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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Cobourg, Ont., man is facing eight charges after police say additional alleged victims were identified in an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a tailoring business in Brighton. The investigation began on Aug. 20 after officers received complaints about incidents at the business, Northumberland OPP said in a news release Friday.An employee, a 53-year-old man from Cobourg, was arrested and charged on Aug. 24. As the investigation continued, police said additional alleged victims were identified, resulting in further charges. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as…

TORONTO – The “Eve of Toronto” has a followup. And it’s providing plenty of colour on the wall in Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s office. Star pitcher Dylan Cease’s latest artistic output – safe to call it “Tom Selleck” given the block letters of the actor’s name are sprawled across the canvas – was hanging Friday afternoon in the same spot his previous painting occupied.“I was like, why Tom Selleck?” Schneider said in a pre-game media availability before the Blue Jays played the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre. “And he said something about his moustache, and people were saying it…

Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled StarCraft. Dan Hay, a VP at Blizzard, took the stage at BlizzCon today to reveal that after more than a decade of lying dormant, StarCraft would be returning in 2030. But, rather than another top-down real-time strategy installment, the new title would be an open-world shooter.He then showed…

U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada wants to reach a deal with the United States “very badly” and suggested an agreement could come “fairly soon” if Ottawa addresses his concerns about agricultural trade. Trump made the comments Saturday in Ireland, where he was asked whether he was considering withdrawing from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.“No, we’re doing great. We’re gonna have a great relationship with Mexico,” Trump said.He then turned his attention to Canada, saying the two countries have a good relationship while repeating his criticism of the trading relationship.“We actually have a good one with Canada, but the United States…

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) Securities Class Action Hagens Berman Highlights Lawsuit Targeting Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) Over Alleged Misleading Statements SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP alerts investors in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed after its surprising revelations concerning a Phase 3 clinical trial of a therapy intended to treat patients with melanoma. The news that the trial failed drove the price of Regeneron shares sharply lower and, along with the severe market reaction ($11 billion market cap wipeout), triggered the lawsuit which seeks to represent investors…

A Canadian childhood cancer charity is calling on the federal government to provide more financial support to families whose children are undergoing cancer treatment. The foundation has seen demand for its financial support programs rise 40 per cent over the past two years, but says government funding has not kept pace.“This is the time to step up, talk to our parliamentary leaders, as well as make sure those families going through it have a helping hand,” said Kyle Smith with Childhood Cancer Canada.The charity is asking Ottawa for $15 million in the next federal budget to sustain those programs, while…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 27-year-old Stoney Creek, Ont., man is facing hate propaganda charges following an investigation into content posted publicly on social media, police say. Investigators received a report in July 2025 about content posted to an account on X, Hamilton police said in a news release on Saturday. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. The force’s Hate Crime Unit launched an investigation into the account and the material being shared.Police said investigators identified an individual from Stoney…

Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that “Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work.”LG released a statement in which it claims that its “TVs do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations,” and that wake-word detection is all processed locally. However, the word “continuously” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here as Gamers Nexus demonstrated an LG TV keeping extensive logs…

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As artificial intelligence reshapes how consumers discover, evaluate and choose products, traditional public relations is entering a new era. At the IEAE Shenzhen International Consumer Electronics Exhibition this month, Desmond Ip former Block (formerly Square) Engineer, Co-founder and COO of DigiMentumPR shared insights into how AI search is changing brand discovery and why technology companies increasingly need to build not only media visibility, but also long-term authority and trust across the digital ecosystem. Speaking at two industry sessions on Sept. 4 and Sept. 6, Ip examined the growing intersection of AI search,…

Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada’s “Achilles heel” — a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy. Hundreds of global and domestic investors with trillions of dollars in assets under management will descend on a downtown Toronto hotel on Sept. 14 and 15 for Canada’s first-ever national investment summit.Carney, cabinet members, premiers and other Canadian business leaders will be there with lists of major projects across the country.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s got a list of 34 proposed projects she’ll be shopping to…