City of Toronto boosts pool staffing after previous issues, launches heat relief strategy

The City of Toronto launched its annual heat relief strategy, which will last until the end of September. Here are elements of that plan.

Investigation underway after ‘suspicious’ tow truck fire in Mississauga: Peel police

Peel Regional Police officers are investigating what they’re calling a “suspicious” tow truck fire in Mississauga early Wednesday morning.

Officers were called to the Credit Valley Drive and Glen Erin Drive area at around 4:09 a.m. for reports of a vehicle on fire.

Police later confirmed that the vehicle was a tow truck.

No injuries were reported and police have not yet determined if the latest incident is considered a case of arson.

Peel police have been dealing with a rash of recent tow truck fires


Takeaways from AP investigation that found ‘alarming’ spike in suicide deaths of ICE detainees

Detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are taking their own lives at a pace unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight, according to .

At least 10 detainees have died by suicide since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025 and to , the investigation found. There have been seven such deaths since October, already the most in a fiscal year. ICE typically has recorded just one or no annual suicides.

The increased


Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo “with immediate effect” as suspected cases surge near 1,000 in its neighbor of a rare type of and as others emerge at home.

The measure, which goes against World Health Organization guidance, underscored growing fears of contagion in this East African country that, like Congo, has experience responding to Ebola outbreaks but is faced with a type this time, , with no approved medicines or vaccines.

A local


Markham school receives threatening phone call from U.S. for second time

York Regional Police officers are maintaining a presence at a Markham school after it received a threatening phone call on Wednesday.

Police were called to a high school in the area of Bur Oak Avenue and Kennedy Road for reports of a threatening phone call that came in from the U.S. at 7:30 a.m.

Officers cleared the school and confirmed there is no ongoing threat to public safety and there is no lockdown in place at this time.

The same school was the subject of a swatting call last


Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo “with immediate effect” amid a surge in cases of a rare type of Ebola in its neighbor and as cases emerge at home. The decision was made by a local Ebola task force led by Vice President Jesca Alupo after a rise in […]

Carney thanks Steven Guilbeault for his service ahead of MP’s resignation

OTTAWA — Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that he will resign as a member of Parliament this summer following significant changes to federal climate policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney.

“I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to pursue my fight for environmental protection and the fight against climate change in a different way,” the Montreal MP wrote in a letter posted on social media.

His announcement comes less than two weeks after Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an energy pact that pledged federal support for


Toronto and GTA gas prices set for 9‑cent drop Thursday, falling to lowest level in weeks

The decrease marks the second major drop in less than a week and pushes prices to their lowest level since mid‑May, based on CityNews' historical gas‑price data.

The Chicks announce intimate ‘Taking the Long Way’ 20th Anniversary Tour. ‘This is our lives’

NEW YORK (AP) — Call it a comeback, a crossover moment, or both. Twenty years ago, released their blockbuster 2006 album “Taking the Long Way” — their first full-length after the country music industry turned their backs on them — and one of the biggest of their career. This fall, the Texas trio of Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines will take it on the road, hitting intimate theaters across the U.S.

“This album in particular is what


US will need years to replenish stockpiles of advanced weapons used in Iran war, new analysis finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military contractors need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems , according to an analysis released Wednesday, that American forces would have limited firepower in any .

The weapons systems are , which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy territory, and and that defend against incoming missiles and drones.

“The United States has enough munitions for any plausible scenario in the Iran war, but the depleted inventories have created a window of vulnerability for a potential Western Pacific conflict