
Toronto police say a 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man are facing charges including second-degree murder after a homeless man died as a result of several violent attacks on people in the city’s downtown core.Det. Sgt. Stacey McCabe says the attacks targeted vulnerable people and took place between 5:45 a.m. and 8:07 a.m. on Aug. 31.She says the accused – one of whom was armed with a hammer – approached a homeless man in the area of Yonge and Dundas streets and began beating him.
September 15, 2025 - 11:33 | | The Globe and Mail
A dozen people have been displaced from their residences after a massive fire ripped through several townhomes in the southeast Calgary community of Seton on Saturday night.
September 15, 2025 - 11:19 | Craig Momney | Global News - Canada
WASHINGTON D.C. — The economies of both the United States and Canada are facing headwinds generated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war. With central bank decisions looming in both countries amid rising unemployment, the National Post spoke with American economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin this week to discuss where things are heading.
Holtz-Eakin is the president of the American Action Forum, a Washington-based think tank and nonprofit policy institute that promotes free-market policy solutions. He previously served as chief economist of President George W. Bush’s Council of...
September 15, 2025 - 11:19 | Tracy Moran | National Post
Canada's chief electoral officer says overall voter turnout in the spring election was 69 per cent, higher than 2021, and that advance voter turnout hit an all-time high.
September 15, 2025 - 11:17 | David Akin | Global News - Canada
A Toronto teacher has been relieved of their duties pending an investigation after showing a group of Grade 5 and 6 students “a portion of a violent video” related to the assassination of U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Corvette Junior Public School principal Jennifer Koptie, in a letter sent to parents on Friday, said the incident is “extremely troubling and unacceptable.”
Koptie said that the footage was shown to the French Immersion students because they had questions “about a recent tragic event in the United States.”
“The video is believed to have been shown once by...
September 15, 2025 - 10:54 | National Post Staff | National Post
Another big outing from one of the Toronto Blue Jays' oldest players has set the stage for the newest.
September 15, 2025 - 10:26 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa