A 41-year-old man is dead and the province’s Special investigations Unit has been called in after a serious collision involving a motorcycle and a police cruiser in Mississauga. The collision happened at Tomken and Derry roads at around 6:50 p.m., Peel Regional Police said. According to the SIU, the motorcycle …

TORONTO – Shadows of last week’s shooting in Orlando hung heavy over the IHeartRadio Canada Much Music Video Awards as some of music’s biggest names took moments from the celebration to acknowledge the tragedy. As pop singer Nick Jonas stepped onto the Toronto stage to accept his award for international …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed 14 Nepalese security guards in an attack Monday on their minibus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Interior Ministry and an Afghan security official said. The Nepalese were on their way to the Canadian Embassy where they work as guards, according …

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) – Salam Ashara and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected the civil war in their country to rage for years with no signs of relenting and create the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The Asharas were among the …

GENEVA (AP) – The U.N. refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year. The previous year, 2014, had already seen the highest number of …

ISTANBUL (AP) – Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the EU to evaluate Syrian refugees’ protection claims before returning them to Turkey citing a lack of refugee rights. It said in a statement released for World Refugee Day that refugees in Turkey lacked access to jobs, education and health care. …

BRUSSELS (AP) – Brussels remains on high alert with increased security after a weekend sweep which left three in jail facing terrorism charges. The MIVB metro system says a half dozen subway stations have reduced entry on request from authorities but all subway lines were running during the morning rush …

TOKYO (AP) – The U.S. robotics expert tapped to head Toyota’s Silicon Valley research company says the $1 billion investment by the giant Japanese automaker will start showing results within five years. Gill Pratt told reporters that the Toyota Research Institute is also looking ahead into the distant future when …