17-year-old facing a dozen charges in carjacking, robbery investigations
A 17-year-old is facing a dozen charges in connection with an alleged carjacking and robbery in Etobicoke and Scarborough last spring.
Police say just before midnight on May 5, 2023, two people approached a vehicle in the area of Islington Avenue and Jutland Road. One of the suspects pepper-sprayed the driver of the car before both suspects fled with the vehicle.
Three days later, police say four suspects entered a business in the Kingston Road and Midland Avenue area just after 12:
MLSE report finds several barriers preventing Ontario youth from getting involved in sports
A startling new report from Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has found there has been an alarming drop in Ontario youth looking to play sports in the last year.
The MLSE’s new Change The Game report in partnership with the University of Toronto found there were several barriers preventing youth from playing sports and has caused some to suffer from social isolation.
“We did see a decrease in youth sports overall, unfortunately, from 2022 to 2023,” said Marika Warner, Director of
Family warned school about threats to their son who was shot and killed at graduation, report shows
An 18-year-old student fatally shot last year after his high school graduation in Virginia had been kept home for months because of fears for his safety but was still allowed to attend commencement ceremonies, according to report released Wednesday.
The report, prepared by a law firm at the request of Richmond Public Schools, found that the decision to allow Shawn Jackson to attend commencement for Huguenot High School occurred despite regulations barring homebound students from participating in school-sponsored activities without permission from a school principal or their designee.
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes hitting the road for first time in the playoffs to play Buffalo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes has done just about everything in his NFL career, particularly when it comes to the postseason.
Five straight AFC title games. Three conference championships. Two Super Bowl titles.
Mahomes will try something entirely new Sunday night, though, when he leads the Kansas City Chiefs into Buffalo for the divisional round of the playoffs. His previous 15 postseason games have been played in the friendly environment of Arrowhead Stadium, including a pair of wins over the Bills, so Mahomes
Movie Review: In ‘I.S.S.,’ war on Earth disrupts life aboard the International Space Station
With and U.S.-Russia relations below freezing, the Cold War movie may be alive, again, too.
After decades when fears of mutual destruction and nuclear fallout filtered into movies from to anxiety over current Russian-American geopolitics plays a provocative role in the new space thriller
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film, opening in theaters Friday, is set aboard the International Space Station, which the opening credits note is a symbol of post-Cold War U.S.-Russia collaboration. The astronauts and cosmonauts are
Package mailed to rural California elections office tested positive for fentanyl, authorities say
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a suspicious envelope sent to the elections office in Yuba County on Wednesday morning that might have contained fentanyl.
The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department will investigate the incident. The envelope was sent to the Yuba County Registrar of Voters headquarters, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) north of the state Capitol in Sacramento.
The package appeared to come from “a verified agency” and didn’t look suspicious at first, but a staff member discovered a powdery
Union, kin of firefighters killed in cargo ship blaze call for new Newark fire department leadership
UNION, N.J. (AP) — Relatives of two New Jersey firefighters who died battling a cargo ship fire last summer and the head of a powerful international firefighters’ union called Wednesday for the top leaders of the Newark Fire Department to be replaced, saying they had botched their response to the blaze.
The widow of Newark Fire Capt. Wayne Brooks Jr. and the younger brother of Capt. Augusto Acabou joined with Ed Kelly, the general president of the International Association of Firefighters, to denounce the leadership of
Mississauga encampment residents say all levels of governments have abandoned them amid cold snap
About a dozen people are currently living in a Mississauga hydrofield despite dangerously cold temperatures over the last week, with many using propane tanks to survive the cold.
Chris, a Brampton resident, who has been living in the hydrofield for the last four months said Tuesday night was by far the worst it’s been. He tells CityNews he feels completely abandoned by all levels of government.
“It drives us crazy … I don’t understand how they are allowing this to happen.”
Chris has been in and out
Colorado congressional candidate Mike Lynch was arrested for drunken driving in 2022
DENVER (AP) — Colorado state Rep. Mike Lynch, who is also running for a seat in Congress, was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of a gun while intoxicated — an episode that stayed under wraps until the reported it Wednesday.
Lynch, the Republican minority leader in the Colorado House, is running for the hotly contested U.S. House seat that Republican . Far-right Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is another contestant in the primary after she last month.
Lynch
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (20,695.02, down 253.07 points):
Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Down 56 cents, or 0.70 per cent, to $79.88 on 11.0 million shares.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE). Energy. Down 52 cents, or 2