Hamilton police say an expired validation sticker has led to the arrest of a suspected drug dealer. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police stopped a silver Dodge Caravan in the Melvin and Adeline avenues area. Police say the driver produced a licence and then tried to drive away, only to realize it was a […]
While it may not feel like it, wildfire season in Alberta is just around the corner and the provincial government is getting ready. Officially running from March 1 to Oct. 31, the province is putting firefighters, equipment and aircraft in place ahead of the season. Last year, 1,288 wildfires burned more than 59,800 hectares across […]
A former Canadian minister says she faced attempts at interference and “veiled threats” from top government officials seeking a legal favour for a firm facing a corruption trial. Jody Wilson-Raybould said she was pressed repeatedly to “find a solution” for engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. PM Justin Trudeau has denied that he or his officials did anything […]
WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress yesterday that Mr Trump is a “racist”, a “conman” and a “cheat” who knew in advance about a release of e-mails by the WikiLeaks website aimed at hurting his 2016 Democratic presidential rival. Cohen, Mr Trump’s one-time “fixer”, said the US President […]
A 58-year-old New Brunswick snowmobiler has died three days after colliding with a car. RCMP say the man from Rothesay was crossing the Rusagonis Road, near Fredericton, when he was struck by the car last Saturday. Police say he was taken to hospital, and he died there Tuesday. The motorist sustained minor injuries and was […]
The L train line, from the Rockaway Parkway Yards to the last stop on the west end of 14th Street in Manhattan, is about 10 miles. But for a kid growing up in the immigrant neighborhood of Canarsie, it might have just as easily been a universe away. I grew up in the subway cars […]
Many of the students in the English language learner program at Peterborough’s Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School are refugees from Syria, and they were devastated by the deaths of seven children from the Barho family, also Syrian refugees, in a house fire Feb. 15 in Halifax. According to teacher Vanessa Woodacre, the students wanted to […]
Rowena Inyallie calls it the best $6 investment they’ve ever made, one that turned into $25.9 million. In Kamloops on Wednesday, Inyallie and husband George Munro of Merritt became the nation’s newest millionaires after matching all seven numbers in a Lotto Max draw held Friday, Feb. 22. The couple said they purchased the ticket at […]
Testimony by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer”, to a U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday highlighted several legal risks Trump may face. Among his claims, Cohen said the Republican president reimbursed him for making “hush money” payments to two women ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and that Trump knew in […]
The industry relations director for the Mikisew Cree First Nation says the community’s support of the massive Frontier oilsands open pit mining project includes an ongoing voice in how future development unfolds. Melody Lepine says the confidential agreement it signed last fall with developer Teck Resources Ltd. includes a provision requiring new negotiations before the […]