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‘If your vehicle is surrounded by water, exit the vehicle ASAP,’ Peel police wrote in a statement on X This still image taken from a video posted to X shows flooding in downtown Toronto on July 16, as extreme rainfall hit the city.Photo by tjfarncombe /X Residents have taken to social media to capture the … Read more

A brazen, caught-on-camera creep tried to kidnap a 3-year-old girl from a Queens day care center by claiming to be the child’s grandfather, police said Thursday. The unidentified man showed up at the Children’s House Montessori School on Leavitt Street near Carlton Place in Flushing around 4:50 p.m. Monday and told staffers he was there … Read more

The size of Canada’s public service has ballooned by 42 per cent since the 2015 election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Numbers posted online by the Treasury Board of Canada puts the current population of the federal public service at 367,772 employees — a 10,525 increase from last year.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press … Read more

Adele has revealed she’s set for a career break (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AD) Adele has given an update on her career plan in a new interview as she revealed she needs a ‘big break.’ Adele is a beloved singer who has had huge success with her four studio albums, 19, 21, 25 and … Read more

The Treasury Building in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press) The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a group of Mexican accountants and firms allegedly linked to a timeshare fraud ring run by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel. Three accountants were hit with sanctions, along with four Mexican real estate and accounting firms. In … Read more

The Country Thunder music festival, which ended Sunday in Craven, saw RCMP respond to 147 calls involving a wide range of offences during the four-day event. Attendees walk through main street at this year’s Country Thunder Saskatchewan music festival on Friday, July 12, 2024 in Craven.Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post During the festival, Saskatchewan … Read more

Democratic efforts to convince President Biden to relinquish the party’s nomination could restart “soon,” three congressional Democratic sources tell The Post — saying the assassination attempt Saturday against former President Donald Trump only temporarily interrupted the momentum. The 81-year-old president’s political fate was the biggest political news story in the two weeks before Trump, 78, … Read more

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez on Tuesday within an hour of his conviction on bribery charges. “In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said in a statement. 3Sen. Bob … Read more

Obituaries and funerals honour what we cherish most about a person — the qualities of a life well lived that transcend material success. Funerals serve as poignant reminders of our mortality and encourage us to contemplate life’s priorities, writes Wendy Reichental.Photo by Christopher Furlong /Getty Images Does size matter when it applies to obituaries? They … Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Biden said Tuesday, “The rent is too damn high.” Well, almost. “Rent is too high and buying a home is out of reach for too many working families and young Americans, after decades of failure to build enough homes,” he said in a White House statement issued as the prez preps … Read more