WASHINGTON — A Democrat Senator from California says he wrote a letter to Premier Christine Fréchette asking Quebec to lift restrictions on the importation and sale of American wine.

Adam Schiff referred to the letter, sent in June, in a post on social media Thursday where he said Canada’s boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers.

Schiff says California doesn’t agree with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff wars.

Some provincial liquor boards stopped purchasing American alcohol last year in response to

Two people are dead after they were struck by a vehicle in Scarborough on Friday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the area of Birchmount Road and Lawrence Avenue East just before 2 p.m.

Police say the pedestrians were struck by a vehicle, which then crashed into a pole.

Paramedics say the two people, a man and woman in their 60s, were pronounced dead at the scene.

They also say three people — two adults and a six-year-old child — who were in the vehicle

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit royal life and moved to America six years ago.

Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with the king and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, a country estate west of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed.

The Duke of Sussex had arrived Monday in his homeland for a number of

Halton Regional Police investigators allege a Milton man was cutting telecommunication lines down from utility poles to steal and resell copper cable.

Several copper thefts have been reported to police in Milton and Halton Hills since the beginning of 2026.

“These incidents involve telecommunications lines being cut down and copper cable being stolen from utility poles,” a police release explained.

“The stolen copper is then sold for cash at scrap yards.”

“Each theft results in significant damage, costly repairs, and service outages for rural residents

A British man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an Ontario restaurant owner killed in a dispute over an unpaid bill has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.

Robert Evans was arrested in Scotland and extradited to Canada last year for his role in the 2023 death of Sharif Rahman, who died a week after he was assaulted outside his Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant.

Evans appeared today in an Owen Sound courtroom, where the presiding judge said Crown prosecutors and

NIAGARA FALLS — More than 300 deer at Marineland have been the focus of a months-long investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency amid allegations that an animal broker has been improperly removing hundreds of others from the park, including those pledged to a small business, sources have told The Canadian Press.

The amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., closed to the public since 2024, is up for sale and sources say a deal for the land is in place with the condition that all animals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued efforts to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.

The president at first suggested his renovations would last a century. But, within weeks of the project originally reaching completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling off the bottom.

OTTAWA — A Uyghur rights activist says Ottawa’s reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada’s promise to tackle transnational repression.

Beijing has enacted a law giving a legal basis for the Chinese government to prosecute people or organizations outside China if their actions are deemed to harm the progress of “ethnic unity.”

China says the law promotes harmony among the country’s 55 ethnic groups, who make up just under nine per cent of the country’s

Ontario’s 25 jails, detention and correctional centres are going to welcome some new staff—four more dogs trained to detect all types of drugs in the smallest quantities.

“Every institution has access to a canine handler, and we’re just recently exploring an expansion of the program to add more dogs across the province,” says Michael Pernal, a senior manager with the specialized operations unit for Correctional Services.

“We have deployed our canines over 2,000 times in the last year alone to