Turkey’s Erdogan launches ’Year of the Family’ with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community
ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” on Monday with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and the announcement of measures to boost birth ...
Biden’s administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national ...
Cineplex reports box office revenue in December up from year ago
TORONTO — Cineplex says its box office revenue for December was up from a year earlier as movies released in November including Wicked and Moana 2 gained momentum. The movie theatre company says box ...
Auger-Aliassime downs Struff to reach Australian Open second round
MELBOURNE, Australia — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the second round of the Australian Open on Monday with a ...
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan, followed by tsunami advisories
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological Agency said Monday, while warning the public to stay away from coastal ...
Boy, 9, killed in single-vehicle rollover on QEW
A nine-year-old boy is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on the QEW in Oakville early Monday. It appeared he was not ...
Toronto homeless man swarming: Legal arguments to begin for 4 girls
Lawyers are set to begin legal arguments today for four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto. The teens are part of a ...
Novak Djokovic and new coach Andy Murray get a win against US teen in Australian Open debut
Still, after dropping his opening set at the 2025 Australian Open on Monday night to Nishesh Basavareddy, an American who left Stanford University and turned pro last month, Djokovic eventually ...
Trudeau says Trump’s comments on 51st state ’flattering’ but a ’non-starter’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is a distraction from more pressing ...
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin calls off debut launch of new rocket in final minutes of countdown
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos founded the company 25 years ago. He took part in Monday’s countdown from Mission Control, located at the rocket factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center about ...
Weekend announcements narrow field of high-profile Liberal leadership prospects
OTTAWA — As a race to elect a new Liberal leader quickly approaches, a high-profile candidate appears set to throw their hat into the ring. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to ...
Los Angeles wildfire death toll surges to 24 as firefighters brace for more fierce winds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a weekend spent blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters got a slight break ...