🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Two people dead after small plane crash and fire near Fergus, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the amateur‑built sporting biplane crashed near Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17 after taking off from Fergus airport around 10 a.m.; both occupants, described by the Transportation Safety Board as experienced pilots, were pronounced dead at the scene and OPP cleared the area Saturday around noon.
- Suspect sought after early‑morning break‑in and sexual assault in Old Town Toronto. Toronto police say they were called around 5 a.m. Friday to Richmond St. East and Sherbourne St.; the victim escaped and the suspect, described as a white male with a skinny build and scruffy facial hair, fled the scene and remains wanted by investigators.
🏈 Sports
- Senators’ early 4‑1 start tied to a visible attitude shift, coach says. Ottawa is 4-1 after five games and head coach Travis Green credited the group’s renewed identity after the departure of former captain Brady Tkachuk; Ottawa rallied from a 2-1 deficit to tie Nashville with 1:23 left and won 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday.
- Gradey Dick faces the Raptors for first time since 2023 draft trade. Dick, traded from Toronto in the package for Kawhi Leonard, described the matchup as “bittersweet” before suiting up in Vancouver; the Raptors originally picked him 13th overall in 2023 and he averaged 9.2 points in 20 minutes per game across three seasons in Toronto.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Complaint filed to Ontario medical college over MP’s MAID commentary. Claire Brosseau filed a complaint against Dr. Marcus Powlowski for writing that illicit drugs such as fentanyl are “painless” and “readily available” in a supplementary opinion to a parliamentary MAID report; Powlowski made the remarks in a joint special committee submission on MAID and persistent mental disorders.
- Accused in lengthy Kingston sexual‑assault trial begins defence. Court proceedings in Kingston have moved into the defence phase in the long‑running sexual‑assault trial, marking a major procedural shift in the case.
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- Questions over Quebec government’s impact on Alto high‑speed train plans.
- Funding freeze leaves private career college students in limbo.
