Artemis II crew gets hero’s welcome at Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Quebec
LONGUEUIL — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says it took flying to the far side of the moon as a member of the Artemis II crew to get a new appreciation for how humans work together on Earth.
The 10-day mission launched April 1 from Florida, taking Hansen and this three American crewmates — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch — farther from Earth than any humans before them.
The astronauts told The Canadian Press in an interview at Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Longueuil, Que.,
Police search for vehicle after pedestrian struck in Mississauga
Police in Peel Region are searching for a vehicle after a pedestrian was struck in Mississauga.
Investigators say a woman had just gotten out of her truck to inspect the height of some power lines in the area when she was struck by a vehicle on Truscott Drive near Southdown Road around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Paramedics say an adult woman was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
“We have identified the suspect vehicle as an older model Suzuki hatchback,” police tell
Cuba’s power grid collapses and plunges eastern provinces into a major blackout
HAVANA (AP) — national energy grid suffered a major failure early Thursday that severed power to the island’s eastern provinces, authorities said, as residents in the capital Havana faced ongoing blackouts.
Cuba’s aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged economic crisis, recently made worse by a of the island, where daily life can be an ordeal for many of the country’s 10 million people.
The state-run Electric Union said the collapse had stripped power from all eastern
ServiceOntario employee, 3 others charged in re-vinning and sale of stolen vehicles
Four people, including a ServiceOntario employee, are facing charges in connection with the resale of stolen, re-vinned cars.
Ontario Provincial Police say they began an investigation in March 2026 into the fraudulent registration of stolen vehicles.
“The investigation revealed that documents required in Ontario’s vehicle registration process were being improperly obtained and misused,” investigators said in a release on Thursday.
“These documents were then used to facilitate giving stolen vehicles new Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN), allowing them to be registered
After the Kendrick Lamar beef, can Drake come back with ‘Iceman’?
NEW YORK (AP) — as the “Iceman.” And the stakes couldn’t be higher.
His ninth studio album — and his first since his extravagant loss in a — arrives Friday.
The beef between two of hip-hop’s biggest stars erupted in the spring of 2024, with the pair trading a series of vitriolic tracks that culminated with Lamar’s release of “Not Like Us.” The hit song was a direct attack on Drake, spurring Drake’s against their
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada.
Forecasters are increasingly confident an El Nino will emerge in the coming months. El Nino spikes global temperatures and has in the past fuelled catastrophic drought over Indonesia, Australia and into southern Asia, and severe flooding in South America and the Horn of Africa.
In Canada, El Nino tends to herald a warm winter. That tendency
26 ‘low-risk’ air passengers being contacted about hantavirus: Canada’s top doctor
‘Predictable’: Data shows speeds on Parkside Dr. up over 200 per cent since speed camera ban
Speeding on Parkside Drive in the city’s west end has increased by more than 200 per cent since the province banned the use of speed cameras, according to data from the City of Toronto.
Six months after municipalities across the province were told to remove the cameras , a local advocacy group says “Watch Your Speed” data reveals a 235 per cent increase in vehicles going 60 km/h or more compared to the same period a year ago.
“This dangerous increase in speeding is as

Carney says best place for Alberta is in Canada, after judge tosses separation petition
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the best place for Alberta to be is in Canada.
His comment comes a day after a judge calling for a referendum on separation.
The judge ruled the petition shouldn’t have been issued under provincial law and that Premier Danielle Smith’s government neglected its duty to consult First Nations.
Smith called the ruling “anti-democratic” and said the government would appeal.
Carney says referendums are part of any democracy but that rules also need to be followed.
He says that means also following
Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy
Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mégantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013.
Several parties, including the victims and their families, were attempting to sue the rail carrier for its role in the disaster.
But the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal after the railway company prevailed in Superior Court and the Court of Appeal.
On July 6, 2013, a runaway train derailed in the heart