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Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 177 stories
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Emergency crews were called to Fairway Drive, near Bellamy Road North and Lawrence Avenue East, just before 1:30 a.m. Police are investigating a suspected arson after three vehicles caught fire on a residential street in Scarborough. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze but three vehicles were damaged.
“The Toronto Police have my full support as they search for the criminal or criminals responsible and ensure they are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” Last night, MP Salma Zahid’s car was set on fire outside of her home in Scarborough. But such attacks are unacceptable and will not deter me from my work serving Scarborough Centre-Don Valley East.” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement he’s relieved Zahid and her family are safe. Toronto Fire said they battled the blaze, knocked down the fire and then handed on the investigation to police.
China Photos/Getty Images More than 100 of the nearly 1,300 people missing after large floods in a border area of Nepal and China were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a sacred site in the Himalayas. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters The disaster has left at least 270 dead and 826 people missing in Nepal, and three dead and 558 missing in Tibet, authorities said. Nepal’s tourism board said 25 of the missing were from Canada.
Inside the early battle against the ferocious Bald Range wildfire The state of provincial emergency was declared hours after the Bald Range wildfire forced residents west of Okanagan Lake to flee, with more than 20,000 people evacuated from their homes. However, the area of 4,700 square kilometres burned by about 1,100 fires so far this year has only been a fraction of the area burned in other years – such as 2023 when a record 29,000 square kilometres burned.
Traffic is currently limited to one lane in each direction through the westbound lanes, with an 80 km/h construction speed zone in effect. Highway 1 through B.C.’s Fraser Canyon is now open in a limited fashion after being closed due to a wildfire for seven weeks. B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation says there is single-lane alternating traffic through a two-kilometre section extending from one kilometre south of the Alexandra Tunnel to one kilometre north of the Alexandra Tunnel.
More than 1,300 people, including more than 700 foreign nationals, are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a large collapse of mud and rock into a Himalayan river triggered catastrophic flooding across local towns and valleys, authorities have said. At least 270 bodies have been recovered by authorities in Nepal, police said, while Chinese state media reported at least three deaths in Tibet. Nepalese police and tourism officials confirmed on Thursday that more than 500 foreigners were among 823 people missing in Nepal.
© Tenzin Choejor, AP The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority in Nepal said 826 people were missing and the death toll from the country’s flash floods rose to 165, as rescue teams were searching for survivors along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse. Flash floods that struck the Himalayan border region of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday have killed at least 165 people.
Hundreds were killed in Nepal and Tibet, and more than 1,400 people are missing. Stunned witnesses described a torrent of debris and water carrying away villages in minutes.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his failed plan to sell a stake in World Cup revenues to investors, including Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, for $4.2 billion, a price UEFA lawyers called a “fraudulently off-market price".
“UEFA and its counsel are MONACO — UEFA is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Swiss courts for possible financial mismanagement over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors.
Allen, which inherited the NFL team after his death in 2018, agreed to terms with the Khosla family after a search for a new owner. They understand the passion of the NFL, they understand the 12s, they understand this Seattle community and the NFL. Vinod Khosla thanked Jody Allen and the Allen Trust “for trusting us with this franchise”.