MONTREAL — Higher demand for energy, potash and other commodities sparked by the war in the Middle East works to the advantage of Canadian National Railway Co., executives say, even as rising fuel costs weigh on profits and growth projections stay flat.

The country’s largest railway enjoyed a four per cent year-over-year boost in petroleum and chemical revenue in its latest quarter. Grain and fertilizer revenue jumped 13 per cent to $1.05 billion — a first-quarter record — spurred by a

BERLIN (AP) — A barge carrying in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey toward the North Sea. It reached Danish waters on Wednesday, German authorities said.

by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean. The mammal’s health deteriorated as it became repeatedly stranded in shallow waters, and unsuccessful efforts to coax it toward deeper seas were livestreamed across the globe.

Rescuers on Tuesday pulled the

A new report says customer complaints about their phone, internet and television services have surged 61 per cent so far this year.

The mid-year report by the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS) said the watchdog handled 19,157 total complaints from customers between Aug. 1, 2025 and Jan. 31, 2026.

The increase thus far in the 2025-26 reporting year compared with a year ago was largely driven

Toronto police will reveal the results of a major firearm manufacturing and trafficking investigation on Wednesday morning, marking the latest crackdown on the growing threat of “ghost guns” in the city.

At 10:30 a.m., Chief Superintendent Joe Matthews of Detective Operations will join Inspector Steve Matthews of the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force at Toronto Police Headquarters to announce the findings of Project Cluster, a months‑long probe into the production and distribution of privately made firearms.

Police say the investigation targeted the manufacturing

A three‑alarm fire tore through the Toronto Humber Yacht Club early Wednesday, sending heavy flames through the roof of the Etobicoke waterfront building.

Crews were called to 101 Humber Valley Road around 4:47 a.m. after reports of a commercial structure fire near the Humber River Recreational Trail. Firefighters arrived to find the building fully involved, with flames already punching through the roof.

Officials said what began as a two‑alarm response was quickly escalated to a three‑alarm fire as additional crews,

Police say the weapon used in a fatal shooting at a Sarnia, Ont., college bar earlier this month was smuggled across the border from the United States.

They released more details about the alleged murder weapon after Monday’s arrest of the main suspect in the Lambton College campus shooting that killed 20-year-old Dane Nisbet and injured two others.

Police say 24-year-old Kyaw (Chin) Doe was hiding in a London, Ont., home, where he was arrested without incident

To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was “kind of like a Superman.”

“He worked as a nurse up until he died. He worked every single day to help people in need,” the Toronto Blue Jays player said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“He was kind of like the big popular guy who played a lot of sports and everyone kind of loved him and I looked up to him every single day. Still do.”

But in November 2020, his brother

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, can surface without warning, closing the distance to a vessel in a single heartbeat.

“These hippos are a true nightmare,” said fisherman Wilinton Sánchez about the semi-aquatic animals capable of charging at speeds of up to 8 kilometers (5 miles) per hour in water and 30 kilometers (18 miles)