MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — with alleged ties to Islamic State group militants will be arrested and face criminal investigations if they return from Syria, police said Wednesday.

The Australian government had been alerted Wednesday that four women and nine children had booked flights from Damascus to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said. He did not say when they were expected to arrive.

Australian Federal Police since 2015 have been investigating the behavior of Australians who had traveled to the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate

Ontario Provincial Police say a man charged with murder in a daylight shooting in Toronto last week was a police officer in Collingwood, Ont., in the 1990s.

Toronto police said they responded to a report of a shooting in North York park on Thursday afternoon and they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds.

They said 47-year-old Daniel Stopnicki was pronounced dead at the scene.

Toronto police arrested and charged 67-year-old Michaelo Markicevic with second-degree murder.

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On Red Dress Day, a somber occasion meant to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, one survivor is now working to raise awareness for fellow victims.

At 18 years old, Shailla Manitowabie-Cooke vanished for weeks.

“I went missing in 2012 and I was trafficked in the sex trade,” shared Manitowabie-Cooke, now a survivor and advocate.

When she returned, she initially kept quiet about the abuse she suffered while missing. “It was deeply traumatizing and I just knew

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the just days before President and Chinese President .

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister to urge Tehran to release its chokehold on the critical waterway. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Araghchi on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

“I hope the Chinese tell him what he needs to be told,” Rubio said during a White House briefing Tuesday. “And that is

Families and community members have taken over the streets of Winnipeg, as part of Red Dress Day, a powerful act of remembrance and a call for justice, honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S), as voices here push for answers and change.

That call for justice began outside Winnipeg’s courthouse, where families gathered awaiting a verdict in the death of Mackaylah Gerard-Roussin. A judge found the accused guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday after nearly

MONTREAL — Telecommunications workers are calling for government restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in the sector, suggesting the technology is being used to monitor workers and disguise the accents of overseas call centre workers.

The Canadian Telecommunications Workers’ Alliance detailed their AI concerns on April 30 in front of the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, in Ottawa.

The alliance includes, among others, three major unions in the sector: Unifor, the United Steelworkers union, and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. They

A motorcyclist has died after crashing into an SUV in Roncesvalles.

Toronto police were called to Roncesvalles and Howard Park avenues around 4:15 p.m. for a collision between a vehicle and motorcycle.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was trapped underneath the vehicle and despite life-saving efforts, he pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the SUV, a man in his 40s, is cooperating with police.

Insp. Peter Wallace said police believe the SUV was stopped

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is adamantly refusing to apologize to Premier Doug Ford after she remarked this week that Ford could ultimately end up in prison.

On Monday, Stiles addressed reporters about the Ford government’s changes to Freedom of Information (FOI) laws — something Stiles alleges Ford pushed through in order to hide “dirty dealings” related to the Greenbelt scandal.

The FOI changes, which passed as part of the government’s , shield Ford and cabinet members from public access to documents, including the premier’s

Three Toronto men have been charged in connection to an internet luring investigation.

Toronto police’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit allege three men were communicating on a social media platform and made arrangements to meet up with a child for a sexual purpose.

All three men then allegedly travelled to meet the child for a sexual encounter. They were then arrested.

The investigation was carried out alongside Ontario Provincial Police’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit.

Zachary Plamondon, 37, of Toronto, has been charged with luring a person under 1