Peterborough Latest News

• U.S. streaming industry slams CRTC rules for Canadian content investment

  The Motion Picture Association, which represents U.S. streamers including Netflix, said the new rules impose unprecedented, unnecessary and discriminatory investment obligations.

  Canada

  37 mins
• Illegal cigarettes with ‘gigantic’ profit margin are costing Canadians billions

  The sale of counterfeit cigarettes is rising in Canada, despite fewer people smoking them, a study found. Advocates are calling for legislative reform to stop this trade.

  Crime

  37 mins
• Kevin Warsh sworn in as U.S. Fed chair facing inflation, policy pressures

  Trump said he wanted Warsh to be 'fully independent' in his new role, but also urged him to recognize that 'growth does not mean inflation.'

  U.S. News

  1 hour
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• Kingston leaders call on Ontario to support marine conservation in Great Lakes

  Kingston councillors are calling on the federal and provincial governments to undertake a feasibility assessment for the creation of a protected marine area in Lake Ontario.

  Environment

  1 hour
• Ontario city considers $300 fines when pets are left in hot vehicles

  Following an early summer heat wave, the City of London is considering the implementation of a new fine for owners who leave their pets in hot vehicles.

  Canada

  2 hours
• Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death

  No cause of death has been given, though his family said earlier he had been hospitalized with a 'severe illness' three days before he was to compete in the Coca-Cola 600.

  Sports

  2 hours
• Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

  U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss the human smuggling case for 'selective or vindictive prosecution.'

  U.S. News

  2 hours
• Alberta’s referendum question could ‘chill’ private investment, expert says

  With Alberta moving closer toward a referendum vote to potentially leave Canada, experts say there could be a 'chill' among private investors in some nation-building projects.

  Canada

  3 hours
• Ontario government lifts freeze on freedom of information requests

  Senior civil servants who process access to information requests across the provincial government were told to pause their work while new guidance rules were written.

  Politics

  3 hours
• Mother who drowned her 3 kids at Coney Island sentenced to 20 years to life

  Erin Merdy, 34, was sentenced for drowning her children — who were three months old, four years old, and seven years old — in the ocean near their home in Coney Island.

  U.S. News

  3 hours
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• Canadian couples want money for wedding gifts to buy a home: survey

  Nearly eight in 10 (79 per cent) Canadians would 'consider requesting money for a down payment on a home as a wedding gift' rather than receiving a traditional wedding gift.

  Canada

  3 hours
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• Midnight shooting on Highway 401 leaves one person with minor injuries: police

  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after reports of gunfire on Highway 401 in Mississauga left one person injured by shattered glass debris.

  Crime

  3 hours
• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends separatism referendum

  Premier Danielle Smith answered questions and providing more information about the Alberta separatism question being added to the October referendum.

  Politics

  4 hours
• Australian man dead after 400-metre fall during hike on Peru’s Inca trail

  Members of a rescue team found the body of 52-year-old Matthew Cameron Paton, a Victoria Police Department sergeant, on Thursday about 400 metres down a steep slope.

  World

  4 hours
• Tulsi Gabbard says she’s resigning as U.S. national intelligence director

  Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.

  U.S. News

  4 hours
• Canada adds Ebola screening at airports as Ontario test comes back negative

  Dr. Joss Reimer said the testing was done proactively after an individual returned from Ethiopia and reported symptoms 'consistent with a range of illnesses.'

  Health

  5 hours
• Ottawa to pay tax bill imposed on Laval, Que. after corrupt ex-mayor’s fraud

  He was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to repay the city more than $8 million, including $7 million that was held in a Swiss bank account. 

  Canada

  5 hours
• Montreal farm recalls broccoli microgreens for possible E. coli contamination

  A Montreal-based farm has issued a recall for its broccoli microgreens due to possible E. coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.

  Health

  5 hours
• Trump official tried to ban voting machines in half of U.S. states: sources

  Sources say White House adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging claims, pushed a plan to target Dominion voting machines.

  U.S. News

  6 hours
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• Would Canada be ready for an Ebola outbreak? Experts say yes

  Symptoms are similar for all strains of Ebola and can start with fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, according to the World Health Organization.

  Health

  6 hours
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• U.S. notes ‘slight progress’ in Iran talks, but uncertain deal will be made

  Rubio said he didn’t want to exaggerate the progress, saying there had been “a little bit of movement and that’s good.” He said the conversations were ongoing.

  World

  6 hours
• Second batch of U.S. government declassified UFO files released

  Trump is the latest president to release U.S. government reports on unidentified flying objects, a disclosure process that began in the late 1970s.

  U.S. News

  6 hours
• Daylight saving time could become permanent as U.S. House revives bill

  The bill still must pass the full U.S. House, and then the U.S. Senate would consider whether to take up the measure, after unanimously passing a similar bill in 2022.

  U.S. News

  6 hours
• Read Danielle Smith’s full address on Alberta’s future

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered a lengthy address defending a proposed referendum question on separation while urging Albertans to remain in Canada.

  Politics

  6 hours
• Trump calls Stephen Colbert ‘no talent’ as he signs off final ‘Late Show’

  'You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone,' U.S. President Donald Trump wrote.

  Entertainment

  6 hours