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4/5/2026

No injuries were reported and no suspect was found after a search of the park and the surrounding area after midnight, the agency said in an online post.

4/5/2026

Three Americans and one Canadian are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth.

4/5/2026

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — There are lots of questions about Graham Platner, a first-time Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine. Now they are also part of a trivia game.

4/5/2026

The “altercation at a residence” near Ossington Avenue and Harbord Street happened around 6:10 a.m on Sunday.

4/5/2026

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Swedish authorities have released a tanker sanctioned by the European Union that had been boarded and detained on suspicion of causing an oil spill in the Baltic Sea.

4/5/2026

A year after the province shut down consumption sites across Ontario and opened HART Hubs, challenges remain: wait times for residential treatment are long, the demand for housing outstrips supply, and some clients have stopped coming after consumption sites closed.

4/5/2026

Brown did not answer questions about the enforcement records, which appear to contradict what officials told the public in the days after the fire.

4/5/2026

Many residents say they are sick of waiting and competing for green space in one of Canada's most expensive cities.

4/5/2026

“One billion, here we come,” Toronto “Diet Doctor” Stanley Bernstein wrote to his business partner in 2013 — before their partnership fell apart.

4/5/2026

Toronto hopes artificial intelligence will make traffic run more smoothly along some of the city's busiest streets.

4/5/2026

PARIS (AP) — France said China has executed a French citizen convicted of drug trafficking after keeping him on death row for more than 15 years.

4/5/2026

Several student organizations across Canada are holding fundraisers, Nowruz gatherings, discussions and demonstrations in response to the conflict in the Middle East.

4/5/2026

From "The Astonishing Lives of Older Women: How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity."

4/5/2026

Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter’s message of hope as a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after being crucified.

4/5/2026

Author Patrick Radden Keefe found the story of Zac Brettler had a lot to say about crime, Russia, London and our current spirit of distrust.

4/5/2026

Police have found themselves criticized from all sides over the battle unfolding at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, where pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel clash in a Jewish neighbourhood.

4/5/2026

Highway 400, Highway 401, Highway 409 and Highway 427 are affected

4/5/2026

The daytime high is expected to reach 7 C

4/5/2026

Artemis II is the first crewed mission to the moon since the Apollo flights of the 1960s and '70s.

4/5/2026

JDEIDEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, near the border with…

4/5/2026

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the vice president position, a move the opposition says will further strengthen President Paul Biya’s grip on power.

4/5/2026

B.C. is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, meaning it has the largest variety of species and ecosystems.

4/5/2026

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Aid groups are warning that the war in the Middle East has upended their ability to get food and medicine to millions of people around the world in need, and that the suffering will deepen…

4/5/2026

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that a prolonged U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could further erode America’s support for Ukraine as Washington’s global priorities shift and Kyiv braces for reduced deliveries of critically needed Patriot air defense…

4/5/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump said that a U.S. service member who was missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been found in a rescue involving “dozens of aircrafts.”

4/5/2026

The airman’s extraction followed a U.S. search-and-rescue operation after the Friday crash of the F-15E Strike Eagle, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in an “enemy pilot.” Trump said he was injured but in stable condition.

4/5/2026

The girl suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she’d been placed after U.S. immigration officials separated her from her mother.

4/5/2026

Police responded to a call about an assault in the Church and Alexander streets area shortly after 12:20 a.m. Saturday.

4/5/2026

A three-week strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the U.S. was halted after plant owner JBS USA agreed to resume negotiations, union representatives announced Saturday.

4/4/2026

SURREY - Two BC Highway Patrol officers were taken to hospital, including one with serious injuries, after crashing during a motorcycle training exercise in Surrey, B.C.

4/4/2026

Several people were injured when a vehicle struck revelers at a parade celebrating the Lao New Year on Saturday in rural Louisiana, authorities said.

4/4/2026

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff Saturday night, urging that Easter would…

4/4/2026

ROME, Italy (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni congratulated the police late Saturday for the arrest of an alleged crime boss and one of Italy's most wanted fugitives.

