A Delta Air Lines passenger carried a loaded gun by accident through airport security in Atlanta earlier this month and took it on a flight to Japan, officials with the Transportation Security Administration said. The passenger later discovered the firearm and alerted the authorities, who met the plane when it landed on Jan. 3 in […]
U.S. Coast Guard says more fire-fighting tugs are en route to container ship burning off Nova Scotia
More help is on the way for a Halifax-bound container ship that has been burning off Canada’s East Coast since Jan. 3. A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says two more fire-fighting tugs, the Atlantic Enterprise out of New York and the Union Sovereign out of Rotterdam, N.Y., are en route to the Yantian […]
NEW JERSEY (REUTERS) – Police were responding to an “active shooter situation” on Monday (Jan 14) at a United Parcel Service Inc processing facility in Logan Township, New Jersey, the company said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, local media said. “UPS is working with law enforcement as they respond to an active shooter […]
Prince Harry has found his Canadian doppelgänger and it is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official photographer. Adam Scotti was photographing his boss at the Invictus Games over the weekend when Mr Trudeau grabbed the camera to snap a picture of the two redheads. Mr Scotti then posted the image showing the uncanny resemblance on Twitter. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to shuffle his cabinet Monday to account for the sudden resignation of Nova Scotia MP Scott Brison from his post as Treasury Board president. The shuffle is expected to be a small one, affecting as few cabinet ministers as possible just months ahead of the fall federal election. Insiders […]
Another alleged Canadian ISIS member has been captured in northern Syria, according to local Kurdish forces, who posted a video of the man. In the brief video, the man identified himself as Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed and said he was an Ethiopian-Canadian. Kurdish forces said he was arrested by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir […]
SAN DIEGO — Migrants who are allowed to remain in the United States to pursue asylum are usually given a choice when they are released from detention in San Diego: Go to the Greyhound bus station and fend for themselves, or try to find a cot and a shower at a local shelter. One way […]
A former Canadian diplomat detained in China last month does not enjoy diplomatic immunity, a Chinese spokeswoman said Monday, rejecting a complaint from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the man’s rights were being denied. Trudeau said last week that Chinese officials were not respecting the diplomatic immunity of Michael Kovrig. He was arrested along with […]
One person is dead and another is missing after an avalanche caught two snowmobilers in southeastern BC near Invermere over the weekend. On Saturday, a group of snowmobilers triggered an avalanche that spilled down a slope and into a small lake. Searchers recovered the body of one person from beneath two metres of snow with […]
The small Saskatchewan town of Perdue was devastated when its local arena burned down more than three years ago. With the hope of building a new arena almost lost, the community rose to the challenge — and this weekend, the doors of the newly constructed Perdue Arena opened. On Saturday, the arena hosted the town’s […]