A Canadian couple who had to leave Haiti due to violent street protests say they’re happy to be heading home but that their hearts are with the people they left behind. Wade and Marilyn Fitzpatrick are two of 24 missionaries from Alberta-based Haiti Arise who were flown out of Port-au-Prince late Saturday. In an interview, […]
Tate Popple scored twice and Brayden Tracey had a goal and two helpers as the Moose Jaw Warriors (31-15-8) beat the Regina Pats (16-38-3) 6-3 in Western Hockey League (WHL) action Saturday night. Kjell Kjemhus, Jett Woo and Tristin Langan also scored for the Warriors while Brodan Salmond made 21 saves. Austin Pratt, Sebastian Streu and […]
BOGOTA (REUTERS) – A US delegation including Senator Marco Rubio visited the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Sunday (Feb 17), where humanitarian aid is being stockpiled for planned delivery to economically crippled Venezuela next week. While Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is refusing to allow in the food, medicine and other supplies, opposition leader and […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] A second man was charged on Sunday in connection with the death of a New York City police detective who died last week after he was hit by “friendly fire” from officers responding to a robbery in Queens. The […]
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the government’s move to implement the carbon tax is a “revolution” to the Canadian Constitution. That’s why he says the province remains committed to fighting the court challenge that saw federal lawyers make their opening arguments last week. In an interview with the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Moe argued that […]
US president Donald Trump has said his European allies should “take back” more than 800 Islamic State fighters captured in Syria. Mr Trump warned the IS fighters could “permeate Europe” and called on Britain, France and Germany to “step up” and put the prisoners on trial in their countries. He said: “The Caliphate is ready […]
Donald Trump says the US has asked Britain and other European allies to take back more than 800 Islamic State fighters captured in Syria and put them on trial. The US president said the terror group’s caliphate in Iraq and Syria is “ready to fall” and “the alternative is not a good one in that […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew from consideration as the next US ambassador to the United Nations, according to a statement. Trump had said in early December that he planned to nominate Nauert, 49, to replace Nikki Haley as UN ambassador. Suspicion later mounted that her nomination was running into trouble because […]
Saturday morning while most people are still sound asleep, 24-year-old Sylvia Mann is tending to the cows on a farm about an hour south of Montreal in Saint-Chrysostome, Quebec. She has been working at the farm for three years. Five days a week, she’s there at 6:30 a.m. to milk cows and feed the calves. She […]
Hundreds got hooked on ice fishing Saturday at Chemong Lake as part of the Free Family Ice Fishing Day hosted by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH). Close to 1,000 people turned out for the one-day ice fishing event that was geared to families. Organizers gave everyone all the equipment they needed to […]