Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing US President Donald Trump over a “defamatory” tweet about alleged threats against her, her lawyer says. Ms Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, says she was threatened by a man in a Las Vegas car park to drop her allegations of an affair with Mr Trump. Mr Trump retweeted […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders rowed at the White House on Tuesday (Dec 11) over the president’s threat to stop funding the US government if he doesn’t get money for a Mexico border wall. “If we don’t get what we want, I’ll shut down the government,” Trump said during a heated […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company’s CEO a simple question: “If you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. How would that happen? How does search work so that would occur?” In the middle […]
Melissa Tomas never stopped believing she would be reunited with her dad Joseph Perron, with whom she lost touch more than two decades ago. But when the 51-year-old man was beaten to death on June 13, she was cheated out of her dream to know her father. Tomas said Perron had severe schizophrenia and had recently […]
The issue of what jacket Dennis Oland wore the day his father was murdered came before the court for the first time during his retrial on Tuesday. Richard Oland was found bludgeoned to death in his uptown office in a bloody crime scene in July 2011. When interrogated by police, Dennis Oland said he was […]
The library is typically seen as a place to find peace and quiet. However, at the downtown branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, it has been anything but quiet for the last while. The branch has been under construction for nearly two years — a little longer than first expected. “We’re a few months late, […]
Freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury has won the 2018 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. He’s the first freestyle skier to win the award. The winner of the Toronto Star award is selected annually by a panel of sports journalists from across the country. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., won his first Olympic […]
The city of Guelph is looking for artists to create exterior murals in downtown Guelph. The city has received funding from the province to revitalize its main streets and some of it will be used on four projects on Wilson Street. “The artwork created with this funding will enhance an important gateway to our downtown,” […]
A Waterloo man was transported to hospital in critical condition as a result of last week’s multi-vehicle collision on Highway 8 near Stratford, according to Perth County OPP. Police say 87-year-old Robert Allen is now in stable condition at a London hospital. Perth County OPP said the collision happened around 5:30 p.m. last Thursday. Allen […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy to Canada says China’s rise might have worrying implications for North American workers but she says the U.S. pursuit of a Huawei executive is a separate legal matter. Ambassador Kelly Craft says there is “absolutely” no political motive behind the controversial arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the Chinese telecom giant’s chief […]