OTTAWA – A panel of MPs wants the federal government to look at making criminal pardons automatic for some offenders who have served their sentences. The House of Commons public safety committee also suggests lowering the $631 fee for a pardon and simplifying the often complex process for applicants. Committee members say in a recent […]
The Winnipeg Police Service wrapped up its final check stops for 2018 early Tuesday morning. While police are expected to release the final 2018 check stop numbers within the next few days, Const. Rob Carver urged motorists to continue to drive responsibly. “The message has been consistent: don’t drive impaired,” Carver said. “I noticed that we […]
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi has travelled to rural Pennsylvania, where support for Trump was strong in the 2016 election – to see if the president has kept his promise, and how voters feel he is doing. US President Donald Trump is preparing to give his first State of the Union address. One of his big […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] A well-placed, orderly sandbox. Teachers who laugh often. Plenty of miniature tables and chairs. Those are markers of an excellent pre-K classroom. And New York City, home to the largest citywide prekindergarten initiative in the country, has these features […]
A government agency says all production from the Sable Offshore Energy Project off the coast of Nova Scotia has been permanently shut down. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board says production from all of the Sable project’s fields ended on Monday, as planned. The natural gas field, about 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax, started producing […]
Judge tells Larry Nassar she signed his ‘death warrant’ after sentencing him to up to 175 years in jail for sex abuse. A former US Olympic team doctor has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing athletes and patients for decades. The sentencing follows a seven-day hearing in which 156 […]
US president’s State of the Union covered immigration, African American unemployment, ISIL, Guantanamo and North Korea. Here is everything President Donald Trump said about immigrants, minority communities in the United States and foreign policy, in his first State of the Union Address … On unemployment “Unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. African American unemployment […]
The family of 19-year-old Promise “Max” Chukwudum says they are thankful for the help in trying to locate him and ask that people continue to hold the family in their thoughts as they grieve. Chukwudum went missing on Nov. 17, and an extensive search effort began involving police and volunteers. His body was discovered on […]
Two friends from New York City were found dead in a reservoir in Westchester County early New Year’s morning after their fishing boat overturned, the authorities said. Their bodies were found beside their capsized rowboat by another fisherman who came to the Muscoot Reservoir around 7 a.m., said Capt. David Atkins of the State Police. […]
RCMP in Saskatchewan say a man who was reported missing over the weekend has been found dead. Police say in a news release that the man – who they didn’t name – was 32 and was from the Kawacatoose First Nation. They say he was last seen by family members late Saturday afternoon on the […]