacks.

The announcement follows the introduction of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category at the Grammys meant to recognize the work and contributions of Asian artists.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously.

Following a closed-door hearing Tuesday, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said the suspect would continue to be held in pretrial detention.

Iran has vowed to respond to Saturday's attack, which Ukraine claimed was targeting a vessel that was allegedly carrying military equipment between Iran and Russia.

France may never have seen an evacuation on this scale in peacetime, as it is “very likely” to be the largest civilian evacuation operation ever carried out in the country.

The surprise move during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine followed U.S. opposition to giving U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk another four-year term.

The report also explores other human rights issues, including a deadly crackdown on protests in western Afghanistan over restrictions on women’s clothing.

The UN official overseeing water and sanitation in Gaza is praising Canada's support for Palestinians but warns that some of its aid money is being squandered by Israel's actions.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage and injuries, officials said.

John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.

A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general was thrown into limbo.

The so-called pied-à-terre tax is causing anxiety for homeowners who feel outed by the publication of their addresses. Some say they have only one home.

The Silicon Valley company’s costs rose more steeply than revenue growth, as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence.

Like other big technology companies, Microsoft is hoping its aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is starting to translate into revenue.

With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.

Hadi Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie repeatedly at a literary conference in 2022 and could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Federal court judges appointed James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor, to the post. He represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction.

Also, Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

The president took in a staggering $2.2 billion last year while in office. Democrats are hoping to make it a campaign issue in the midterm elections.

Microsoft broke ranks — and the troubled stock was handsomely rewarded Wednesday evening.

Samsung Electronics extended its record run with second-quarter operating profit topping analysts' estimates.

Microsoft sees positive free cash flow for the new fiscal year as it changes accounting for data centers and office buildings.

Meta Platforms has strengthened its influence on India as Gen Z protesters widely relied on Instagram to raise their concerns against the Modi government.

Meta issued a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast and narrowed its capex range for the year.

Wall Street has a clear takeaway from this week's Federal Reserve decision: A hike is likely on the horizon.

The world's largest continent is becoming the center of the artificial intelligence race between the U.S. and China.

OpenAI is trying to reassure employees that the business is healthy as competition emerges from Anthropic as well as a host of open-source players.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday followed through on expectations for no interest rate change.

Starbucks posted its fourth straight quarter of same-store sales growth, as it continues a turnaround under CEO Brian Niccol.

The unexplained deaths over the past month have raised fears of poisoning.

The threat came after Saudi Arabia joined U.S. military strikes on Iranian proxies.

There are reports of at least one fatality after the 7.1-magnitude quake on the island of Kyushu. Nearly 50,000 homes were left without power.

Alcohol has been a fixture of professional and social life in China for decades, but a new generation is resisting pressure to drink excessively — or at all.

Moscow is coming under increasing pressure over Kyiv’s relentless drone strikes. Ukraine’s president is due to meet in Washington with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Neon is on trend, but some make-up products pose a serious risk to your health. Here's what to check for, and how to dazzle.

The prices of beef, bread buns and bagged salad have risen sharply over the past year, figures show.

Drought leaves UK parched and a "dinghy flotilla" crossing the English Channel lead Thursday's papers.

Kenneth Farrington shares his memories of the 1966 World Cup Final, 60 years on.

Should we embrace air conditioning despite its costs and consequences, and how much should we spend on adapting homes versus cutting carbon?

The Commons' Defence Committee says in a report that the MoD used secrecy as a "shield" against proper expertise.

Fewer donations and higher demand has seen a supply shortage worsen, the American Red Cross tells the BBC.

Marcia Kilgore, founder of Beauty Pie, shares her top tips on how to create a successful business.

It would be the fifth hold in a row, with the Bank rate standing at 3.75% - the lowest since February 2023.

Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul - the grandson of dictator Idi Amin - was disqualified from his fight at the Commonwealth Games after appearing to headbutt his English opponent.

The Trump administration has pushed to speed AI data center construction and preempt state regulations

Cuba has loosened restrictions on private businesses to allow imports of foreign goods and medicines, a sector firmly controlled by the Communist-led government

‘I started feeling lightheaded and dizzy,’ one cadet told local news

Blunder which exposed personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was ‘forseeable failure’ covered up by secrecy for ‘too long’, MPs said

Hundreds of former commandos wrongly abandoned after the Taliban take-over, as first revealed by The Independent

A number of economists have predicted another seven-to-two vote in favour of holding the current rate.

The Nuffield Trust said long-standing issues relating to corridor care include a low number of beds on wards, and inadequate social care outside of hospitals

UK food prices are on track to be 50 per cent higher by November compared to levels at the start of the cost-of-living crisis in mid-2021, a think tank has said

Cornyn, Tillis lead latest Senate revolt against Trump’s demands

The nuclear-armed submarines are set to replace the current Vanguard-class when they enter service and will be capable of launching Trident 2 D5 ballistic missiles