4/4/2026

Officers arrested two males for assault and assault with a weapon around 2:30 p.m., according to a social media post from Toronto police.

4/4/2026

Toronto’s largest food bank says it’s been dealing with crisis after crisis as the war in Iran makes it even more expensive to feed the thousands of food insecure Torontonians who rely on it.

4/4/2026

The shooting at Avenue Road and Brooke Avenue happened just before 1:30 a.m. on the third day of Passover, police said. No injuries were reported.

4/4/2026

VICTORIA - Police say a fire near a Victoria waste management facility has been ruled suspicious.

4/4/2026

The Canada jerseys ran out in under 30 minutes, with scarves, hats and posters also disappearing fast.

4/4/2026

Kye-Shawn Griffiths, 29, has been charged with second-degree murder, police said.

4/4/2026

EDMONTON - Alberta's hospitals minister says a patient seeking care at a major Edmonton emergency room was taken into custody after attacking another patient on Friday.

4/4/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to…

4/4/2026

Sisler was also the oldest Second World War veteran left in Canada, said Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates.

4/4/2026

MONTREAL - A man in his 50s died Friday evening following a collision between his vehicle and a snowplow in central Quebec.

4/4/2026

Torontonians are being warned of potential flooding near waterways as rain batters southern Ontario.

4/4/2026

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Crews made progress Saturday battling a smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted mandatory evacuations.

4/4/2026

Monday could see a mix of sun and clouds, though there's also a chance of rain and potential flurries, says Environment Canada.

4/4/2026

Police say two people are dead after a targeted shooting outside a Brampton elementary school Friday night.

4/4/2026

MONTREAL - A man in his 20s was killed overnight in a car crash in southwestern Quebec near the U.S. border.

4/4/2026

The shooting happened near Rutherford Road and Weybridge Trail just before 10:30 p.m.

4/4/2026

LONDON (AP) — Two young men and a boy were ordered Saturday to remain in custody after appearing in court on arson charges in the torching of four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity in London.

4/4/2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts.

4/4/2026

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh ’s capital on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least five people dead, authorities said.

4/4/2026

A man from Kitchener, Ont., who was riding an e-scooter was killed after a collision with a pickup truck on Friday night.

4/4/2026

KABUL, Afghanisan (AP) — Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the country’s Disaster Management Authority said Saturday.

4/4/2026

LONDON (AP) — London police are urgently investigating how armed protection officers guarding Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home.

4/4/2026

Hansen joined the Canadian Space Agency live from orbit early Saturday morning, as a part of series offering Canadians an inside look at the historic journey to the moon.

4/4/2026

LOUISA, Va. (AP) — Michael Shull never imagined that a Democrat from the wealthy suburbs of Washington would represent his community in Congress. His corner of Virginia, with its sprawling farms and winding country roads, has been electing Republicans for…

4/4/2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring.

4/4/2026

ITTEFAQ, Afghanistan (AP) — For several minutes after the earthquake struck, he could hear their screams. Then there was silence.

4/4/2026

NEW YORK (AP) — As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg got outsized attention when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year.

4/4/2026

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran will fuel inflation…

4/4/2026

"It's been a nightmare," one agency said. "We still have more people to serve."

4/4/2026

Flooded elevators and failed parachutes. Shark attacks and crash landings. In “I Survived,” a series from the Star, survivors of near-death experiences detail their lives before and after — and the day that changed everything.

4/4/2026

We may soon get an inside look at the family fallout from the billionaire murders.

4/4/2026

Nicole Moore, an Orangeville nurse, nearly bled to death on a Cancun beach. She said she doesn't regret getting in the water.

4/4/2026

The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.

4/4/2026

As Premier Doug Ford prepares to reduce records available for public scrutiny, FOI advocates say the provincial officials are already helping keep documents secret by dragging their heels for months on end.

4/4/2026

Russia fired 286 drones at Ukraine overnight, 260 of which were downed, the Ukrainian Air Force said in an online statement.

