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'Tron: Ares' brings the Grid, light cycles and Nine Inch Nails soundtrack, to Comic-Con
Published Jul 26, 2025 • 2 minute read Jeff Bridges, from left, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith attends a panel for "Tron: Ares" during Comic-Con International on Friday, July 25, 2025, in San Diego. Photo by Richard Shotwell / Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Grid took over Comic-Con on Friday, bringing the stars of the new 'Tron: Ares' films to unveil footage and reveal the story behind the franchise's third movie. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The film stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith as the story brings the virtual environment of the Grid, complete with light cylces, into the real world. Disney showed off several minutes of footage, including a light cycle chase scene in the real world and another in the red-hued Grid. Propelling the onscreen action is a propulsive Nine Inch Nails soundtrack. 'It's fun to see it on the big screen for the first time,' said director Joachim Rønning. Disney turned the Hall H panel into a spectacle, with red lasers filling the room and characters in suits with red lights entering the massive hall. Asked what excited her about joining the 'Tron' franchise, Lee responded: 'I just wanted to ride a light cycle.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Leto spoke affectionately about the original saying: 'This movie just grabbed a hold of me and took me to a place that I'd never been before. It kind of rattled my imagination and it kind of showed me what was possible in the world.' He praised Bridges and Steven Lisberger, who created 'Tron' and directed the 1982 original. Lisberger attended Friday's panel and laid out his case for why the franchise remains relevant. 'My feeling about 'Tron' is that the most important thing is we kick this technology around artistically before it kicks us around,' Lisberger said. 'I am weary about hearing all the grim news about the future,' he said, and the way he thinks it can be avoided is to 'inspire young people what can be done with this technology.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Friday's panel ended with the premiere of the music video for 'As Alive as You Need Me to Be,' the first Nine Inch Nails song from the soundtrack. 'Tron' has never been in the top tier of sci-fi franchises. The original 1982 film starring Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a man sucked into a computer vortex known as the Grid, was admired for its ground-breaking concept and effects, and was a modest hit with moderately good reviews. Perhaps more importantly, it won a cult following and has been maintained enough in cultural memory to remain a valuable property for Disney. The 2010 film 'Tron: Legacy,' starring Bridges and Garrett Hedlund, made more than $400 million globally. A TV show that followed, 'Tron: Uprising,' lasted just one season. Rønning has helmed other Disney franchise films: 2017's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' and 2019's 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.' The Norweigan director said he was interested because he dreamed about making a sci-fi film and enjoyed the twist of 'Ares' bringing the Grid into the real world. Leto and Bridges are both Oscar winners, and Rønning is an Oscar nominee. Columnists Toronto & GTA Columnists Sunshine Girls Columnists
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'Alien: Earth' oozes into Comic-Con Day 2, 'Predator: Badlands' slays and 'Tron: Ares' dazzles
Published Jul 26, 2025 • 4 minute read Sydney Chandler and Timothy Olyphant speak onstage at FX's "Alien: Earth" Panel during 2025 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 25, 2025 in San Diego, California. Photo by Amy Sussman / Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Grid has overtaken Comic-Con. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Disney unveiled details about 'Tron: Ares,' which stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges and Greta Lee at an evening presentation in Comic-Con's famed Hall H. It will be the third feature film in the 'Tron' franchise that kicked off with the hit 1982 film and had a 2010 sequel, 'Tron: Legacy.' The original starred Bridges as a computer hacker who gets trapped in a digital world. The Oscar-winner drew the biggest applause when introduced during the panel. 'Tron: Ares' sees the Grid breaking through the real world. The other major presentations Friday included updates on the final season of 'Outlander' and its prequel series 'Outlander: Blood of My Blood,' 'Alien: Earth' and 'Predator: Badlands.' An estimated 135,000 people from around the globe are expected to attend Comic-Con 2025, which runs through Sunday in downtown San Diego. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Fans on opening day got a preview of 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2,' 'The Toxic Avenger,' and a joke-filled session with comedians Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias and Jo Koy. 