The US president said if he does not get the $5bn he wants for the wall he would be “proud” to force a government shutdown. Mr Trump was taking part in what was meant to be a pleasant photo opportunity in the Oval Office with the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader […]
The government tabled a report in Parliament on Tuesday outlining the difficulties involved in collecting enough evidence to prosecute Canadians who have taken part in terrorism abroad. In its response to an Opposition motion that called for a plan to bring ISIS members to justice, the government said that while putting them on trial was […]
Killed and imprisoned journalists – “The Guardians’” – have been named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Time. Four different Time covers feature journalists from around the world. Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi embassy in Turkey earlier this year, appears alone in one, while staff from the Capital Gazette, the US newspaper […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The calls to 311 started to pick up steam about a year ago. They were complaints about an arcane New York City statute requiring special permits for businesses to hang signs or awnings larger than six square feet. The […]
It was gone before she knew it. In early November, a woman in a Toronto neighbourhood bought a 2019 Lexus RX350. She registered the vehicle and brought it home with new plates on Monday Nov. 5. It only sat in her driveway for two days, but when her husband looked out the window on the […]
Two nuns who worked at a Catholic school in California have admitted embezzling about $500,000 and using it to gamble in Las Vegas. Sisters Mary Kreuper and Lana Chang took the money from St James’ Catholic School in the city of Torrance, near Los Angeles, to spend in casinos. The pair, who are said to […]
Business leaders for British Columbia’s forestry industry will continue on to China, even as political representatives will cut a trip to Asia short. B.C. Forestry Minister Doug Donaldson has decided to head back to British Columbia as the province grapples with the fallout of the detention of a top Huawei executive in Canada. The arrest […]
On December 5th and 6th, 10 Kingston schools were forced into lockdown after secretaries and principals received threatening phone calls. New information was released Monday about the lockdowns, with Kingston police releasing a statement saying that the threats were found to be unsubstantiated and that no actual danger existed at any of the schools. “The […]
ATLANTA (REUTERS) – An intense snowstorm headed out to sea on Monday (Dec 10) after dumping up to 60cm of snow on parts of the Southeastern United States, leaving three people dead in North Carolina and some 138,000 customers in the region still without power. School districts across North and South Carolina and Virginia canceled […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] More than 18 months ago, the Manhattan district attorney’s office opened yet another investigation into fraud in the city’s $62 billion construction industry, this one involving Bloomberg L.P., the financial information and media company owned by former Mayor Michael […]