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Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across Europe on Saturday to call for an end to Israel’s nearly two-year war in Gaza. In London, police detained at least 175 protesters who displayed support for a banned pro-Palestinian group.

Fourteen months after stealing one of Banksy’s iconic ‘Girl with Balloon’ paintings from a London gallery, UK suspect Larry Fraser was jailed for 13 months on Friday. The 49-year-old used a hammer to smash his way into the Grove Gallery in September 2024 and steal the beloved painting (valued at £270,000), and despite trying to...

London police arrested more than 400 people on Saturday as supporters of the recently banned ‘Palestine Action Group’ staged a protest at Parliament Square. The protests in London were among a number of protests across the globe on Saturday opposing Israel’s planned siege of Gaza City and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the enclave.

Health officials in London, Ontario, trace a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed four people to a local food plant. Premier Doug Ford officially launches construction on Highway 413 but faces questions about the project’s cost and his personal involvement in changing its route. And a Toronto police officer pleads guilty to assault and...

Four foreign nationals were killed when a small plane crashed at London Southend Airport on Sunday shortly after takeoff, British police said on Monday.

Tensions in the Middle East remain high, as a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran shows signs of collapse. This follows weeks of hostilities sparked by Israel’s targeted strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, aimed at crippling its nuclear capabilities. Darya Dolzikova, London-based researcher in proliferation and nuclear policy with the Royal United Services Institute, joins...

Police in London, Ont, made the largest fentanyl seizure in the city’s history on Wednesday, seizing nearly 35 kg of the drug with an estimated street value of $2.8 million. The seizure followed search warrants at six locations in London, Toronto and Hamilton. Four men have been arrested so far.

A London police officer showed dozens of videos from a bar at the centre of the world juniors sexual assault trial. Sean O’Shea reports.

In 2018 police interviews played at the world junior hockey sex assault trial, court hears former players give their accounts of what they say happened at a London hotel. The videos and an audio recording are being shown during the testimony of Stephen Newton, who was the lead investigator on the sexual assault investigation filed...

Five gold-medal-winning Canadian junior hockey players go on trial in a London courtroom Tuesday. The five are accused of sexually assaulting a female complainant in a downtown hotel suite in June of 2018. As Sean O’Shea reports, the London police reopened the investigation after initially closing the case without laying charges.

A teenager has died following a collision with a vehicle in the west end of Peterborough early Saturday. Peterborough police say around 3 a.m. officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a delivery truck along the North Monaghan Parkway. Police say the driver remained on scene and provided first-aid to the victim...

Ottawa Police Detective Akiva Gellar said Wednesday that a famous portrait of a scowling Sir Winston Churchill taken from the halls of Ottawa’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier has been tracked down in Italy after a two-year investigation. The portrait was determined to have been sold through an auction house in London to an Italian buyer, both...

The Winston Churchill portrait that was stolen more than two years ago from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa has been found, police announced on Wednesday. According to authorities, their investigation led them to a male suspect in Ontario and that the portrait was sold at auction in London, U.K., to a buyer from Italy...

A rare summer hearing of the House of Commons status of women committee descended into partisan bickering Wednesday, prompting two women who were there to speak as witnesses to first turn their backs, then walk out of the committee in disgust. The meeting was scheduled after the killing of Breanna Broadfoot, 17, in London, Ont.,...

London police Chief Thai Truong said Monday that drugs from the safe supply program were being “diverted” and sold on the streets of London, Ont., “fueling the drug trade.” Truong said that drugs such as hydromorphone were being sold in exchange for fentanyl.

During a speech in London, Ont., Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre expressed his condolences to the family of Breanna Broadfoot, a teenage victim of domestic violence. Poilievre criticized the Liberals and NDP for implementing what he referred to as a “catch and release” justice system, which he claims allows repeat violent offenders to go free. Citing...

Thousands of people in Alberta are on the move as a wildfire rages through Jasper National Park, one of Canada’s most treasured and popular parks. Heather Yourex-West explains what complicated the scramble to escape, and what officials are preparing for; and Alissa Thibault reports from Clearwater, B.C., where many evacuees ended up. With multiple high-profile...

Terrorism charges have been filed against the suspect accused of killing four members of a London, Ont., family in what police have called a targeted attack on Muslims. Nathaniel Veltman was already facing first-degree and attempted murder charges. Catherine McDonald has more.

Video posted to Twitter showed anti-vaccine protesters trying to push through a police line and charging the doors of a former BBC headquarters in west London on Monday in a misguided attempt to disrupt the organization’s operations – which mostly moved out the building eight years ago.

One man was sent to hospital after his car left the roadway and struck a fence on Stewart St. Tuesday night. Emergency crews were called to the scene north of London St. just before 9 p.m. The man was the lone occupant of the car. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Peterborough...