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Motorcyclist rushed to hospital after crash at downtown Toronto intersection

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 7:46 p.m. | Original

Toronto emergency crews were called to Bathurst and Harbord streets just before 5:15 p.m. on Monday with reports of a collision.

5 things to know about the Canadian astronaut joining NASA’s Crew 13

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 7:24 p.m. | Original

A few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space.

Toronto Blue Jays trading Jeff Hoffman to Minnesota Twins

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m. | Original

Coming back in return for Jeff Hoffman are prospects Dasan Hill, John Klein and Dameury Pena, and $250,000 in international cap space.

Toronto Blue Jays trade Daulton Varsho to Houston Astros for Spencer Arrighetti

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 5:37 p.m. | Original

Daulton Varsho may be in the Houston Astros lineup Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 4:45 p.m. | Original

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 4:26 p.m. | Original

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.

Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 4:24 p.m. | Original

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in -- a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow.

Blue Jays trade Adam Macko to Rangers for Josh Smith, Josh Stephan

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 2:48 p.m. | Original

The Toronto Blue Jays are trading left-handed reliever Adam Macko to the Texas Rangers for infielder Josh Smith and minor-league right-hander Josh Stephan, sources confirmed to Sportsnet on Monday.

Dallas Morning News ‘s Evan Grant was first to report the news.

The Blue Jays and Rangers confirmed the trade later Monday afternoon.

Macko, a Slovakian-Canadian, made his major-league debut for the Blue Jays this season and pitched to a 4.91 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 10 walks over

Police seek to identify man wanted Markham sex assault

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 2:10 p.m. | Original

Toronto police are looking to identify an unknown man who is wanted in connection with a sexual assault investigation in Markham.

Officers were called to the area of Steeles Avenue East and Warden Avenue at 2:46 a.m. on Saturday.

Detectives say a victim was walking in an alleyway when the suspect approached them from behind and pushed the victim to the ground.

“The suspect sexually assaulted the victim,” police wrote in a news release shared on Monday.

He then fled the area running towards Warden Avenue.

Canadian astronaut prepares for NASA mission to International Space Station

Citynews | Aug. 3, 2026, 1:55 p.m. | Original

A few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space.

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