'Predator: Badlands' slays Comic-Con The Predator is on the hunt again. Director Dan Trachtenberg brought new footage from 'Predator: Badlands' to Comic-Con's Hall H, showing off an unfinished cut of the movie's first 15 minutes and bringing the film's stars. The massive convention hall erupted in cheers at clip, which featured a family of Predators fighting. The early scenes set the stakes for the movie, which is about a Predator sent on its first hunt on an unforgiving planet. Trachtenberg said one inspiration behind the movie was the realization that 'The Predator never wins.' He wanted to see what that would look like but didn't want to make a slasher film, he said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Elle Fanning, who plays a cyborg who spends much of the film strapped to the young Predator's back, said her first foray into sci-fi presented many new acting challenges. 'I was really strapped to his back for hours and hours,' she said. While that was physically challenging, she said, at least she wasn't acting across from a tennis ball, which is often used to give actors a sense of the scale of computer-generated characters. 'Badlands' changed the Predator costume from previous iterations, keeping everything as a tangible costume except for the face. That allowed her to act opposite Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, which Trachtenberg said allowed for more emotional range from the Predator. The movie takes place on a deadly planet where Trachtenberg said all the plants and animals are trying to kill the Predator. Moderator Kevin Smith (yes, the 'Clerks' director) likened it to 'essentially Australia in space.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Trachtenberg also showed a clip that will be added to the animated 'Killer of Killers' movie, which will become a new end credits scene. It shows an expansive prison of cryogenically frozen beings, three of whom are the human protagonists — all killers of Predators — from the first two 'Predator' movies and 'Prey.' The new scene was added to the film, which streams on Hulu Friday night. 'Predator: Badlands' arrives in theatres Nov. 7. 'Alien: Earth' oozes its way into Comic-Con It won't be long before audiences get to see the Xenomorph in 'Alien: Earth.' But there are some new alien life forms creator Noah Hawley will introduce in the upcoming FX series. Hawley and the cast screened the first episode for a packed Hall H at Comic-Con to cheers and a few scared noises when a new creepy-crawly alien creature claimed its first victim. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Hawley, who created the 'Fargo' series, said showing audiences new creatures is central to recapturing the feel of the original 'Alien' movie. One of the things he's good at is 'understanding what the original movie made me feel and why and trying to create it anew,' he said. Part of the power of Ridley Scott's 'Alien' is 'the discovery of the life cycle of this creature,' Hawley said. He said he was trying to capture the 'genetic revulsion of 'Alien' for the first time.' The show stars Sydney Chandler as a new life-form created when the consciousness of a young girl is transferred into an adult body with superhuman strength and speed. Asked how she reacted to seeing the Xenomorph on set for the first time, Chandler said, 'I almost peed. I became a kid again. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'A xenomorph was in my night terrors as a kid.' The first episode introduces the doomed crew of the USS Maginot and the aftermath its crash-landing in an Earth city after some of its specimens break free. Set in 2120, it unspools two years before the events of 'Alien.' The early moments establish the world as a place controlled by massive corporations and where humans, cyborgs and synthetic humans coexist. Babou Ceesay plays a cyborg whose mission is to protect the alien species at all costs. Humanlike, he has an arm that was likened Friday to a Swiss Army knife. But Ceesay said his character has been away from Earth for more than 60 years and isn't as advanced as he seems: 'He's coming back to a planet where he's essentially an iPhone 1 in an iPhone 20 world.' The show premieres Aug. 12 on FX. Is 'Alien vs. Predator' next? The topic of the ultimate matchup between Aliens versus Predators came up during both sessions Friday. The matchup of the two fearsome aliens has been the subject of comic books, video games and a 2004 movie. Hawley didn't spill any news about reboots. Trachtenberg, who Smith described as the keeper of the Predator franchise now, had a simple answer: 'Wouldn't it be cool?' Columnists Toronto & GTA Columnists Sunshine Girls Columnists
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39 minutes ago
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Shocking plunge by Southwest flight departing L.A. was to avoid another aircraft
