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Southwestern Ontario has become a hub for the hottest-­selling vehicles in North America. Toyota’s announcement Tuesday that its Cambridge plant will make the RAV4 after the Corolla is phased out solidifies Ontario as a centre for crossover utility ­vehicle (CUV) production, industry observers say.

Who Is Melissa Click? University of Missouri communications professor has landed at the center of a media firestorm after a widely-circulated video showed her trying to blockade a student reporter from the site of an on-campus protest on Monday — at one point calling for “muscle” to forcibly remove him. Students and faculty gathered in support of the activist group …

Pan-fried, grilled or barbecued meat, cooked at high temperatures or over an open flame, may increase the risk of kidney cancer, a new study has claimed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study illustrates how diet and genetics may interact to impact cancer risk.

Allen Toussaint, the versatile producer, songwriter, pianist and singer who was a fixture of New Orleans R&B, died Monday after appearing in concert in Madrid. He was 77. In the 1960s, he wrote and produced a series of hits for New Orleans artists, such as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas and the Neville Brothers, among many others. Many of his hits …

Being wealthy increases a person’s chances of securing an organ transplant, a new study has found. Individuals living in higher income neighborhoods are more likely to register with multiple transplant centers and have increased access to organ transplants, Columbia University Medical Center researchers report. The new study was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

Chester Bennington joined Stone Temple Pilots back in 2013 after the departure of longtime singer Scott Weiland. Although Bennington cites Stone Temple Pilots as one of his main influences, he’s decided to part ways with the band. “The last few years have been an amazing experience,” Bennington wrote in a statement. “I got to create and perform with one of …

Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68. Gunnar Hansen moved to Maine from Reykjavik at the age of five with his family. They then re-located to Texas, where he attended high school and university. He secured …

Burt Reynolds is still hurting over his split from Sally Field more than three decades ago, insisting she remains “the love of my life.” The pair dated in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but their five-year romance ended up resulting in a split which was so nasty, that they didn’t talk for two decades. Burt Reynolds has now said …

Two Louisiana cops were arrested and charged for fatally shooting a six-year-old. The officers were also arrested, following a Louisiana State Police (LSP) review of body camera footage that captured the fatal encounter.

One person was killed and two others were injured during a shooting near Penn Station. An NYPD spokesman said the shooting occurred on in the subway station at Eighth Avenue and 35th Street at 6:14 a.m., following a dispute inside a nearby McDonald’s. The assailant followed the victims down the stairs and fired at least four shots, police said.

Jennifer Lawrence and Natalie Dormer accidentally kissed at the London premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 on Thursday night. Jennifer Lawrence has a habit of sneaking up on her friends being interviewed on the red carpet, but her mischief took an unexpected turn this week when she did it to “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” …