Drake fans who might have felt left out in the cold waiting for new music after the rapper’s last solo album in 2023 seem to have warmly embraced his latest drop.

With the release of three albums Friday, the Toronto-born rapper broke three records on Spotify for 2026.

Spotify says Drake’s long-awaited “Iceman” album became the most streamed album in a single day in 2026, and opening track “Make Them Cry” reached the same feat

PARIS (AP) — France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it

“The analyzed virus corresponds to the viruses already known and monitored in South America,” Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said Friday on X. “At this stage, no element suggests the emergence” of a form of the virus that could be more transmissible or more dangerous, she

is set to go under the knife.

manager John Schneider told reporters Saturday in Detroit that Berríos will undergo surgery with Dr. Keith Meister on Wednesday to repair the existing stress fracture in his elbow,

The team has some concerns about the ligament in his elbow and will determine whether he is done for the season based on whether the ligament needs to be repaired in surgery.

Berríos began the season on the injured list with a stress fracture. He was seemingly healthy entering spring training, but as he went

Several organic microgreen brands are being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says 65-gram packages of broccoli, mild mix and spring mix organic microgreens with best-before dates between May 19 and 22 sold under the Kyan Culture and Farm Boy brands .

The affected products were sold in Ontario and Quebec, according to the agency.

“Food contaminated with pathogenic E. coli may not look or smell spoiled, but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea,

BERLIN (AP) — A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort, after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, authorities said Saturday.

The dead whale was stranded on Thursday just off the small island of Anholt in the Kattegat, the broad strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.

The site is south of the location about 70 kilometers (around 45

A 39-year-old Brampton man is facing charges in connection with an illegal towing investigation.

Police in Peel Region say they began an investigation on May 1 after receiving multiple reports of vehicles being towed overnight from parking lots across Brampton without the approval of property management. Several of the vehicles were located later at a private storage yard.

Investigators have arrested and charged Jaswinder Singh Saini of Brampton with three counts of theft of a motor vehicle.

“Investigators believe this is not an isolated incident and are concerned there may

Two mental health counsellors have been arrested after allegedly using excessive force on a child at a school in Ontario’s Niagara Region.

Police say they began investigating last month after an alleged assault at the Mountainview Centre for Innovative Learning in Welland.

They say the school has a teacher and a mental health counsellor in each classroom to provide specialized programs for children with various mental health and learning challenges.

Police say mental health counsellors were alleged to have used restraint techniques that were outside their scope of training, and following an investigation,

GO train service on two lines, as well as train service to Pearson Airport, is suspended for the entire long weekend.

Metrolinx says there will be no service on the Kitchener line between Kitchener GO and Union Station, as well as the Barrie line from Downsview Park GO and Union Station, due to major track upgrades that are part of GO’s expansion plans.

“Planned construction is taking place on the Kitchener Line with track diversion work happening at the future Woodbine GO and St. Clair-Old Weston stations,

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence, the Vatican said Saturday, as he gears up to release his first encyclical that is expected to emphasize the need for an ethics-based approach to the technology that prioritizes human dignity and peace.

The Vatican said Leo had decided to create the in-house study group because of the acceleration in AI’s use, “its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole (and) the church’s concern