MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were hurriedly evacuated. Mayor Giuseppe Sala said there were no reports of injuries or deaths, but that firefighters were kicking down…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the drama “Lou Grant,” died Sunday. He was 91. Asner’s…

TORONTO — A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Toronto this afternoon as hot and humid weather persists in the city. Environment Canada issued the advisory for the city of Toronto, as well as the regions of York, Durham, Halton and Peel. The national weather agency said severe thunderstorms…

By Kirk DickinsonAugust 29, 2021 1:54pmIt will likely be a very wet and rainy Sunday for most of southwestern Ontario. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chatham-Kent, Windsor-Essex, Sarnia-Lambton and London-Middlesex early Sunday evening. As of 6 p.m., Environment Canada said meteorologists were tracking a line of thunderstorms over…

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say one person has died after they were injured at a golf course near Guelph during Saturday nights storm. Wellington OPP say they incident occurred at a golf course in Erin, Ont. shortly after 6 p.m. One person was injured during what police described as…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., rushing from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (230 kph)…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida knocked out power to the entire city of New Orleans, hours after blasting ashore as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S., New Orleans government officials said. The city’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness said on Twitter that…

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the City of Toronto. The weather agency says that the system is currently located near Gormley but is moving southeast towards the city. They say that it is capable of producing wind gusts of up to 90 km/hr, nickel-sized hail and…

Toronto Pearson Airport has issued a statement instructing travellers departing Saturday to arrive early. The airport says it is expecting an anti-mask protest to take place at terminal three from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. We do not expect any significant operational impacts, but we kindly ask that passengers scheduled…

A man is dead and two women are injured after an early morning shooting downtown on Saturday. At around 5 a.m., Toronto police officers were in the area of Adelaide and Duncan streets when they heard the sound of gunshots. When officers arrived at the scene, they found two women…