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October 8, 2025
Toronto students may get free zoo field trips in honour of Jane Goodall, Anne Innis Dagg
Motion to be presented in honour of pioneering conservationists Jane Goodall and Anne Innis Dagg.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Advocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company’s $1M fine
A migrant workers advocacy group says the employees of a New Brunswick shellfish company that was fined $1 million should be entitled to par...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Pressure points ahead could bring a quicker end to the shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first week is the easy one. The pressure to resolve the federal shutdown will gradually build as the shutdown enters i...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to revive a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows the counting of l...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Here’s a look at California’s five most destructive wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Palisades Fire was the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles to date and among the five worst in California's history...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Here’s a look at California’s 5 most destructive wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Palisades Fire was the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles to date and among the five worst in California's history...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to join the state legislature to succeed his brother, as t...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Sign outside Vancouver mansion during B.C. election period said NDP is ‘Communist’
VANCOUVER - Elections BC says billionaire Chip Wilson contravened third-party election advertising rules when he put up signs in front of hi...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
REmarket featuring free items, donation opportunities and repair cafe returns to St. Lawrence Market this week
The two-day event draws its name from the sustainability motto, “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
San Francisco’s Fleet Week goes on despite federal shutdown, with help from Canada and Colombia
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The government shutdown has grounded the Blue Angels from its crowd-pleasing, stunt-filled airshow at San Francisco's F...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Eeyore the dog helps a Florida deputy find a missing 86-year-old woman, video shows
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — A dog named Eeyore turned into a rescuer, leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to where a missing 86-year-old woman had fa...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Argentine court sentences a former couple to years in prison over botched assassination of ex-VP
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court in Argentina sentenced a man to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after finding him guilty of attemptin...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raises $12 million for 2026 reelection
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is building a cash hoard even as he is already spending heavily on his 2026 reelection cam...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the pro...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Last of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured in Georgia, authorities say
ATLANTA (AP) — The only escaped Louisiana inmate who remained on the run following an audacious May jailbreak in which 10 men crawled throug...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured under a house in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — A monthslong search for the only Louisiana inmate still on the run after an audacious May jailbreak ended Wednesday when auth...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Arrivals of international students to the US dropped almost a fifth in August, data shows
The number of international student arrivals in the U.S. dropped by nearly a fifth in August as American universities started the new academ...
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October 8, 2025
Man charged with having explosive materials near DC church hosting annual Red Mass celebration
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man has been arrested on charges that he had explosive materials in his possession near a Washington, D.C., c...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
‘There are millions of eyes looking for you’: Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
1964 cold case solved in New York with DNA evidence, authorities say
ALBANY. N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in New York's capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman i...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
CP NewsAlert: All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets
BURNABY - All remaining British Columbia-run liquor and cannabis stores in the province are now behind picket lines as public service worker...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets
The escalation by the BC General Employees' Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets in escalation
The escalation by the BC General Employees' Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Noboa’s motorcade attacked with rocks in Ecuador. Government calls it an assassination attempt
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Daniel Noboa’s Cabinet denounced Wednesday protesters who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling it an assass...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Three activists from Newfoundland detained by Israeli military: advocacy group
ST. JOHN'S - An advocacy group in Newfoundland and Labrador says three activists from the province were recently detained by the Israeli mil...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
IRS to furlough nearly half of its workforce as shutdown enters second week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated...
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October 8, 2025
Metro Vancouver reports 16% drop in per-capita greenhouse gas emissions
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver says its latest climate-action report shows per-capita greenhouse gas emissions have declined 16 per cent since 20...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
How Gen Z protesters brought down Madagascar’s government and now want the president out
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar are continuing for a third week in the most sign...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Alberta’s Smith says Prime Minister Carney speaking Trump’s ‘love language’
TORONTO - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is lauding Prime Minister Carney's ability to speak the "love language" of U.S. President Donald Tr...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Carney pitches Keystone XL restart in exchange for progress on aluminum, steel
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump as par...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Indiana set to execute man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of small-town teenage girl
CHICAGO (AP) — Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Manitoba RCMP officer charged with assault after man’s lung punctured in arrest
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba RCMP officer has been charged with assault after an accused shoplifter's lung was punctured during an arrest.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Man in life-threatening condition after cherry-picker catches fire in North York with multiple people inside
Toronto police and firefighters responded to a fire in the area of Haynes Avenue and Assiniboine Road around 10:50 a.m., according to a post...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Hamas wants to trade Gaza hostages for these high-profile prisoners. Israel views them as terrorists
CAIRO (AP) — As talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release gather pace, Hamas is expected to seek the release of some of the highest-prof...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Winnipeg judge stays charges against Peter Nygard
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge has stayed charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Winnipeg judge stays charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard
A lawyer for Nygard had argued the charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement should be stayed because of police bungling.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Puerto Rico police probe killings of 5 men tortured and left naked
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican authorities on Wednesday investigated the killings of five men whose naked and tortured bodies wer...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Turkish FM says sides are close to a Gaza ceasefire agreement
ANKARA (AP) — Talks on bringing an end to the war in Gaza are on the verge of reaching a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Turkish Foreign...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg judge stays charges against Peter Nygard
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge has stayed charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Two taken to hospital after cherry-picker catches fire in North York
Toronto police and firefighters responded to a fire in the area of Haynes Avenue and Assiniboine Road around 10:50 a.m., according to a post...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a tireless advocate for Detroit, dies at age 80
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80, according to her family.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
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October 8, 2025
Sports resume at schools for military families after a disruption caused by the government shutdown
Extracurricular activities have resumed at schools for military families after a pause tied to the federal government shutdown halted sports...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
City of Toronto hosting free viewing parties for Blue Jays playoffs
The first watch party will be held Wednesday just after 7 p.m. in Mel Lastman Square, as the Jays take on the New York Yankees.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Dozens of ailing animals found in New York home where elderly woman was ‘trapped’ by debris
NORTHPORT, N.Y. (AP) — More than 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator in New York where authorities also discovere...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Manchester synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State group, police say
LONDON (AP) — The assailant in last week’s attack on a synagogue in the British city of Manchester that left two congregants dead claimed al...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Manchester synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to Islamic State group, police say
LONDON (AP) — The assailant in last week’s attack on a synagogue in the British city of Manchester that left two congregants dead pledged al...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025