A 33-year-old man from Ontario has died following a single-vehicle collision in southern New Brunswick on Tuesday. New Brunswick RCMP say they responded to the crash on Highway 7 at Exit 63 in Welsford, N.B., shortly before 4:30 p.m. Police believe the Ontario man, who had recently been living in Oromocto, had failed to negotiate […]
In the first three months of this year, 17 people have died from a suspected opioid overdose in the city and county, according to Peterborough Public Health. That number matches the total number of opioid overdose deaths locally for all of 2018. Peterborough County council voted unanimously to call on the provincial and federal governments […]
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Joshua Boyle is suggesting his wife made up a story that he struck her in the face at their Ottawa apartment in the months after the couple were freed from captivity in Afghanistan. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is dissecting Caitlan Coleman’s allegations that Boyle repeatedly assaulted her before she fled their […]
The Joe Biden saga is settling into two camps. One side (often women who know him) says: This Is Joe – warm, tactile, compassionate and they wouldn’t have him any other way. The other camp is trying to paint him as a creep, not worthy of the presidency. It should be said that the latter […]
Kingston fire crews battled heavy smoke as they worked to contain a house fire on Weller Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the call around 5 p.m. Heavy smoke could be seen coming from the soffits and roof-vented areas of the home as well as from the windows, doors and eaves. Crews quickly worked […]
Each of the 338 seats in the House of Commons has — for a little while, at least — been filled by a young woman. The Daughters of the Vote are in Ottawa today to learn about the challenges that a life in politics entails in a bid to get more women to run for […]
A stolen car involved in a police chase has smashed into the gates of Taylor Swift’s mansion, police say. The vehicle crashed into a wall outside Swift’s Rhode Island home before ricocheting into the main entrance gate at a speed of around 35mph. The 19-year-old driver, Shykeim Edwin Lewis, has been arrested and faces several […]
CHICAGO — After Rahm Emanuel announced he would not seek another term as Chicago’s mayor, the field of would-be replacements seemed to grow by the day. Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who had never held elective office, often seemed an afterthought in a mounting list of prominent names — a member of the Daley […]
LOS ANGELES — Spring breaks in Bali, resort-style apartment buildings with rooftop pools and tanning beds, and regular dinners out at Nobu, where a tab for four roommates could easily stretch into four digits. This is life as a student at the University of Southern California. This is also life as a U.S.C. student: working […]
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela — A pro-government lawmaking body installed by President Nicolas Maduro voted on Tuesday to strip the opposition leader Juan Guaidó of parliamentary immunity, paving the way for his potential arrest. The move by the Constituent Assembly represents the government’s latest effort to raise the pressure on Mr. Guaidó, who declared himself interim […]