MPP Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) has officially entered the race for Ontario Liberal Party leader, unveiling a platform focused on tackling the province’s healthcare challenges and restoring transparency in government decision‑making.

Fairclough, who has served as a hospital executive and health‑system strategist, Her campaign emphasizes rebuilding public trust and improving access to care across the province.

Fairclough says she will prioritize reducing wait times and improving adolescent mental health and addiction care, alongside expanding home care and rural health services. Fairclough also vows to

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has begun releasing , saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished.

It said in a post on X on Friday that while past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Donald Trump “is focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files.” It

Toronto police say four people have been arrested after a pair of distraction‑style robberies in Scarborough in which elderly victims were approached, given fake jewellery, and then robbed of their real gold items.

The investigation began on April 22 when officers were called around 6 p.m. to the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Scarborough Golf Club Road for reports of a robbery involving an elderly woman.

According to investigators, the suspects were driving a grey Dodge Journey when they approached the victim. Police allege the group used

Toronto police say a fire that occurred at a building supplies store in Toronto’s east end on Wednesday is being investigated as a suspected arson, along with two other fires at the business’s other properties.

Toronto police and fire crews were called to FlooReno Building Supplies on Nantucket Boulevard, in the area of Kennedy Road and Lawrence Avenue East, just after 1:30 a.m.

Fire officials say the building’s sprinkler system extinguished the flames, and no injuries were reported.

FlooReno has three locations

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany entered a bank in a small German town Friday and rescued two people from a locked room, hours after officers were called to respond to a hostage situation.

Regional police said they were alerted to the situation at the Volksbank branch in Sinzig, a town of about 17,000 people in the Rhine valley near Koblenz, at about 9 a.m. local time. They said they believed there were “several perpetrators and hostages” in the bank and the driver

Police are investigating two separate stabbings that occurred in Toronto late Thursday evening.

Officers were initially called to the city’s Queen West neighbourhood, near Bathurst Street, just before 11 p.m. after paramedics were flagged down for reports that someone had been stabbed.

A woman in her 30s was later transported to a hospital with minor injuries.

Police describe the suspect as a White woman who is approximately 35-years-old and stands at five-foot-nine with a thin build, light

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An explosive eruption of Mount Dukono on a remote Indonesian island killed three hikers, authorities said Friday.

About 20 climbers set out Thursday to ascend the nearly 1,355-meter (4,445-foot) volcano on the island of Halmahera, in defiance of safety restrictions, said North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu.

They became stranded when Dukono erupted at 7:41 a.m. local time, spewing a thick ash column that rose about

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said on Friday.

The attacks were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces overnight from Wednesday through Thursday afternoon, according to Charité Banza, the leader of the Ituri civil society group and Kinos Katua, a member of the group who lives in the area.

The Allied Democratic Forces, which has roots in Uganda

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations.

The vessel is expected to reach the Spanish island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, early Sunday.

“They will arrive at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area,” said Virginia Barcones, Spain’s head of emergency services, on Thursday.

The MV Hondius is a Dutch