As a persistent heat wave continues to scorch California, the body that runs the electric grid for most of the state asked residents Sunday to conserve electricity in a statewide Flex Alert. The California Independent System Operator issued the voluntary call to consumers to conserve electricity from 3 p.m. to…

A man who was pulled from the waters near Bluffer’s Park has died, and the search for his brother who went missing in Lake Ontario has turned into a recovery mission, Toronto police say. Emergency crews were initially called to the lake just before 7:30 p.m. for reports of a…

SAN FRANCISCO – A heat wave baking California in triple-digit temperatures continued to strain the electrical system Saturday. But Saturday afternoon, the California Independent System Operator (California ISO), which manages the power grid, said that it did not need to order power outages because the grid was able to handle…

When Toronto tipped off the season without superstar Kawhi Leonard, almost no-one believed the NBA defending champions would have any hope of repeating. The Raptors apparently didn’t get the memo. Toronto opens the playoffs on Monday against the Brooklyn Nets after bulldozing through the toughest schedule of the 22 teams…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – More than 700 fans of Elvis Presley have reserved spots to attend the candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of rock ‘n’ roll icon’s death. The event in Memphis, Tennessee had to be pared down because of the coronavirus outbreak. Every year in mid-August, thousands of Presley devotees…

Only a small fraction of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered but several companies involved say their production lines will start delivering the products faster in the next few weeks. The promise of new arrivals comes as Canada’s chief public health officer,…

OTTAWA Less than two per cent of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is better prepared for a fall wave of COVID-19 than it was in the spring, but also says that wave could…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States. Trump’s executive order said there is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action…

VANCOUVER – Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds has responded to a plea from British Columbia Premier John Horgan for help with messaging to younger residents about partying during the pandemic. Reynolds posted a video to Twitter, framed as a phone call to Horgan, saying young people shouldn’t look to him for…

An arrest has been made in connection with a brutal attack on a Whitby woman who was assaulted while out for a walk in her neighbourhood and left for dead near a creek last month. Investigators say the victim went out for a walk alone along her usual route in…