VICTORIA — Canada’s natural resources minister says the challenges facing forestry go beyond Trump-era tariffs and instead are structural, as he unveiled close to $130 million in funding for 56 projects across the country.

Tim Hodgson, who is in Langford B.C. to meet forest ministers from across Canada, also released a report suggesting homegrown problems including unstable access to fibre and lack of domestic demand are threatening the industry with an “existential crisis.”

He says the additional funding is on top of

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali’s hometown honored his legacy on the 10-year anniversary of his death by recalling the unity that brought people around the world together to mourn his passing.

The Muhammad Ali Center, founded by Ali and his wife, Lonnie, held a remembrance ceremony Wednesday morning and launched a new annual event called the “Day of Compassion,” to encourage volunteer work and small acts of caring .

After his death in 2016, tens of thousands of people

Four suspects have been arrested and two more are wanted in connection to two suspected hate‑motivated assaults with an imitation firearm, both targeting members of the Jewish community in North York.

The first incident happened in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West area on April 30. Police say three victims, defined as clear members of the Jewish community, were walking outside when a suspect, who was in a vehicle, discharged a weapon at the victims.

One person suffered minor injuries.

The second happened around 10:

NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was held in secret Wednesday after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.

New York Judge Gregory Carro said he sealed the virtual proceeding at the request of the defense but provided no other details, raising questions about transparency in the closely watched case.

Court hearings in the U.S. are presumptively open to the public, but judges are permitted to close them in certain circumstances,

OTTAWA — It was the “honour of a lifetime” to serve as the representative of the Crown in Canada for the past five years, outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon said in a speech to parliamentarians on Wednesday.

In that short time span, Queen Elizabeth, whom Simon represented, passed away and Charles was crowned King.

Simon said she was proud to help organize the first audience between King Charles and national Indigenous leaders.

She was sworn in on July 2021 as Canada’s first Indigenous Governor

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.

LaBeouf must attend an alcohol treatment program under the sentence handed down by an Orleans Parish judge, according to Sarah Chervinsky, an attorney for the actor.

LeBeouf, most widely known for his starring roles in 2007’s “Transformers” and in 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull,” had been released on bail

The TTC is rolling out a major round of service increases, new overnight streetcar routes and temporary detours beginning Sunday, June 7, as Toronto prepares to host thousands of visitors for FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and fan events at Exhibition Place, Fort York and The Bentway.

The changes are designed to handle heavy crowds around Toronto Stadium (BMO Field) and waterfront festival sites, while keeping overnight travel options running seamlessly for fans, workers and residents.

• The route will no longer run south of Bloor St.

Education bargaining season is starting in Ontario and the unions say their priorities include smaller class sizes, improved special education funding and higher wages.

Contracts for teachers and education workers in Ontario’s public elementary, secondary, Catholic and French schools expire in August and their unions announced today that they have served notice to bargain.

The unions have long been signalling that class sizes would be a key issue for this round of bargaining, and David Mastin, the president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, says they will propose

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says human error was behind a potentially “catastrophic” collision between two commuter GO Trains two years ago in Burlington, and it’s calling for bolstered safeguards to prevent similar incidents in the future.

The TSB released its investigation Wednesday into the near-collision on March 14, 2024.

The incident occurred when a train departed from Aldershot station, passing a signal displaying a Stop indication. The train then continued through a switch and entered a track occupied by