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January 3, 2026
Nine-year-old boy critically hurt after becoming trapped in Markham house fire
Police said the boy was found on the second floor as fire crews evacuated the burning house on Spragg Circle, near 16th Avenue and Ninth Lin...
The Toronto Star
January 3, 2026
Toronto Zoo announces sudden, ‘heartbreaking’ death of giraffe Kiko
The 13-year-old Masai giraffe died New Year’s Day after suffering fatal injuries when he became caught in a door, the zoo said in a social m...
The Toronto Star
January 3, 2026
Coast Guard suspends search for 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a cruise ship
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a cruise ship near Cuba on New Year...
The Toronto Star
January 3, 2026
Former baseball player Lenny Dykstra faces drug charges after New Year’s Day traffic stop
Retired professional baseball player Lenny Dykstra faces charges after Pennsylvania State Police said a trooper found drugs and paraphernali...
The Toronto Star
January 3, 2026
Police watchdog investigating incidents in Abbotsford and Victoria
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating two separate incidents that happened in the province in the past week.
The Toronto Star
January 3, 2026
US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged d...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Zohran Mamdani’s first full day as NYC mayor: subway rides, new offices and backlash from Israel
NEW YORK (AP) — Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Ma...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Zohran Mamdani’s first full day as NYC mayor: subway rides, new offices and backlash from Israel
NEW YORK (AP) — Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Ma...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Suspect in fast-food robbery arrested eating burgers, fries on Winnipeg bus: police
WINNIPEG - A New Year's Day fast-food restaurant heist in Winnipeg ended with a suspect being arrested on a city bus eating burgers and frie...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Minnesota must provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe by next week
Minnesota officials have until next week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive federa...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Minnesota has less than 1 week to provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe
Minnesota officials have less than one week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive fed...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Possible coastal flooding in B.C.‘s south coast, Environment Canada warns
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of possible coastal flooding this weekend in southern British...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Forensics officers comb for clues in death of 10-year-old boy in Barrie
Neighbours said they were shocked by the New Year’s Eve discovery of the child’s body, along with his mother who remains in hospital. No cau...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Forensics officers comb for clues in death of 10-year-old boy in Barrie
Neighbours said they were shocked by the New Year’s Eve discovery of the child’s body, along with his mother who remains in hospital. No cau...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Alberta group gets green light to collect signatures for separation referendum
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's election agency has fired the starter's pistol on the race to collect enough names for a referendum on...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
What to know about Carnival season, Louisiana’s biggest celebration
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As residents across much of the country take down their holiday decorations, sobered by New Year's resolutions and a...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Young child critically hurt in Markham house fire
Police said the child was found as fire crews evacuated the burning house on Spragg Circle, near 16th Avenue and Ninth Line, on Friday.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
CP NewsAlert: Alberta group gets green light to collect separation signatures
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's election agency has fired the starter's pistol on the race to collect enough names for a referendum on...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
City of Surrey lawsuit alleges fraud funds deposited in CIBC, Coast Capital accounts
VANCOUVER - The City of Surrey is suing the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Coast Capital Savings to recover more than $2.5 million a...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
City of Surrey lawsuit alleges fraud funds deposited in CIBC, Coast Capital accounts
VANCOUVER - The City of Surrey is suing the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Coast Capital Savings to recover more than $2.5 million a...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Fire in Marieville, Que., apartment building leaves two dead and one injured
MARIEVILLE - Two people are dead and one is injured following an apartment building fire in Marieville, Que., east of Montreal.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Dog dead, pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by driver near Exhibition Place
Police found the injured man and dog at Lake Shore Boulevard West and Remembrance Drive just after 2:15 p.m. Friday. The dog died at the sce...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Premier blames former Calgary mayor, who now leads Opposition, for city’s water woes
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is laying Calgary’s latest water problems squarely at the feet of her chief political rival.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Alberta man charged with child luring after U.S. detective posed as teen online
A Calgary man faces a criminal charge in the United States after an online child sex-crime sting operation.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Alberta Tory Party says prepping for possible spring election against Smith’s UCP
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The leader of a rival party to Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives says they’re scrambling to organize...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Deer with arrow in chest and antlers sawed off found at Park Lawn Cemetery, police investigating
A deer was found in Park Lawn Cemetery with its antlers sawed off and an arrow sticking out of its chest.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
B.C. home grant threshold falls for first time since 2020, as Vancouver values drop
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has dropped its threshold for its homeowner grant program for the first time in six years as asse...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Car thieves staged crash, took off with luxury Acura in Vaughan overnight, police say
At about 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a carjacking in the area of Hilda Avenue and Pinewood Drive, they said in a news release.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Judge refuses to order release of man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge on Friday refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with planting two pipe bombs o...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Anthony Joshua’s driver charged after deadly crash in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeri...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Some Haitian migrants arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day deported to U.S.
Some of the 19 migrants of Haitian origin arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day have been deported to the United States.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Calgary housing market closed out 2025 with 14% fewer home sales in December: board
CALGARY - Home sales in the City of Calgary fell 14.2 per cent in December compared with a year earlier as prices decreased to close out the...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Rhode Island firefighters rescue a yellow Lab from an icy pond on New Year’s Day
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year's Day af...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Federal judge dismisses Louisville police reform agreement spurred by Breonna Taylor’s death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over p...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Judge dismisses Louisville police reform proposal with the US Department of Justice
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over p...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack
A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Suspected deadly mountain lion attack in Colorado is not the first such harrowing encounter
A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Talking cows? N.S. researchers think they are getting closer to understanding moos
HALIFAX - Researchers at Dalhousie University are looking into an age-old question from farmers: when an animal makes a noise, what is it tr...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
FBI says it disrupted a potential New Year’s Eve attack inspired by Islamic State group
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The FBI said Friday it had disrupted a plot to attack a North Carolina grocery store on New Year's Eve, arresting a m...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
FBI says it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group
The FBI said Friday it had disrupted a plot to attack a North Carolina grocery store on New Year's Eve, arresting a man who officials said w...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Tractor trailer crash critically injures two in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Two people have been critically injured in a crash involving a tractor trailer and two smaller vehicles in Metro Vancouver on New Y...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
One man hurt after two overnight shootings in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating two separate shootings that happened overnight that saw one man injured.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
College football’s Urban Meyer joins board of Florida college transformed by DeSantis
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — College football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer has been appointed to the board of trustees at a small public liberal arts...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Line fixed that supplies power to remote First Nation, Manitoba Hydro says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says crews have completed repairs to a downed power line that supplies energy to a remote First Nation that is hom...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Investigation continues into the New Year’s Eve bar fire in Switzerland, in photos
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss investigators say they believe sparklers on Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a Swiss ski...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Police investigation continues into death of 10-year-old child in Barrie, Ont.
BARRIE - Police in Barrie, Ont., say they will have a "significant" presence today and tomorrow in the area of a home where a child was foun...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Nova Scotia landlords say reduced Halifax Water hike still too high for renters
HALIFAX - Halifax landlords are trashing a reduced rate hike by Halifax's water utility, saying a proposed 17.6 per cent increase this year...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
Nova Scotia offshore regulator looking to study potential Wind West sites
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s offshore energy regulator wants to begin studying areas of the ocean that could be home to the first turbines in Pre...
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ends oath ceremony with performance by Toronto rapper
The Punjabi artist changed his song lyrics, originally about Brampton, to shoutout parts of New York instead.
The Toronto Star
January 2, 2026