Toronto police say an altercation between two groups of teens resulted in two youths walking into a nearby North York hospital suffering from stab wounds.

Police say the altercation took place just after 7 p.m. Thursday in the area of Agate Road and Wilson Avenue, across the street from Humber River Hospital.

Police say one male teen suffered critical injuries and was in life-threatening condition, while the second male teen had non-life threatening injuries. A third male teen was not injured in the incident.

Police are searching

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died. He was 41.

The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause of death was given.

Busch’s family said earlier Thursday that he was hospitalized with a “severe illness,” three days before he was to compete in the Coca-Cola

Toronto City Council has voted to reimburse Coun. Chris Moise, half of the more than $20,000 in legal expenses he incurred as part of an integrity commissioner’s investigation earlier this year.

During a robust debate at City Hall on Thursday, councillors voted 16-6 in favour of a motion by Coun. John Burnside to allow Moise to claim 50 per cent of his legal costs, minus the $5,000 he has already been reimbursed.

Moise had requested that

Halton Regional Police have charged two Mississauga men after they allegedly took part in a widespread gift card scam spanning from Niagara Region to Barrie.

One of the suspects first came to the attention of authorities after a December 2025 incident at a Walmart Supercentre in Burlington.

“The investigation was initiated after an unidentified male was observed removing gift cards from his pockets and placing them onto a retail display rack,” a police release explained.

“The individual was subsequently seen selecting additional gift cards, concealing them, and exiting

OTTAWA — Large TV streaming services like Netflix must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the federal broadcast regulator said Thursday.

That’s three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by major streamers, including Apple and Amazon.

Contribution requirements for traditional broadcasters, which currently pay between 30 and 45 per cent, will be lowered to 25 per cent.

“The total contributions are

HALIFAX — The Canadian Hurricane Centre is predicting a slightly below-average hurricane season because forecasters are anticipating the emergence of a disruptive El Niño climate pattern.

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30.

Senior meteorologist Bob Robichaud says the arrival of El Niño results in warmer water rising to the surface of the Pacific Ocean near the equator, which is expected to happen around the same time hurricane season peaks in September.

Robichaud says the El Niño phenomenon creates wind

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians who were on board a flotilla heading to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel are safe and are being transferred to Turkey.

Activists say 12 Canadians were among the Global Sumud Flotilla participants detained by Israel.

“Consular officials will be present to meet and support Canadians upon their arrival in Istanbul. Officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv have been engaged throughout and remain on standby to provide immediate assistance. Canada expects full respect for the rights and safety of all civilians,” Anand

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and America’s top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration against the island’s former leader, Raúl Castro.

Trump said previous U.S. presidents have for decades but that “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”

“Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, doing