Published Jul 26, 2025 • 2 minute read A traveler walks through the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, April 18, 2023. Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP LAS VEGAS (AP) — Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge to avoid an oncoming aircraft were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane before landing safely in Las Vegas. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Boeing 737 jet dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 seconds during a flight on Friday, according to a flight tracking website. Caitlin Burdi, who was on the flight, said it took a short plunge and then a more drastic drop as passengers screamed in terror. 'We really thought we were plummeting to a plane crash,' Burdi told Fox News Digital in an interview at the Las Vegas airport. She said the pilot told passengers they had nearly collided with another plane. The Federal Aviation Administration said the flight, Southwest 1496, was responding to an on board alert about another aircraft in its vicinity. The FAA is investigating. Southwest said the crew responded to two alerts that required the pilot to climb then descend. The flight left Hollywood Burbank Airport just before noon. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Another passenger, comedian Stef Zamorano, said she saw a woman who wasn't wearing her seat belt shoot up and out of her seat, and a man next to her was clutching her arm. A woman across the aisle was panicking, she said. 'She was pretty much verbalizing how we all felt, saying, 'I want to get off this plane. I want to be on the ground',' Zamorano told The Associated Press on Friday. Another woman was panicking and saying she wanted 'to get off this plane.' The plane was in the same airspace near Burbank as a Hawker Hunter Mk. 58, according to the flight tracking site, FlightAware. Records show it is owned by Hawker Hunter Aviation, a British defence contracting company. The company didn't respond to messages on Friday and Saturday seeking comment. Southwest said the flight continued to Las Vegas, 'where it landed uneventfully.' The airline said that it is working with the FAA 'to further understand the circumstances' of the event. This close call is just the latest incident to raise questions about aviation safety in the wake of January's midair collision over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. Columnists Toronto & GTA Columnists Sunshine Girls Columnists
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39 minutes ago
- Sport
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Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh, a year after Paris, set to duel at worlds
Published Jul 26, 2025 • 5 minute read Canada's Summer McIntosh celebrates after winning the 400-meter individual relay in Paris. Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post One is the most decorated, most celebrated, most everything female swimmer ever to dive into an Olympic-size pool. Her name is known worldwide, and somehow, at 28, Katie Ledecky is showing no signs of slowing down. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The other is a decade younger and somehow making the kind of splash the sport hasn't seen since, well, Ledecky. Canada's Summer McIntosh already has scrawled her name across the record books, and most around the pool deck agree her fastest races are still ahead of her. The two will meet twice in Singapore at the world swimming championships, which start Saturday, including in an 800-meter showdown that is shaping up to be perhaps the most anticipated race of the year. Almost from the time Ledecky slipped on a pair of swim goggles, the 800 freestyle has been her signature event. She was 15 when she won gold in it at the 2012 London Olympics. The world's best distance swimmers have been left gurgling in her wake ever since. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ledecky has never lost an 800 race in a major meet. Heading into this year, she owned 19 of the 20-fastest 800 times; had set or lowered the world record six times, after breaking it for the first time as a 16-year-old phenom in 2013; and won the past seven world titles and four Olympic golds in the 800. She surprised many in the swimming world when she lowered the record again in May, posting a time of 8 minutes 4.12 seconds at a meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But McIntosh, the all-around dynamo who won three gold medals at last summer's Paris Games, decided to formally add the 800 to her program this year, and she already has made clear to the world she will be a formidable challenger to Ledecky's dominance – and, just maybe, the 800 record. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Barely one month after Ledecky set the Fort Lauderdale pool on fire, McIntosh put up the third-fastest 800 time in Victoria, British Columbia, turning in an 8:05.07 finish at the Canadian trials, nearly five seconds faster than her previous best. Both swimmers have a busy week ahead in Singapore, but the 800 final next Saturday will draw the brightest spotlight. Rarely is Ledecky pushed to the final wall, and rarely is McIntosh the chaser. 'I think it's always nicer to have someone right beside you,' McIntosh told reporters this month. 