He has yet to play an NHL game, but Canadian national junior team forward Nick Suzuki already has experienced quite a journey in the pro ranks. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., was selected 13th overall by the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL draft. But prior to this season, Suzuki was the centre-piece […]
CHICAGO (REUTERS) – The family of a man who was killed when a Lion Air flight crashed in October has sued Boeing, alleging the 737 Max 8 aircraft was “unreasonably dangerous” and demanding a jury trial in Chicago, where the US manufacturer is based. The lawsuit was filed on Monday (Dec 24) in the Circuit […]
US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left hospital following cancer surgery and returned home, a court spokeswoman says. Ms Ginsburg, 85, had surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung in New York on Friday. The most senior justice on the Supreme Court’s liberal wing has previously had surgery to treat […]
Huron County OPP say a crash west of Clinton, Ont., has claimed the lives of two seniors from Central Huron. Officers responded at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to a crash on Telephone Road, just west of Fish and Game Line. Police said a crossover SUV had veered off the roadway, overturned and become submerged in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The head of the US Federal Reserve faces no risk of losing his job and President Donald Trump is happy with his Treasury secretary, a White House official said, in an apparent attempt to calm Wall Street nerves frayed by Trump’s criticism of the Fed. Asked on Wednesday (Dec 26) if Fed […]
A New Brunswick woman who packed up her life and headed off to the Caribbean to help rescue animals is home for Christmas and sharing her stories. Charlene Penney, who is from Riverview, N.B., is a huge animal lover. She’s not a fan of the cold weather, either, which is why she chose to move […]
As thousands of migrants from Central America try to reach the US to seek asylum, many others are already waiting for a chance to cross the border from Mexico, the first step of an unpredictable and often traumatic process. On a cold morning this month, Rogerio Baltazar and his family arrived in Ciudad Juárez, in […]
An eight-year-old boy from Guatemala died in US government custody in New Mexico early Tuesday, US immigration authorities have said. It marked the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month. US Customs and Border Protection said in a news release that the boy died shortly after midnight. The death came during an […]
Last week’s powerful windstorm badly damaged White Rock’s iconic pier — but it’s also caused another unexpected casualty in the community. The White Rock Rotary Club says it has been forced to cancel its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim because of storm damage to the beach. “Following the events of this week, we […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met. The U.S. government partially shut down on Saturday, and there is not yet any sign of tangible efforts to reopen agencies closed […]