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Former NBA player Jontay Porter is due in court Wednesday to face a federal criminal case tied to the betting scandal that got him banned from the league earlier this year.

Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontario’s largest cities, as the rodents that typically lurk underground become more visible thanks to a combination of construction and climate change.

In 1999, Paula Schnurr and Patti Moore were part of a group in Toronto that ran to set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time in which 100 women ran a one-mile relay. That record stood for 24 years until an American team beat it by five minutes last year. On Sunday, 100 women in Hamilton won in back, they say.

In its efforts to press the Ontario and federal governments to do more to address mercury contamination of its river, Grassy Narrows First Nation told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that many community members are struggling to do everyday things like go to work and school. During the virtual public hearing, the First Nation called for justice after decades of mercury poisoning.

The U.S. and other NATO allies said at Tuesday’s summit they will send Ukraine dozens of air defense systems in the coming months, including at least four Patriot systems.

Splashback over city’s bid to fine tourists who pee in sea

The Saskatoon Fire Department says no one was injured after a fire that broke out in a basement apartment on Tuesday morning.

It a homecoming of sorts for Smetham, who was born in England and moved to Canada at the age of four

Claims adjusters are on standby as remnants of Hurricane Beryl bring heavy rainfall and flood conditions through parts of Ontario and Quebec.  Beryl is expected to hit Southern Ontario with 20 mm to 40 mm of rainfall per hour, beginning…The post Canada’s insurance industry braces for Beryl appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.