NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, headed to a US federal prison to begin a three-year sentence on Monday (May 6), taking a parting shot at his former boss in remarks to reporters as he left his Manhattan apartment building. “I hope that when I rejoin my family and […]
Voters are heading to the polls to elect a member of Parliament in the British Columbia riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith today in what could be an indicator of the October federal election. The leaders of the Liberals, Conservatives, Greens, NDP and the People’s Party of Canada have all visited the riding since the byelection was called. […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Monday. The Met Gala is tonight, and the theme is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.” What exactly does that mean? Weather: Put some spring in your step: It’ll be partly sunny, with a high near 70. No rain is expected. Alternate-side parking: In effect […]
Your phone rings once and the caller leaves no message. Thinking you missed a call, you call the number back. Someone answers or maybe you get a recording. You stay on the phone listening to the person or trying to decipher what the recording is saying. Unknown to you, though, you have been connected to […]
A North York woman was found Saturday hoarding almost 300 cats in her apartment, according to Toronto Cat Rescue (TCR). According to a post shared to the organization’s Instagram, the TCR worked with Toronto Animal Services to remove over 70 cats from the apartment, which the TCR states are all doing well in their foster […]
A Humboldt bus crash survivor was one of more than 120,000 people running simultaneously across the world for a good cause on Sunday. Ryan Straschnitzki, 20, an Alberta hockey player paralyzed from the chest down, participated in the Wings for Life World Run Calgary at 5 a.m. MST, coinciding with the 11 a.m. UTC global […]
On Friday, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the federal government’s carbon tax, deeming it constitutional. Some in Saskatchewan are faithful the carbon tax fight isn’t over yet. Premier Scott Moe said he will be appealing the decision with the Supreme Court of Canada. A Yellow Vests Rally held on Saturday had […]
Protesters chose a former military installation in Old Montreal to continue the fight against the Quebec government’s proposed secularism legislation. “It’s deplorable to me to think they’re just going to use the notwithstanding clause because it’s convenient for them,” said Ronit Yarowsky, who attended the rally wearing a kippah. Related Montreal mayor, opposition leader team […]
IRAPUATO, Mexico — Soon after taking office in December, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared war on fuel theft, an enduring scourge that had been costing the nation billions of dollars a year. Thieves had launched a particularly damaging attack, draining 1.5 million gallons of gasoline through a single illegal tap over 10 hours and […]
A film about the killing of a young Indigenous man in Saskatchewan has won a top prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Tasha Hubbard’s “nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up” has won the best Canadian feature documentary award, which comes with a $10,000 cash prize. The film, which opened the festival, is about the […]