Two people, including a Toronto police officer, have been rushed to hospital with critical injuries after an exchange of gunfire during a search warrant operation early Thursday.

The incident unfolded around 5:42 a.m. on Martha Eaton Way, in the area of Trethewey Drive and Black Creek Drive, where officers were executing a warrant, according to a post on X from Toronto Police Operations.

Police said there was an exchange of gunfire, during which an officer was struck. The injured member was transported to the hospital

OTTAWA — Canada’s secretary of state for sport has dismissed concerns about the cost of co-hosting the FIFA World Cup and is hyping up the opportunity for Canadians to engage with the tournament across the country.

Adam van Koeverden, a former Olympian, told The Canadian Press Wednesday he is excited for the event to finally start.

“I think as soon as the first whistle blows, people will embrace these next few weeks as one of the coolest sporting opportunities our country has ever seen,” he said.

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TORONTO — As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that there are key measures in place to help keep them safe.

They have spent months preparing for possible threats — from mass-casualty events to outbreaks of viral illnesses such as measles and norovirus.

Here’s what to know.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

Toronto Public Health workers are used to working behind the scenes at major sports events and festivals in

HALIFAX — Jeremy Hansen, one of four astronauts who returned to Earth two months ago after travelling around the moon, said nothing could have prepared him for the awe he felt in space or the overwhelming support he’s received from Canadians.

The Canadian astronaut, who is the first non-American to travel to the moon, said the views from space blew him away.

“The things that we saw continued to put us into a state of awe, a state of gratitude,” he said in an interview Wednesday

Canadians may soon have a better chance of winding up on the cover of Time.

The 103-year-old American magazine brand says it’s launching a licensed Canadian edition in partnership with Toronto-based ArtsHouse Media Group, the company behind Billboard Canada and Rolling Stone Canada.

The new venture, called Time Canada, will combine original Canadian reporting with select content from Time’s global newsroom.

A news release says coverage will span business, politics, culture, technology, climate and more, while “

Pubs and restaurants are getting ready to host hundreds of tourists for watch parties as the FIFA World Cup kicks off — hopefully without alarming the trademark police.

Many businesses say they are being cautious not to infringe on the soccer association’s guidelines that ban them from using trademarked symbols such as its logo, the championship trophy and even the word “FIFA” itself.

Left Field Brewery sits right across from Toronto Stadium in the Liberty Village neighbourhood and has found ways to indicate it’s showing all the soccer matches without explicitly