 | | | | | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | |  | | | | May 21 , 2025 at 06:15:39 p.m. EDT • : | | Toronto city council held a moment of silence on Wednesday in memory of three children killed in a crash on a Highway 401 exit ramp on the weekend. | | Read more | |  | | | | May 21 , 2025 at 11:30:30 a.m. EDT • : | | Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city is facing a nearly $40 million shortfall in money needed to host six FIFA World Cup matches next year, after a new report revealed that a substantial amount of funding pledged by the province will be used up for various services. | | Read more | |  | | | | May 21 , 2025 at 10:20:45 a.m. EDT • : | | Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was announced Wednesday as the NBA's Most Valuable Player, his first time winning the award. It's now seven straight years that a player born outside the U.S. won MVP, extending the longest such streak in league history. | | Read more | | |  | | | | May 20 , 2025 at 11:10:39 a.m. EDT • : | | A man facing impaired driving charges in connection with a deadly Toronto crash that killed three children and sent three others to hospital briefly appeared in court Tuesday morning. | | Read more | |  | | | | May 20 , 2025 at 01:32:26 p.m. EDT • : | | Canada Post has received a strike notice from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers. As CBC's Clara Pasieka reports, workers plan to walk off the job at midnight on Friday. | | Watch | | | |  | | | May 21 , 2025 at 01:25:55 p.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | May 21 , 2025 at 05:42:20 p.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | May 20 , 2025 at 06:39:43 p.m. EDT • : | | | Watch | | | | |  | | | May 20 , 2025 at 05:39:37 p.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | May 21 , 2025 at 09:50:12 a.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | |  | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | | |
