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Construction worker Jason Francis rushed to the Newmarket OSPCA Tuesday morning after he saw his cat on the front page of the Star as one of 350 animals scheduled to be euthanized. “It was kind […] […]

Toronto’s annual gay pride festival is a major event, attracting an estimated 300,000 tourists to the city and ploughing $136 million into the local economy. Last year, it was deemed worthy of a $397,500 grant […] […]

SAINT-JUDE, QUE.—Four people, including two children, are missing after a landslide struck a house northeast of Montreal. Officials say the house collapsed when the landslide struck near the Yamaska River at about 9 p.m. Monday. […] […]

The director of the Special Investigations Unit has intervened in a landmark court case that will decide whether police officers routinely break the law during SIU investigations.  Ian Scott has asked a judge to rule […] […]

A bogus AIDS charity that claimed it was curing disease in Africa with more than $200 million in life-saving drugs has been shut down by the Canadian Revenue Agency. The Orion Foundation, whose boss had […] […]

A man was found shot dead in southwestern Ontario early Monday after police say he exchanged gunfire with officers and rammed their cruisers with a tractor. Ontario Provincial Police said members of its Grey County […] […]

VANCOUVER- A five-year battle by Canada’s self-styled “Prince of Pot” to avoid extradition to the United States on drug charges appeared to be over Monday. The federal justice minister has ordered Marc Emery surrendered to […] […]

Memorial services are taking place later to mark the 25th anniversary of the fire at Bradford City’s Valley Parade stadium in which 56 people died. Hundreds of people are set to gather in the city’s […] […]

An alligator wrestler who is known to fans as the “Swampmaster” has been hospitalised after being bitten by a 2.4 metre long alligator while performing before a live audience. 45-year-old Jeff Quattrocchi was in the […] […]

Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Billings medical marijuana business early Monday and spray-painted “NOT IN OUR TOWN” on its storefront, the second such act in as many days, authorities said. […] […]