A hearing to seek the release of evidence that led to the acquittal of a Nova Scotia man who was wrongfully convicted of murder has been set for early this summer. Sixty-three-year-old Glen Assoun – who served almost 17 years in jail – was acquitted March 1 of second-degree murder in the 1995 death of […]
NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Washington to celebrate the alliance’s 70th anniversary amid rifts between members over security and trade issues. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the meeting Thursday with an appeal for unity to confront “great power” challenges from Russia, China and Iran. He said the alliance was well positioned to move […]
A serial killer who murdered 90 women across the US has drawn sketches of 10 of his victims. Samuel Little, who could be America’s most prolific serial killer, is currently serving life for three murders but has confessed to killing dozens more between 1970 and 2005. He is now 78 and expected to die in […]
Jason Kenney gave no indication in a radio interview Wednesday that he plans on dropping Mark Smith, a United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate who has come under fire for past remarks that have been labelled homophobic and anti-abortion. Speaking with Global News Radio’s Charles Adler, the UCP leader said he “condemns” Smith’s remarks, but said […]
REVENTADOR, Ecuador — The dam sits under the glare of an active volcano, with columns of ash spewing toward the sky. Officials had warned against the dam for decades. Geologists said an earthquake could wipe it away. Now, only two years after opening, thousands of cracks are splintering the dam’s machinery. Its reservoir is clogged […]
Officials at Transplant Québec are closely following Nova Scotia‘s organ donation bill, which would include presumed consent. “It is probably time to re-examine these issues around organization donation legislation in Quebec,” said Dr. Prosanto Chaudhury, a transplant surgeon with the organization. If passed, Nova Scotia would become the first jurisdiction in North America to have […]
For many years, American economists have spoken of Japan and Western Europe as places where the slow grind of demographic change — masses of workers reaching retirement age, and smaller generations replacing them — has been a major drag on the economy. But it is increasingly outdated to think of that as a problem for […]
CHICAGO — Lori Lightfoot, a political novice, swept into Chicago’s City Hall in staggering style, winning 73 percent of the vote and sending a deafening message to the political veteran she had defeated. She pronounced the results a “broad mandate for change.” She promised to break the city’s endless cycle of corruption. She pledged to […]
In recent days, President Trump has used Twitter to warn Mexico that he may close the border, suggest that The New York Times and The Washington Post be stripped of their Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the special counsel’s Russia investigation and to criticize the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates in 2018. And if […]
Mark it up as a victory for residents. A grassroots movement helped convince Pointe-Claire city council to kill a townhouse project that would have allowed 20 units to be built on the land of a dilapidated, closed strip mall and parking lot known as the Walton project. The real estate developer will instead have to […]