Male motorcyclist dead following collision in Brampton

Peel Regional Police (PRP) say an adult male motorcyclist was killed following an early-morning collision with another vehicle in Brampton.

Officers were notified of a crash involving the driver of a Sedan and a motorcyclist just after 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the area of Sun Pac Boulevard and Queen Street East, near Goreway Drive.

An adult male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Sedan remained, police said.

All eastbound and westbound lanes are currently closed at Queen Street

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Vehicle crashes into pole near Parkside and High Park

A driver is in hospital following a single-vehicle crash near High Park on Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews were called to the area of Parkside Drive and High Park Boulevard just after 7 a.m.

Police say a vehicle slammed into a pole.

Paramedics say they transported the driver to hospital with minor injuries.

Police have closed southbound Parkside Drive at High Park Boulevard for the collision investigation.

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French and British teams rescue 157 migrants after a boat engine fire in the Channel

PARIS (AP) — French and British teams rescued 157 migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel after the engine of their boat caught fire, French maritime authorities said.

Male suspect wanted in alleged Toronto nightclub assault

Toronto police are hoping to identify and locate a male suspect wanted in an alleged assault that occurred at a nightclub in late June.

Officers were called to the establishment in the Queen Street West and Peter Street area in the early-morning hours on Sunday, June 28.

It’s alleged that the suspect and another person got into an altercation, leading to the suspect striking that person with a glass.

Police said the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and noted that the suspect left the area following the

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.

Police shut down Brampton’s Jambana Festival after capacity concerns

Peel Regional Police (PRP) say officials shut down the Jambana One World Festival in Brampton on Monday evening after they raised concerns about crowd capacity and the safety of people leaving the fairgrounds.

Police posted the update Monday night, noting that officers worked closely with event organizers as large crowds began exiting the Brampton Fairgrounds.

“Due to capacity concerns and to ensure public safety during dispersal, the public is being asked to avoid the area and not attend,” police said. Officers remained on scene to manage traffic and crowd flow

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2 children among those injured in St. James Town high‑rise fire

An apartment fire in Toronto’s St. James Town neighbourhood sent two children and one adult to hospital early Tuesday.

Toronto Fire received the call at 3:05 a.m. for reports of a blaze inside a high‑rise in the Ontario Street and St. James Avenue area.

Toronto Fire says the blaze began inside one apartment on the ninth floor, though smoke spread into the hallway, forcing multiple units to evacuate as a precaution.

Paramedics assessed several people at the scene and transported two children and

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Repeated flooding, few answers drive Montreal West Island residents to demand action

MONTREAL — More than 100 residents gathered outside the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough hall in Montreal on Monday evening, demanding faster action from elected officials at the borough's first council meeting since hundreds of homes in the city's West Island flooded in June.

Years after the pandemic, MPs are divided on hybrid Parliament rules

OTTAWA — During the pandemic, members of Parliament began voting and attending committee meetings from home. Six years later, Parliamentarians are divided over whether those hybrid rules should remain in place.

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