Big River RCMP believe alcohol is a factor in a Saskatchewan crash that sent seven people to hospital. The collision between two vehicles happened Tuesday afternoon on Highway 793 east of Victoire. Three people in one vehicle and four in the second vehicle were taken to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said. One […]
The decision to publicly release propaganda-style videos recorded by the Parkland, Florida, shooting suspect has infuriated some student survivors and victims’ relatives. Many have spoken out against the decision on social media, and have asked media organisations to refrain from publishing the videos to reduce the level of fame and notoriety the suspect is given. […]
LIMA (BLOOMBERG) – Alan Garcia, a former president of Peru suspected in a continent-wide corruption scandal, shot himself in the head on Wednesday (April 17) as police closed in. Garcia was undergoing surgery in a clinic near his home in Lima, Radio Programas reported. Prosecutors went to his home, saying they had come for a […]
Funding to rehabilitate close to a quarter of Nova Scotia’s aging dikes threatened by rising sea levels is being announced today in the Annapolis Valley. The province and Ottawa will share $114 million in costs of improving over 64 kilometres of dikes and their aboiteaux – sluices under the dikes that allow water out at […]
Kingston has dealt with its share of fires that have destroyed local landmarks. In light of Monday’s devastating blaze at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Global News caught up with a couple of historians to take a closer look at how some local heritage buildings rose from the ashes. One realizes Kingston certainly isn’t […]
In 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped funding research into the causes of gun violence. And for decades the field suffered from neglect: low funding and a corresponding limited interest in academia. Then came a series of high-profile mass shootings. And donations from billionaires. A result has been a recent surge in […]
Donald Trump has vetoed a motion that would have stopped the US providing military aid to Saudi Arabia for their ongoing war in Yemen. Congress had passed a never-before-used war powers resolution in a bid to change White House policy on the conflict, which has raged for four years. Many in Washington have been keen […]
US President Donald Trump has vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. The veto – the second in Mr Trump’s presidency – was expected, and Congress lacks the votes to override it. But passing the never-before-used war powers resolution was viewed as a milestone for […]
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has paid $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused and later kidnapped by a teacher at her Catholic high school in 2016, her lawyer said Tuesday. The case has drawn attention to the problem of sex abuse at Catholic institutions that is committed by church employees who are […]
Lawyers for US President Donald Trump have told an accounting firm working for him that it would be improper to turn over tax documents to a House committee that is expected to issue a subpoena for the material. Last week, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings, announced his intention to subpoena Mazars […]