4/4/2026

LIMA, Peru (AP) — At least one person died and 60 others were injured in what seemed to be a crush of fans at a popular soccer team’s stadium in the Peruvian capital on Friday night, authorities reported.

4/4/2026

CAIRO (AP) — Iran's government is detaining family members and threatening to seize property of Iranian opposition figures in exile, some tell The Associated Press, in the latest crackdown on dissenting voices as the war rages on.

4/4/2026

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Senegalese government has banned all but essential foreign trips for government ministers as part of cost-saving measures triggered by the energy crisis linked to the Iran war.

4/4/2026

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police are investigating a small explosion outside a Christian center that promotes Israel.

4/4/2026

The Open Ice project says three-quarters of Canadian municipalities hand out ice based primarily on historical contracts rather than participation data.

4/4/2026

Highway 400, Highway 401, Highway 409 and Highway 427 are affected

4/4/2026

The daytime high is expected to reach 6 C

4/4/2026

The downing of American military planes came just two days after Trump said the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran” and was “going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast.”

4/4/2026

TSAKANE, South Africa (AP) — Gladys Khoza had missed being able to see her family. Not because they couldn't visit, but because the 84-year-old had vision problems.

4/4/2026

LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen connected with Earth from deep space early Saturday morning in a historic first for the Canadian Space Agency, as part of a live question-and-answer session during the Artemis II mission.

4/4/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran over his Monday deadline to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz so ship traffic can flow again.

4/4/2026

UFOs, or the notion of them, have been around a long time. Here’s a look at how the various iterations of the subject — from government investigations to sightings to movies and TV — have unfolded since World War II:

4/4/2026

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced recalls due to possible listeria contamination affecting products including salads, cheese and meal kits.

4/4/2026

MONTORO, Spain (AP) — One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain, whose Easter-time festivities dating back centuries are among the most fervently celebrated in the world.

4/3/2026

VANCOUVER - A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter who spent three weeks detained at an immigration facility in Texas were released from detention on Thursday.

4/3/2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers say up to 75 women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein since 2008 may benefit from a $72.5 million fund set up as part of a settlement Bank of America reached with lawyers representing…

4/3/2026

A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at a Los Angeles school, authorities said Friday.

4/3/2026

Seattle (AP) — When tourists travel to Seattle, it’s common to take in the Space Needle and the downtown skyline from Puget Sound.

4/3/2026

Ontario’s police watchdog says an officer who fatally shot a man multiple times at Danforth Go Station in Toronto last year didn't commit a criminal offence.

4/3/2026

If you enjoy outdoor activities, Friday was your day.

4/3/2026

SURREY - Officials say they are monitoring the air quality after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C., sent large plumes of smoke into the air.

4/3/2026

A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit.

4/3/2026

The change will come into service starting Sunday.

4/3/2026

HAVANA (AP) — Katia Arias buzzed with hope on Friday morning as she gathered at the gates of a prison on the outskirts of Havana, waiting with other families for their loved ones to be freed in one of the…

4/3/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at an event in Philadelphia last month and was treated for dehydration before returning home to suburban Washington, the court's spokeswoman said Friday.

4/3/2026

When the light hits right on a sunny morning, Canton Lutheran Church glows. Circles of multicolored light dance across rich wooden pews, and one can’t help but appreciate the beauty of a place that fully embodies the history of the…

4/3/2026

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday, killing at least eight people in Afghanistan, authorities said.

4/3/2026

UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — State police troopers came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major interstate highway in northern New Jersey.

4/3/2026

SURREY - Police say a suspect who is wanted in connection with a homicide case in Manitoba has been arrested in B.C.

4/3/2026

The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must lock up everyone facing deportation, even if they’ve lived in the country for decades and have no criminal record.

4/3/2026

Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother’s Oklahoma home. But, she didn’t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran.

4/3/2026

Most travelers flying with United Airlines will now pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as rising jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East pushes another major U.S. carrier to increase fees.