Renowned gunsmith killed in Toronto police raid. Family, experts want to know why

Toronto police raided the home of a renowned gunsmith in rural Ontario two weeks ago while executing a firearms search warrant. Now, Rodger Kotanko is dead, raising questions from legal experts and the 70-year-old's family.


Concerns mount over China tennis star's safety after raising sexual assault allegation

Questions on the well-being and whereabouts of a Chinese professional tennis player, who accused a former top government official of sexual assault, have been met by silence.


No wrongdoing by N.B. officer who killed Chantel Moore, provincial police commission finds

The New Brunswick Police Commission announced Thursday that it found there was "insufficient evidence" that Edmundston police Const. Jeremy Son breached the Code of Professional Conduct Regulation when he shot and killed Chantel Moore, an Indigenous woman, during a wellness check at her apartment last summer.


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Germans are warned that Christmas could be terrible because of high COVID-19 rates

Germany approved new measures Thursday to rein in record coronavirus infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel called the pandemic situation in the country "very serious" and said it was "high time" to contain the spread of the virus.


WE Charity misled donors about building schools in Kenya, records show

Marc and Craig Kielburger’s WE Charity routinely misled school-aged children and wealthy philanthropists across North America for years as it solicited millions for schoolhouses in Kenya and other projects in its Adopt-A-Village program, an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate has found.


The moon passes through the Earth's shadow tonight. It's an eclipse you don't want to miss

Skygazers are in for a treat overnight between Thursday and Friday, when much of the planet will be able to see the longest partial lunar eclipse in almost 600 years. The only hitch is that for much of Canada, the peak of the eclipse will happen in the middle of the night.


Blue Jays' Robbie Ray earns 5th Cy Young award in franchise history

Toronto Blue Jay Robbie Ray has won the Cy Young Award as the American League's best pitcher in 2021. Ray had a 13-7 record this past season.


Rapper Young Dolph killed in Memphis shooting

Rapper Young Dolph, best known for his 2020 album Rich Slave and collaborations with his cousin and fellow Memphis rapper Key Glock, has died in a shooting in Memphis, Tenn. He was 36.


P.J. Akeeagok has been selected as Nunavut's next premier

P.J. Akeeagok, 37, was chosen as Nunavut's next premier during the Nunavut Leadership Forum held in the territory's Legislative Assembly Wednesday.