Trucking company involved in deadly Manitoba crash among 20 carriers 'eliminated' in Alberta

Conquer Transportation, whose truck was in a fatal crash in Brandon, Man., in May — after it had its safety permit pulled in Manitoba — now can't operate from Alberta, the province's transportation minister said Thursday.


German politicians praise bus driver's risky move with explosive drone at airport

Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a call on Friday to discuss the incident earlier this week at a German airport, when a drone laden with explosives crashed but did not detonate. Federal prosecutors have launched a counterterrorism probe into the incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport.


Two 18-year-old men charged with 1st-degree murder in Salsa on St. Clair shooting in Toronto


Saudi Arabia expects imminent 2-pronged attack from Iran's allies, official says

Saudi Arabia expects imminent co-ordinated attacks from Iraqi militias north of the Persian Gulf state and from Yemen's Houthis from the south under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a senior Saudi official said.


Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years

Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, up 0.4 per cent, as the unemployment fell to 6.4 per cent, its lowest level in two years.


8 dead in Thailand as teen shoots grandparents, then students

A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a ‌school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing since 2022.


80 people died trying to get to Ceuta. In Europe, politics could eclipse the tragedy


Baby survives after car hits stroller in Montreal

A 20-month-old baby is recovering in hospital after a collision in Montreal's Saint-Laurent borough on Thursday evening. A police investigation is underway.


'He just didn't deserve it': N.S. man sues province, health authority over son's death in custody

An Annapolis Valley man is suing Nova Scotia's attorney general and the provincial health authority following his son's death this spring from an illness while in the custody of the province.


Canadians' climate change concerns rebound amid wildfire season

The percentage of Canadians who see addressing climate change as a top priority spiked this summer after years of it taking a back seat to other issues, recent polling has found.