Alberta’s NDP Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith’s comments rejecting the legitimacy of the federal government betray her unspoken plan to lay the groundwork for eventual separation. Rachel Notley cited Smith’s comments to the house just before members passed her sovereignty bill earlier Thursday, in which Smith rejected the federal government’s overarching authority.“It’s not like
Legendary Canadian singer Céline Dion has rescheduled several European tour dates due to a recent diagnosis of a rare neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome. In two videos posted Thursday to Dion’s social media accounts (both in English and French), she claimed the debilitating disease does not allow her “to sing the way I’m used to.”Stiff-person
Toronto police say a book of condolences will be set up this week to allow the public to pay its respects to an officer who was shot dead in an unprovoked attack. Const. Andrew Hong was one of two people killed Monday in a series of shootings across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Toronto
New details are emerging about a gunman who fatally shot a Toronto police officer at a Mississauga coffee shop on Monday afternoon and then opened fire on three people at a Milton auto body shop less than an hour later, killing one of them. The Milton shooting took place at around 2:50 p.m. after the
A 48-year-old Toronto police officer was fatally shot at close range and died at the scene in an unprovoked “ambush” attack in Mississauga as part of a shooting rampage that continued into Milton and left one other person dead and three injured, police officials said Monday. The gunman was taken into custody and pronounced dead
One person is dead after a two-vehicle collision in Markham on Thursday evening. York Regional Police said it happened at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Reesor Road shortly after 7 p.m. A motorcycle and a van collided, sending the rider to the hospital with serious injuries. Police said the motorcyclist was later pronounced dead.
York Regional Police (YRP) have arrested and charged four people in connection with an investigation into the organized theft, re-vinning and trafficking of stolen vehicles at an auto shop in Vaughan. Re-vinning refers to the practice of stealing a vehicle and putting what appears to be a legitimate vehicle identification number (VIN) on the front
WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior administration official. Griner is now in the custody of U.S. officials, President Joe Biden announced, and is on a plane heading back to the U.S. Her wife Cherelle was photographed
