Author: News Room

The University of Ottawa says there is a “violent incident occurring on campus,” telling students to avoid the area and shelter in place if they are present at the school. Students on campus are being told to find an enclosed area and lock or barricade the door, turn off the lights and mute all electronic devices.“Take cover and remain silent until authorities instruct otherwise,” the school said in a notice on its emergency alert website and app. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. “If a violent…

As far as Darko Rajakovic is concerned, the tension of not knowing if his Toronto Raptors will reach the NBA playoffs or stumble into the play-in tournament this weekend is “the beauty of the job.” The Raptors visited the New York Knicks on Friday and will host the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in the final two games of the regular season, with a win in either game clinching Toronto’s first playoff berth in four years. If the Raptors lose both games, they’ll have a longer route to the playoffs, having to advance through the four-team play-in tournament.“This is what we…

San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Russian Hill house early Friday morning, The San Francisco Standard reports. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras shortly before 7AM ET. Later that morning, someone matching the suspect’s description was seen making threats outside OpenAI’s Mission Bay offices, where he was arrested around 9AM ET.OpenAI spokesperson Jamie Radice confirmed the incident in a statement to The Verge, saying, “Thankfully, no one was hurt. We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our…

Summer movie season is fast approaching, and this year’s slate is bringing everything from the highly anticipated return of The Devil Wears Prada to a live-action remake of Moana. Whether you’re searching for a hit of nostalgia, itching to catch a glimpse of your favourite superhero returning to the big screen or looking to enjoy fresh stories, there’s a new movie dropping almost every week. Grab your popcorn — here’s a rundown of the biggest movies coming out this summer.The Devil Wears Prada 2Release date: May 1Set nearly two decades after the original film, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily…

Donald Trump has spun the recent rescue of a downed airman whose fighter jet was destroyed behind Iranian borders as a resounding success. But the story is very different in one of the many viral, AI-generated Lego videos that have been produced by Iranian content creation group Explosive Media in the weeks since the US and Israel began dropping bombs on the country. In Explosive Media’s music video take on how things played out, the US military is a joke for losing multiple planes and helicopters, and spending “$100 million just to save one guy.”The video’s shots of Lego jets…

NEW YORK, April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the end of the settlement date of March 31, 2026, short interest in 3,694 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 16,513,796,397 shares compared with 16,179,628,406 shares in 3,657 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 13, 2026. The March short interest represents 2.73 days compared with 2.42 days for the prior reporting period. Short interest in 1,642 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 3,881,873,664 shares at the end of the settlement date of March 31, 2026, compared with 3,792,945,487 shares in 1,649 securities for the previous reporting…

SÃO PAULO, April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dakila Pesquisas has just launched a Manifesto Video about the Amazon that positions itself as a contemporary milestone in the way the world understands, protects, and lives within the largest rainforest on the planet. The production introduces Safari Brasil as a structuring and innovative project that proposes a new path for preservation combined with human development, placing local communities at the center of decision-making and transformation. The full video is available by clicking HERE. The audiovisual piece emerges as a global call and presents a powerful vision of a living, vibrant Amazon led…

Livestock organizations in New Brunswick are banding together to call for proper consultation after the province’s decision to end government-run veterinary and lab services. The province plans to phase out services over three years and will be handing off animal medical care to private providers.The newly-formed Agriculture Alliance of New Brunswick-Industry Vet & Lab Services Response Committee says the move, which was announced as part of New Brunswick’s recent budget, will affect farm owners throughout the province.And yet, no one was consulted.“It really feels very disrespectful to us as an industry that there was no plan made for this,” said…

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted April 10, 2026 3:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former interim NDP leader Don Davies will continue to act as the party’s parliamentary leader in the House of Commons while new leader Avi Lewis remains outside of Parliament. The House of Commons resumes sitting Monday for the first time since Lewis won the NDP leadership on March 29 and he announced the new critic roles for his caucus in a news release today.The list includes appointing his former leadership rival Alberta MP Heather McPherson as the…

Amazon Luna announced a big change on Friday that will prevent players from purchasing third-party games and subscriptions. The cloud gaming service will remove previously purchased games on June 10th, 2026, though they’ll still be available to play on other platforms through the EA, GOG, or Ubisoft accounts players used when purchasing the title.In line with these changes, Amazon Luna will no longer support EA, Ubisoft, or GOG’s third-party stores. It’s also discontinuing subscriptions to Ubisoft Plus and Jackbox Games, and says it will cancel active subscriptions purchased through Luna at the end of the billing cycle. Amazon Luna is…