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One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a vehicle plunged into Lake Ontario early Saturday morning, Toronto paramedics say. Emergency crews were called to the Toronto shoreline in the area of Cherry and Polson streets at around 3:30 a.m. for report of a vehicle in the …

Homicide investigators say a father and son were the victims of a double homicide at their home in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday night. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said in a Saturday statement that a 46-year-old man and his 13-year-old son were killed at their home in the 6200 …

An Ontario non-profit group focused on preserving the province’s disappearing old barns has launched a census to track them. ‘At the rate they’re disappearing, we need to be acting very fast,’ says founding director. Old rustic barns have long been a key part of the rural landscape in Ontario, and …

Nearly half of meat consumers said they planned to buy less meat in 2023, Ipsos polling shows. Food researchers are saying that after years of being told to eat our veggies, inflation could be the reason we actually do it.  Consumers are changing their shopping and dining habits to cut …

Bashir Ahmad Azizi, a former Canadian Armed Forces military interpreter, has been arrested by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, CBC News has learned. Azizi and his family have been in hiding for two years as they await immigration paperwork that would allow them to come to Canada.  Bashir Ahmad Azizi’s …

Two friends from Calabogie, Ont., made a daring rescue in frigid water on Wednesday morning after they found an overturned truck with its driver inside sinking into a swamp. Devin Campbell was driving home from a trip to Renfrew with his father when he rounded a tight corner on Barryvale …

The federal government says Canada’s promised oil and gas emissions cap framework could drop any day. Here’s what we know about it.  The government’s measures to control fossil fuel emissions are set to be released at COP28. The federal government says Canada’s promised oil and gas emissions cap framework could …

A man accused of fatally shooting four people in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood last weekend was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 11 years, a court heard earlier this year. Jamie Randy Felix was arrested early Friday morning and charged with four counts of second-degree murder and one …

Some farm animal sanctuaries in Nova Scotia say they are overwhelmed by the number of pot-bellied pigs being surrendered to them, typically after their owners decide they’ve gotten too big or are too much work.  People adopt the animals, but don’t do proper research, owners say. Some farm animal sanctuaries …

Mike Medeiros is the co-owner of Carleton Mushroom Farms in south Ottawa. (Submitted by Lufa Farms) A heated exchange in the House of Commons thrust a south Ottawa mushroom farm into the spotlight this week. During Wednesday’s question period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sparred over …