The Leaders’ Debates Commission is defending its decision to invite Green Party co–leader Jonathan Pedneault to this week’s debates, even though the party is well short of a full slate of candidates.

Friends, family, teammates and members of the team’s front office joined him at Rogers Centre for a celebratory news conference after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. signed a 14-year contract extension worth $500 million US on Monday.

Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by 2SLGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.

The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood says Saturday Night Live has apologized to her for a sketch that mocked her appearance, which she labelled as “mean and unfunny.”

Kashechewan First Nation has declared a state of emergency as the threat of spring flooding looms over the community on northern Ontario’s James Bay Coast.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission claims that by acquiring Whatsapp and Instagram, Meta aimed to eliminate competitors who could threaten Facebook’s status as the go-to social media platform.

President Donald Trump hosted Nayib Bukele at the White House on Monday, encouraging the El Salvadorean president to build more prisons to house criminals deported from the U.S.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched his fiancée Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included singer-songwriter Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host

Erik Soby thought he had a shot at getting into medical school last year. The Torontonian scored high on the standard Medical College Admission Test

Anvi Ahuja noticed a “freaky” new text message from a number she didn’t know right after getting back to her downtown Toronto apartment last month. The