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Tornado season starts in Ontario
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (244+ words) The federal government announced Sunday that one person has tested positive for Hantavirus in British Columbia. Alessandra Carneiro has the details as the provincial and federal government both say the public risk remains low. Ontario's first tornado for the season…...
Toronto Rock take NLL Cup with win over Halifax Thunderbirds
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (328+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 9: 34 pm. Owen Hiltz and Chris Boushy each had three goals and an assist, Mark Matthews had a goal and three assists, and Nick Rose made 34 saves as the Toronto Rock defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds 12-7 to win the National…...
Gilgeous-Alexander tops Wembanyama in MVP battle, but rivalry just beginning
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (1259+ words) By Michael Grange, Sportsnet Posted May 17, 2026 8: 24 pm. The battle won, now comes the war." Shai Gilgeous-Alexander"is the NBA's most valuable player for 2025-26. For the second consecutive season, he's been recognized for the league's top individual honour. At 28 years old…...
Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen dead after car crash
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (332+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 6: 29 pm. Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen has died. AIM Booking Agency, which represents Derksen, says in a social media post she died in a car accident but no further information about the crash was included. A…...
Heat warning issued for Toronto and parts of the GTA
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (12+ words) City News Toronto...
Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest 'game"
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (651+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 4: 48 pm. SOOKE " A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a "game" the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen…...
Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
12+ hour, 39+ min ago (742+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 3: 37 pm. The collision involved two U. S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet. The aircraft were performing an aerial demonstration when the crash…...
Conservative MP Michael Chong travelling to Taiwan to 'assert Canadian sovereignty"
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (321+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 4: 10 pm. OTTAWA " Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to assert Canadian sovereignty. The former cabinet minister says the trip is to show solidarity with Taiwan, and also to spite China's…...
Toronto police searching Earls Bales Park area for missing teen
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (356+ words) Posted May 17, 2026 3: 56 pm. Toronto police are searching for a teen girl who has been missing since late Friday evening. Investigators say 14-year-old Esther was last seen around 11: 30 p. m. at a community centre in the Earl Bales Park area in North York…...
Man dead in early morning stabbing in Etobicoke
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (253+ words) The Public Health Agency of Canada says one of the four Canadians isolating in British Columbia who had been on a cruise ship where there was an outbreak of hantavirus has tested positive. Each year, 200 playful puppies begin an incredible…...