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Driver facing charges in daycare crash that killed toddler, injured six other kids
A 70-year-old man is facing charges after an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto on Wednesday, killing a toddler and injuring six other children. The man, who was arrested at the scene in Rich...
Sep 11, 2025 Police and fire crews work to remove a vehicle from First Roots Early Education Academy after it was driven through the daycare's window in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims. Many loved ones of the nearly 3,000 peo...
Sep 11, 2025 Sam Pulia places flags on names inscribed in the 9/11 Memorial before the start of a ceremony commemorating the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killer but provide little about motive
OREM, Utah (AP) - Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away a...
Sep 11, 2025
Study estimates 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke caused 82,000 premature deaths globally
Smoke from record-breaking Canadian wildfires in 2023 caused an estimated 5,400 acute deaths and about 82,100 premature deaths worldwide, a new study shows. The study published in the peer-reviewed jo...
Sep 10, 2025 Smoke from wildfires fills the air in Kelowna, B.C., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk fatally shot during Utah college event
OREM, Utah (AP) - Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that the state's governor called a "po...
Sep 10, 2025 Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
Vancouver festival attack suspect faces 31 more charges as he is ruled fit for trial
The suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack is facing 31 more charges, all for attempted murder, in addition to 11 charges of second-degree murder. The attempted murder charges were des...
Sep 10, 2025 Members of the Vancouver Police forensics team examine a victim's phone while investigating the scene where a vehicle drove into crowd at a street festival Saturday evening in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
Carney says temporary foreign worker program needs a 'focused approach'
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's temporary foreign worker program needs a "focused approach" that targets the needs of specific sectors and regions. Addressing the Liberal caucus in Edmonton t...
Sep 10, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during an announcement at the Newdock Shipyard in St. John's on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover
WOHYN, Poland (AP) - Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as an deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NA...
Sep 10, 2025 Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged UAV shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo)
Thousands sign parliamentary petition to make fibbing politicians pay political price
A Toronto man wants to make honesty the best political policy by passing a bill that would hold members of Parliament more accountable for telling lies. Federico Sanchez has initiated an electronic pe...
Sep 10, 2025 Chairs and desks sit empty in the Chamber of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
New French PM Lecornu faces censure threat on first day amid nationwide protests
PARIS (AP) - Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Sbastien Lecornu faced the threat of a no-confidence vote on the first day he took office, amid widespread protests across France on Wednesday. Lecor...
Sep 10, 2025 Newly named Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu arrives at the Prime Minister residence for a handover ceremony with outgoing French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, in in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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