Two Ontario men accused of being the scofflaw pirates behind years of large-scale digital streaming of copyrighted movies and TV have been sentenced to five years in prison — not for piracy, but for contempt of court — unless they reveal passwords and accounts. Read More

An Ontario man who vanished for three years after being found not criminally responsible for calling the German consulate in Toronto in December 2016 to say a terrorist attack was going to take place that coming weekend in Berlin has been released even though the hospital where he was being treated says he represents a significant threat to the public. Read More

Free money alert: next Monday, the federal agriculture department will begin accepting applications for cash handouts that fund garden boxes, refrigeration units, greenhouses, ATVs, snowmobiles, tractors, hydroponic systems and more. But there’s a catch — anyone who receives these funds must use them to directly support “food production for equity-deserving groups.” Read More

After a three-hour summit meeting in Anchorage last Friday, which most observers described as a “big win” for Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump met in Washington on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders for in a stunning display of high-stakes global diplomacy. Most significantly, they agreed to NATO Article 5-style security safeguards for Ukraine, involving European and possible U.S. monitors on the ground, as a key element in peace negotiations, a concept Trump claimed Putin had supported in principle in Alaska. The Russian foreign minister later walked back that claim, stating "Moscow won’t agree with collective security guarantees negotiated without Russia." Read More

"Canada’s biggest airline is hiding a secret," warned unfaircanada.com, a website campaigning on behalf of Air Canada flight attendants and their union during recent contract negotiations. "Their cabin crew is being forced to work for free during the most critical moments of your flight experience." Except it wasn't exactly true that they were being forced to work for nothing, and it was never a secret. Read More

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said. Read More

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities, a think tank said. Read More

Manitoba RCMP say it is believed a Norwegian trekker who disappeared last week while on a cross-continental journey of the Canadian wilderness tried to cross a fast-moving river and was swept away in the process. Read More

Two Houston food influencers say they are lucky to be alive after an SUV crashed into a restaurant while they were filming inside. Read More

The City of West Kelowna, B.C., has cited public safety to deny a permit for a concert by American Christian singer Sean Feucht, who is outspoken in the Make America Great Again movement. Read More

The Israel Defense Forces on Aug. 10 eliminated Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, who took part in the abduction of Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, the military announced on Tuesday. Read More

The leader of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) apologized for the “hurt, frustration and disappointment” the organization caused after it pulled a documentary about the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel over fears of copyright infringement. Read More

Two proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed in the Quebec Superior Court in the wake of the Air Canada strike. Read More

OTTAWA — The commission tasked with reviewing judicial compensation says that $414,900 per year isn't enough to keep the bench attractive to top applicants and recommends the government increase judges’ salaries by at least $28,000. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Immigration Minister Joseph Schow says he wants Ottawa to stop turning a blind eye to illegal immigration in Canada and have an honest conversation about the strain he says it's putting on infrastructure and public services. Read More

With the announcement this week of the closure of 12 more Beer Store locations in Ontario — bringing the total number of closures to almost 80 this year — consumers may need to rely more on convenience stores and grocers for their alcohol purchases. Read More

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court with sanctions as the U.S. State Department continues to push back on the tribunal. Read More

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the Trump administration was continuing to discuss a ceasefire proposal for Gaza, and confirmed that Hamas had accepted it. Read More

OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it presented new offers to Canada Post today seeking higher wages than the Crown corporation’s latest proposal. Read More

David Eby appears determined to become the funeral director of reconciliation in British Columbia. Once touted as a worthy cause, reconciliation under Eby has become divisive and suspicious. Read More

An Ontario man involved in a violent encounter with an intruder in his own apartment has been charged with assaulting the wanted man. Read More