
As Toronto and Vancouver gear up to co-host FIFA World Cup games this summer, an emergency doctor worries that Canada’s overburdened health-care system won’t be able to handle the extra demand from possible infectious disease outbreaks or weather-related illnesses.
January 19, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
An Ontario woman who regularly shared her experiences as a sexual assault survivor at police training courses says she’s ending her relationship with the Ontario Police College and is raising concerns about what she and several experts say are harmful biases among some officers and a lack of accountability from the college.
January 19, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Bob Pulford was a tenacious penalty-killer and a relentless forechecker whose pesky forays drove hockey rivals mad. Gordie Howe called him “one of my private headaches.”Mr. Pulford, who has died at 89, was a hard-working, two-way player for the Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty of the 1960s, winning four Stanley Cups with the club. An opposing coach once called him “the backbone of the Maple Leafs.”
January 19, 2026 - 00:00 | Tom Hawthorn | The Globe and Mail
It was a weekend of demonstrations in Vancouver with at least 11 protests happening across the city, drawing thousands of people and extra police officers.
January 18, 2026 - 22:59 | | CBC News - Canada
Close doesn’t cut it for the Ottawa Senators any longer. The Senators were good, but not good enough as they dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena. The Sens surrendered two power-play goals in this one and they’ve now given up 41 goals this season with […]
January 18, 2026 - 21:45 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
In early 2019, not long after Joseph-Christopher Luamba got his driver’s licence, the young Black man was randomly stopped by Montreal police while driving to school. They checked his ID and let him go.Eight months later, the same thing happened: randomly stopped, ID and vehicle documents checked, sent on his way.
January 18, 2026 - 20:45 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail

