With the FIFA World Cup games just weeks away, soccer fever is rapidly spreading.

But with more than for the games, health officials are worried about a different kind of spread — infectious diseases like measles, mpox, and most recently, Ebola.

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the “scale and speed” of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo was “deeply” concerning, with at least 134 deaths and more than

MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) — Investigators in New Mexico are trying to identify a mysterious substance that may have contributed to the and led to more than a dozen first responders being briefly quarantined.

Authorities were called to a suspected drug overdose Wednesday and found four people who were unresponsive inside a home east of Albuquerque, in the rural town of Mountainair. Three of the people who were in the home died and the fourth was being treated at an Albuquerque hospital, police said.

Some first responders began coughing,

MONTREAL — Montreal public health is warning of an uptick in Lyme disease in the city after officials recorded 161 cases in 2025.

That’s the highest number of cases since 2003, when Lyme infections because a notifiable disease in Quebec.

The tick-born disease is on the rise across the province, with 869 cases reported between Jan. 1 and Nov. 5, 2025.

The Quebec government says the rise in tick-related infections could be explained

NEW YORK (AP) — Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced .

Mayor announced Thursday that 1,000 tickets costing $50 will be made available to residents of the city of more than 8 million for the most watched sporting event in the world.

“To put that into perspective, that is five lattes in New York City,” Mamdani quipped from a bar in Harlem’s Little Senegal neighborhood alongside U.

A frost advisory is back in effect for northern parts of the GTA into cottage country as temperatures could fall near or below freezing overnight.

Environment Canada has issued an advisory for Northern York and Durham Regions, with damage to crops and plants possible.

The chillier temperatures are expected to persist through the weekend, with a high of 15 C on Thursday, dropping to 8 C in Toronto tonight.

An area of high pressure will keep the weather quiet on Friday, with highs near 16 degrees and increasing cloud cover into

Two gun control advocacy groups are renewing their calls for information about the firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in February.

PolySeSouvient and Danforth Families for Safe Communities say the RCMP has a duty to disclose which guns were involved in the Feb. 10 shootings that left nine people dead, including Jesse Van Rootselaar, the young assailant.

In a media statement, the groups say withholding this information prevents informed debate about Canada’s gun control laws and how they are enforced.

They

The province’s police watchdog has laid a series of serious charges against a former Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) officer after reopening a decades‑old sexual assault investigation.

he has reasonable grounds to believe the former officer, Kevin Seamons, committed multiple criminal offences against a female in connection with allegations dating back to 2003.

The SIU originally investigated the matter in 2003, but the case was relaunched in 2024 after the woman involved came forward with new information.

As a

GO Train service on the Lakeshore West and the Barrie GO lines will be down this weekend due to planned construction.

It comes the same weekend as the first concert series of the year at Rogers Stadium, featuring Bruno Mars and Doors Open Toronto.

Construction of the Lakeshore West line is a part of the GO Expansion, with work continuing at Long Branch GO and on the Burloak Drive underpass.

Service will run between Niagara Falls and Aldershot. Buses will then travel between Aldershot and Bramalea GO, where riders can then connect to