Home sales in Saskatoon were off 22 per cent in November compared to a year ago as the city slides further into a buyers’ market. The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR) said 203 properties were sold during the month. SRAR said transactions for the year total 3,167 units, its lowest level in 10 years, […]
Norfolk County OPP are reminding people to dial 911 only for emergencies after a child made a costly call over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, police were contacted by a nine-year-old girl in Simcoe. Upon arriving at her home, police learned a parent had told her to clean her room. The girl became upset and […]
Over three decades in the late 20th century, there was a rise in serial homicides in North America. One historian asks whether the ravages of World War Two were a factor. Peter Vronsky’s fascination with serial killers began when, at 23, he bumped into one in a lift. It was 1979, and the Canadian historian […]
Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer, always had a high self-regard for his ability to talk — or bully — his way out of challenging situations, whether acting on his own or on behalf of Mr. Trump. So when federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York began investigating Mr. Cohen, he seemed […]
With bright, flashing lights piercing the night, the Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train made a stop in Calgary on Saturday. Thousands took in a free show by musicians Terri Clark, Kelly Prescott and Sierra Noble after the train stopped at Anderson CTrain Station. Terri Clark performed when the CP Holiday Train rolled into Calgary on Saturday. The […]
On a historic Remembrance Day, a century after the end of the First World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Paris crowd that decaying trust in public institutions will lead citizens to look for easy answers “in populism, in nationalism, in closing borders, in shutting down trade, in xenophobia.” The implication was clear: if […]
Has James B. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., ever hugged and kissed the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III? President Trump, who fired Mr. Comey in May 2017, said in September he could produce more than 100 photographs of such affection. In testimony behind closed doors before the House Judiciary and House Oversight […]
The United Nations‘ special representative for international migration, Canadian Louise Arbour, is taking aim at what she calls the rampant misinformation surrounding the Global Compact for Migration. Arbour, the leader of the upcoming conference in Marrakech, Morocco, where the pact is set to be adopted by most UN member countries, said Sunday that some of […]
LIMA (REUTERS) – Peruvians began voting on Sunday (Dec 9) in a referendum on a raft of political and judicial reforms introduced by the new government of President Martin Vizcarra aimed at stamping out corruption and cronyism in one of Latin America’s most promising economies. The proposals were announced in August following a series of […]
A DNA test has helped reunite a mother and daughter after nearly 70 years by uncovering a startling secret: A baby girl long thought to be dead was alive, and had been covertly adopted by a family in Southern California that lied about her origins. The girl, Connie Moultroup, who is now 69, met her […]