Southern California’s expensive housing market is going to get a lot more competitive after deadly firestorms torched more than 12,000 homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area, leaving tens of thousands of people without a place to stay. Already there are reports of rent-gouging, prompting elected leaders to issue stern warnings against the … Read more
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the United States after he takes office on Monday. “The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate,” he told NBC in an interview. “If I decide to do … Read more
As It Happens6:21In this Iron Age society, husbands moved in with their wives’ families, not other way around Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn’t surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near Dorset, England. But she was quite surprised to find most of them were related along a single … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 18, 2025 3:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors signed centre Orlando Robinson to a 10-day contract Saturday. The six-foot-10, 235-pound Robinson averaged 2.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 6.3 minutes in nine games with the Sacramento Kings … Read more
The Current23:57This woman woke up blind after drinks tainted with methanol Ashley King went to a bar on a Bali vacation in 2011, and woke up blind just a few days later — a result of drinks spiked with methanol. “I woke up in my hostel and I wasn’t able to breathe. And shortly after … Read more
A South Korean court granted on Sunday an extension of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention, saying there was “concern” that Yoon could “destroy evidence” in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law in early December. Last Wednesday, Yoon became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested. Investigators probing … Read more
Thousands of people from around the United States were rallying in the nation’s capital Saturday for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration, reprising the original Women’s March days before President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Eight years after the first historic Women’s March at the start … Read more
Toronto police have arrested a man who was wanted in connection with two separate assaults in the downtown core earlier this week. According to police, one of the victims was sitting in their car near Dundas Street West and Elizabeth Street, just north of Toronto City Hall, when they were approached by the suspect. Officers … Read more
Mark Carney’s official campaign launch for Liberal leader included high praise from supporters and some unexpected moments behind the scenes, including a glitchy Teleprompter, a mysterious limousine booking and police showing up on scene. The launch tool place at the Laurier Heights Community League in Edmonton in a hall that holds around 140 people. The indoor space … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 18, 2025 2:49 pm Updated January 18, 2025 2:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after an officer shot a man in Camden East on Friday evening. The Special Investigations Unit says provincial police were … Read more