Reza Zarrab was a well-connected Turkish-Iranian gold trader known for throwing money around with abandon, paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Turkish officials. When he was arrested in 2016 and jailed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, an ultrasecure federal lockup in Manhattan, one of the guards, Victor Casado, 36, of the Bronx, […]
Finding discarded needles in Kelowna is not uncommon. With the rise of drug use, needles can be found in just about every nook and cranny in the city. Ironically, most of the discarded needles were distributed by the Interior Health Association. And the sheer number of needles may surprise you. Last year alone, more than […]
Saskatoon Crime Stoppers is bringing grainy surveillance images to life, by putting words into the suspects’ mouths for a new social media segment. “The Un-usual Talking Suspects” segment was first posted to Saskatoon Crime Stoppers Facebook page on Jan. 7, featuring two suspects who allegedly broke into an apartment building and stole numerous items. “The idea […]
A Saint-Antoine, N.B., man who allowed three people without homes to stay in his garage says he’s disappointed they’ve been forced to leave due to a bylaw controversy. “I was just doing it from the heart. .. helping them out,” says Serge Parent. “That’s something that was taught to me by my family. It’s just […]
OTTAWA — An afternoon commute in Canada’s capital turned to horror after a double-decker city bus became impaled on a passenger shelter, leaving three people dead and 25 injured, officials said. Jim Watson, the mayor of Ottawa, said that one victim was standing on the platform at the time of the collision, and the other […]
MINNEAPOLIS • A 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, missing since her parents were discovered shot dead in their home three months ago, has been found alive. She was malnourished and dirty, after apparently fleeing her captor in a remote community, police and media said. One man, who has not been identified by police, was in custody, the […]
Four black men who were wrongly accused of raping a white teenager in Florida 70 years ago have been pardoned. Officials voted unanimously to issue the pardon at a meeting in the state capital of Tallahassee on Friday. None of the men are still alive, but their family members were in attendance to plead their […]
A Republican county official in Texas has survived a vote to oust him after several local party members took issue with his Muslim religion. The motion to remove Shahid Shafi from his position as vice chairman of the Tarrant County Republican party failed by a vote of 139-49 on Thursday night. The effort was led […]
With more flights coming and going on a daily basis, Kelowna International Airport is a busy place. So busy, in fact, that it’s now one of Canada’s top-10 airports. This, despite one website ranking the Central Okanagan as just the 22nd largest region in the nation with an approximate population of 195,000. On Friday, the […]
A six-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital in Halifax with serious injuries after being hit by a car in Digby County, N.S. RCMP say the collision happened at 7:39 a.m. on Highway 1 in St. Bernard, which is north of Meteghan. According to police, a man was driving south on the highway when a child […]