Donald Trump has said he would “head to the US Supreme Court” if Democrats in Congress launched impeachment proceedings against him. Just minutes after he was condemned by the UK government’s spy agency for promoting a conspiracy theory that it had helped the Obama administration covertly surveil his election campaign, the president launched the latest […]
[For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.] John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on Wednesday […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The US Justice Department is calling for Goldman Sachs to plead guilty for its role in the massive corruption scandal involving Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, The Financial Times reported. That recommendation applies to any settlement between Goldman Sachs and US or state authorities, newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources. It would be […]
Regina and Saskatoon are teaming up to address urban transportation challenges. Through a partnership, both municipal governments are calling on companies to pitch new approaches or technology solutions that will reduce reliance on personal vehicles and improve mobility around the two cities. “Saskatoon is home to so many innovative tech start-ups and companies and we have […]
The City of Montreal says it is working on a bylaw to ban single-use plastics by the spring of 2020. The ban would include plastic straws and cutlery, plastic and Styrofoam glasses and Styrofoam packaging, such as the kind you get in supermarkets with your meat and vegetables. The city says two-thirds of our garbage […]
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (REUTERS) – The leader of an armed group that spent two months detaining migrants at the US-Mexico border, drawing condemnation from civil liberties advocates, was hospitalised after he was attacked in jail, his lawyer and authorities said. Larry Hopkins, 69, was in a hospital with broken ribs after being attacked on […]
Officials with the Guelph Humane Society say they are looking for information after a cat was left on the side of the road in a plastic tote bin on Monday. The black feline was found at around 4:30 p.m. by a driver at the intersection of Imperial and Westwood roads, and she was brought to […]
Halton Regional Police have released images of two women wanted in the alleged theft of several cheese wheels from two Burlington grocery stores in early April. Investigators from the Retail Theft Unit say the alleged thefts happened on the evening of April 5. Both incidents were observed through security surveillance video. The first is at […]
[Read the latest edition of Crossing the Border, a limited-run newsletter about life where the United States and Mexico meet. Sign up here to receive the next issue in your inbox.] MCALLEN, Tex. — The 3-year-old boy was alone, and crying. Early on Tuesday morning, Border Patrol agents at the Fort Brown station in South […]
A funeral service for the late Tony Musitano has taken place at a church in Strathcona. Musitano, who had ties to a well known Hamilton crime family, recently passed away from natural causes at the age of 72. His funeral was held at Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King located on King Street West on […]