North York synagogue damaged overnight, TPS hate crime unit investigating
An investigation is underway by the Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Unit after the window of a North York synagogue was damaged overnight on Friday, according to authorities.
Police say the incident happened near Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue. The exact circumstances were not immediately clear, but police say a window was broken with an unknown object.
No suspect description was available.
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London, Ont., community members mark five years since deadly attack on Muslim family
A southwestern Ontario community is marking the five-year anniversary of a hate-motivated attack that took the lives of four members of a Muslim family.
Salman Afzaal, his wife Madiha Salman, their daughter Yumna and her grandmother Talat were killed on June 6, 2021, after a man hit them with his truck while they were out for a walk in a London, Ont., neighbourhood.
The couple’s son, who was nine years old at the time, was seriously hurt but survived,
Hegseth invokes immigration and ‘invasion’ in D-Day speech in France
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it.
Hegseth, speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in northwestern France during commemorations for the 82nd anniversary of the June 6, 1944, landings, said that today, “different European beaches are
Jamaica scrambles to restore power after rare islandwide blackout
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Jamaica’s national electricity provider said it was racing to restore service early Saturday, after an outage left the entire island without power overnight.
The sole energy supplier in the country, Jamaica Public Service Company, confirmed the outage that began just after 9 p.m. on Friday affected all utility customers across the tiny Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people.
The company president, Hugh Grant, said authorities were still investigating the causes of the blackout, but that it
Toronto man and woman charged in drug and gun investigation
A man and woman from Toronto are facing a combined total of more than 20 criminal charges in connection with a drug and gun investigation.
According to authorities, police were on patrol in the Regent Park area, near Dundas Street East and Sackville Street just after midnight on May 9.
Detectives say the officers initiated an investigation concerning a vehicle and its occupants.
“During the investigation, a loaded firearm was located and seized,” police wrote in a press release issued Saturday.
After a search warrant was obtained and executed
Cyclist in critical condition after being struck by driver in Brampton
A cyclist is in critical condition after being rushed to a hospital following a collision in Brampton early Saturday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Chinguacousy Road and Daviselm Drive just after 1:30 a.m. for reports of a crash involving a vehicle and a cyclist.
Police say the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Meanwhile, the cyclist was taken to a local trauma centre.
No other details were provided.
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Man charged with impaired driving after allegedly hitting 3 pedestrians, Toronto police say
A man was arrested and charged with impaired driving after allegedly striking three pedestrians and then leaving the scene, authorities say.
Police were called to Woodbine Casino just before 11 p.m. for reports of a collision.
A 26-year-old pedestrian was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries. Meanwhile, the driver, a 62-year-old man, was arrested away from the scene.
He was charged with six offences, including dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm, leaving the
A new exchange of fire with Iran in the Gulf tests the fragile ceasefire
CAIRO (AP) — Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to immediately cease attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a “serious escalation.”
Iran’s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and near Sirik that it said were used to protect borders and “ensure the security of navigation in international waters.” Tehran called the attack a violation of the
Stéphane Dion says Canada needs more diplomats to build ties with Europe
OTTAWA — Former foreign affairs minister Stéphane Dion says Canada needs to substantially staff up its embassies in Europe and set deadlines for following through on the flurry of agreements Brussels has signed with Ottawa.
Dion’s comments come after Canada’s former military chief said Ottawa must stop cutting back on diplomats to boost defence spending.
“These agreements and partnerships must not remain on paper. They must be fully implemented,” Dion told the Senate foreign affairs committee on Wednesday.
“In Ottawa, in Brussels and in European
Israeli airstrikes kill 9 including Lebanese army officers after ceasefire deal
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal.
An airstrike on a vehicle on a road linking the city of Nabatiyeh with the town of Marjayoun killed a brigadier general, a captain and another soldier, the army said, without immediately releasing their names. Another airstrike on the southern village of Saksakiyah killed six people and wounded four, state-run National