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Peel police appeal for public's help in 'woodland rapist' attacks
Two undated headshots of a man.

Peel Regional Police are appealing for the public's help in connection with historical sexual assault cases dating back decades, saying they believe there may be more victims. 


29 March 2024, 3:46 pm
Half of Canadians support TikTok ban, with U.S. concerns 'trickling' north, poll suggests
A phone displaying the TikTok logo is shown.

A new poll by Leger suggests a slim majority of Canadians are in favour of banning TikTok, the popular social media app.


29 March 2024, 3:00 pm
Canada's Gushue on men's world curling championship: 'I'm going into this like it could be the last'
A men's curler pumps his fist in celebration.

Brad Gushue is approaching this year's men's world curling championship like it could be his last.


29 March 2024, 2:47 pm
Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing Black actor who won Oscar, Emmy awards, dead at 87
A cleanhaven dark-complected man is shown in a closeup photo.

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, for An Officer and a Gentleman, five years after earning an Emmy for his role in the seminal TV miniseries Roots, has died. He was 87.


29 March 2024, 2:28 pm
What Japanese moviegoers have to say about Oppenheimer as it debuts on Hiroshima, Nagasaki screens
A man with his back to the camera polishes a framed movie poster depicting a cleanshaven man in a hat.

Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers' reactions were understandably mixed and highly emotional.


29 March 2024, 1:45 pm
'Let's go Cougars!': Record-setting season has long-suffering Prince George hockey fans believing again
A hockey players in front of a crowd.

After years of struggle, the CHL's most remote team has set franchise records, and enter the post-season at the top of the rankings.


29 March 2024, 11:00 am
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire strands its two titans in a bland, ugly movie
A giant lizard, left and a giant gorilla roar as they run through a cave full of large crystals.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the latest installment in the MonsterVerse series where the two larger-than-life foes (eventually) team up to save humanity. It is also terrible.


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
Patriarch of Canada's largest family-owned egg farm dies at 94
A man sits on a chair holding a tray of eggs in front of a sign advertising his farm.

Joe Hudson was just a boy when he was tasked with raising chicks for an agriculture class in Brockville, Ont., in 1943. That project sparked his family to switch from dairy to egg farming, and today Burnbrae Farms is the longest family-owned egg farm in Canada.


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
Canadian college basketball star Zach Edey dominates NCAA March Madness
A men's basketball is seen after a two-handed dunk.

As the Purdue Boilermakers attempt to move one step closer to a NCAA men’s basketball championship Friday, all eyes will be on Toronto-born superstar Zach Edey. 


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
What happened to stiff upper lip? Redesign of England jersey has soccer fans, politicians throwing fits
A soccer team poses for a photo.

In less than 100 days, England's national soccer team will take to the pitch at the 2024 Euro Cup. But many fans have been focusing their attention not on the players' potential brilliance on the ball, but the shirts on their backs.


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
Doug Ford calls on federal workers in Ottawa to return to office
A premier and mayor shake hands, looking happy.

Ontario's premier wants the federal government to require public servants to work in the office more frequently — but neither the government department responsible for public servants nor one of its main unions appeared moved by the request.


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
Hockey star Connor McDavid now a face of responsible gaming after promoting gambling
A screengrab shows Connor McDavid as he appears in a spot promoting BetMGM's responsible gambling tools.

Athletes aren't supposed to appear in gambling-related advertising in Ontario anymore, though sports fans may have noticed hockey star Connor McDavid in a new spot for BetMGM. That's because he's shown advocating for responsible gambling, which is allowed under the new rules.


29 March 2024, 8:00 am
It's known as one of the world's hardest and most secretive races — and a B.C. man just won
A man in dark clothes and a blue vest is holding up one side of a Ukrainian flag. On the other side is a man in dark clothing, who is also holding up a smaller Canadian flag.

An infamous 160-km race in a dense forest, with elevated terrain and odd customs, has eluded many runners. But this year, Ihor Verys became the first Canadian to complete, and win, the race. 'The body achieves what the mind believes,' he said of the win.


28 March 2024, 11:09 pm
45 dead in South Africa bus crash, 8-year-old girl only survivor, officials say
Firemen spray water on the smoking and mangled wreckage of a bus that crashed onto a rocky area.

A bus carrying 46 people crashed over a bridge in South Africa, killing everyone on board except an eight-year-old girl, local officials said Thursday. 


28 March 2024, 9:26 pm
Schools say kids are compulsively using social media. But experts say they learned from the best
A mother and her two young children takes a 'selfie' outside


28 March 2024, 7:47 pm
Beyonce's new country album is a 'thrilling moment' for the industry. Performers worry it won't last
A woman wearing a rodeo outfit and riding a white horse holds up an American flag. She is wearing a sash that says "Cowboy Carter."

With Friday's release of Beyoncé's full country album, Cowboy Carter, the perception of Black country artists is starting to shift. Will it last?


28 March 2024, 5:59 pm
A million mice are eating seabirds alive on a remote island. Conservationists have a plan
Two birds on a patch of dry grass, with a cloudy blue sky behind them. One of the birds has spread its wings wide, in a display

An albatross versus a mouse might not sound like a fair fight, but on a remote South African island it’s the mice who are winning. The Mouse-Free Marion project has an ambitious plan to turn the tide


28 March 2024, 5:02 pm
CRA pausing new 'bare trust' reporting requirement just days before filing deadline
A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen Monday May 10, 2021 in Ottawa.


19 February 2024, 9:10 pm
Ottawa has proposed a renters' bill of rights. Will it help?
A sign advertises rental apartments in a newly built apartment building on the corner of Waggoners Lane and Rookwood Avenue in Fredericton, N.B>


1 August 2023, 9:19 pm
The current carbon tax debate is important — it's just not serious
A man lights fire using a flamethrower-like instrument in thick forest.


26 September 2019, 9:56 am