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Ontario’s inspector general of policing will conduct a provincewide independent review of police in the wake of a corruption scandal involving more than half a dozen Toronto police officers. Ryan Teschner said incidents of corruption “understandably shake public trust” and a thorough independent investigation is needed to answer the public’s …

Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Toronto Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez has announced his retirement, ending a career that saw the former big-league catcher …

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will …

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a large shuffle of deputy ministers and senior public servants …

The United States on Wednesday approved $11.1 billion US in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China. The Taiwan arms sale announcement is the second under U.S. President Donald Trump’s current administration, and comes as Beijing ramps …

The Liberal government will begin rolling out a long-awaited automatic tax filing system for low- income Canadians and make the national school food program permanent in advance of a federal budget that the prime minister is promising will lay the groundwork to support the country’s most vulnerable citizens.  Prime Minister …

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. Ishiba, who took office last October, had resisted demands from mostly right-wing opponents within his own party for more than a month, saying such …

China on Tuesday announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports — a fresh escalation in a yearlong trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August. The provisional rate will be set at 75.8 per cent, effective from Thursday, the statement said. China …

Superstar Taylor Swift on Tuesday announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Swift, who has won 14 Grammys, including an unprecedented four trophies for album of the year, announced the album in a podcast episode with her boyfriend and NFL star, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce. “This is my brand new …

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi sparked a major fire, Russian officials said Sunday, as the two countries traded strikes and the Ukrainian president announced a prisoner exchange. More than 120 firefighters attempted to extinguish the blaze, sparked after debris from a …