'It gives you that extra motivation.' Both swimmers will open the championships with qualifying heats in the 400 free Sunday morning (Saturday night Eastern time), with the finals scheduled for that evening. There was a time Ledecky dominated that distance, too, winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and four world titles between 2013 and 2022. But both Australia's Ariarne Titmus and McIntosh have surpassed Ledecky's world record from 2016. McIntosh posted a time of 3:54.18 at last month's Canadian trials, one of three world records she broke there. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. While the 24-year-old Titmus is skipping these world championships, saying she's focusing her attention on the 2028 Olympics, Ledecky is certainly still a podium favorite in the 400. She posted a time of 3:56.81 in May, which was her fastest 400 time in nearly nine years and the eighth-fastest ever. 'Anytime I get to race Katie, it's a learning experience, and it's always a good race,' McIntosh said. 'I'm really excited to match up with her again in Singapore in the 400 free and the 800. … I think we bring the best out of each other.' One advantage for Ledecky in Singapore: McIntosh is swimming both the 400 and the 200 individual medley in the same session, a grueling double, mentally and physically. Ledecky, meanwhile, is not expected to tackle any doubles at these world championships. Her program is identical to the one she swam at the Paris Games: 400 free, 1,500 free, 4×200 freestyle relay and the 800 free. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Things are clicking with my stroke,' Ledecky told reporters at the U.S. trials in June. 'I've got a lot of confidence. Training has been going really well. Consistency on all fronts has led to this.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO Even as younger swimmers have emerged to top her best times in the 200 and 400 free, Ledecky has remained unbeatable at the longest distances. She has lowered the 1,500 record six times and has posted the event's 23 fastest times. In Fort Lauderdale, she turned in a 15:24.51 finish, the second-best ever and her fastest mark in seven years. The Singapore competition is Ledecky's seventh world championship, more than any other U.S. swimmer. With 21 world titles, she is already the most decorated female swimmer of all time. While Michael Phelps has 26 golds in his career, Ledecky has more individual titles – 16 to 15 – and looks to add to that total in Singapore. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Entering her third world championships, McIntosh, in many ways, is still getting started. She has established herself as the best female all-around swimmer, winning both medley races in Paris, and after these world championships she is moving to Texas, where she will begin training with Bob Bowman, Phelps's former coach, to prepare for the Los Angeles Games. She has made clear she wants to build on her Paris program, and the 800 could represent her best chance at a fifth individual event. McIntosh competed in the 800 at the Tokyo Olympics when she was 14 but failed to reach the final. The 800 mostly fell off her race program, but then McIntosh made waves when she beat Ledecky in an 800 race in February 2024 at an under-the-radar meet in Orlando. It was Ledecky's first 800 loss since 2010, when she was 13. McIntosh opted against competing in the 800 in Paris, though, because it conflicted with the 200 IM. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. While McIntosh acknowledges the 800 clash with Ledecky in Singapore 'will be really awesome,' she's hesitant to declare the race a permanent part of her program. She said it's still not a sure thing as she considers her 2028 targets. There is still a lot of time before Los Angeles – and for McIntosh, that probably means more medals and more records. 'I think the fun part of the sport is not knowing how fast you're going to swim at a meet. Those unknowns are really fun,' McIntosh said. 'I'm feeling really strong in training. Basically, all the work is done at this point.' 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Trains remain halted one day after CN derailment near Brantford
Published Jul 26, 2025 • 1 minute read CN officials examine freight cars on a bridge in Paris, Ont., after about 24 freight cars and one locomotive derailed on Friday July 25, 2025. Photo by Brian Thompson / Brantford Expositor/Postmedia Network Via Rail says trains continue to be halted one day after a Canadian National Railway Co. train derailment of about two dozen railcars and one locomotive. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account A spokesperson for Via says traffic near Brantford, Ont., remains halted due to the derailment, and it is waiting for line clearance from the infrastructure owner. CN spokesman Tom Bateman says crews with the company safely restored train service Saturday morning at the site of the derailment. However, he says workers will remain in the area for several days, and delays in train traffic may be necessary to allow crews to continue working safely in the area. Bateman says there were no injuries, leaks or fires reported, and the cause of the derailment remains under investigation. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Friday it was sending a team of investigators to Paris, Ont., to gather evidence and determine what happened. Columnists Toronto & GTA Columnists Sunshine Girls Columnists
