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North Vancouver parents ask for safer roads for their kids to walk to school

Concerned parents are asking for safer crosswalks and traffic control on Montroyal Blvd. in North Vancouver. “It is the most horrific thing to see your little boy, on a stretcher with a neckbrace and blood oozing out of his head,” said Susannah Lee, one of a number of parents who spoke on how dangerous it is […]

Scheer says Liberals redacted information in security report on Trudeau’s India trip

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has criticized the redactions in the National Security and Intelligence Committee’s report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ill-fated trip to India. On Monday, Scheer tweeted an image that showed a section of the report with redactions up and down the page. “The security report on Justin Trudeau’s disastrous trip to Indian […]

Trump tells Pakistan Taleban talks help fundamental to 'enduring' ties

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump has asked for Pakistan’s help with faltering Afghan peace talks in a letter to new Prime Minister Imran Khan in which he made clear that Islamabad’s assistance was “fundamental” to the health of the two countries’ strained relationship, a senior Trump administration official said. The US President wants […]

Why Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fixer, Confessed to It All

Of all of President Trump’s former associates who have come under scrutiny in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, his former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, has undertaken perhaps the most surprising and risky legal strategy. Mr. Cohen has twice pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to a litany of crimes, and he has volunteered […]

‘One of the greatest honours’: Dan Carter sworn in as mayor of Oshawa

After winning by a landslide in October’s municipal election, Dan Carter was officially sworn in Monday as mayor of Oshawa. With the recent GM Plant closure announcement, he comes in at a trying time in the city. Dan Carter has gone through his struggles in life, from addiction to mental health and being without a steady roof […]

CIA chief to brief senators on Khashoggi murder: US media

Reports come after Gina Haspel failed to take part in last week’s briefing by the secretary of state and defence chief. CIA Director Gina Haspel will give a closed briefing to leaders of several US Senate committees this week on the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.  […]

'I love you precious': George H.W. Bush's moving, funny, inspiring letters

WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – On the day he became the oldest president in American history, Mr George H.W. Bush wrote one of his final letters. For most of his 94 years, handwritten notes had been Mr Bush’s preferred method of connecting with family members, friends, colleagues and foes, whether from an aircraft carrier in the […]

Alabama man ‘shot in back’ by police

A man wrongly killed by police in an Alabama mall was shot three times from behind, an autopsy has revealed. Emantic Bradford Jr, known as EJ, was shot in the head, neck and hip at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama. Police had identified him as the gunman in the shooting of an 18-year-old man […]

Body of former US President George H.W. Bush arrives in Washington

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The body of former US President George H.W. Bush arrived on Monday (Dec 3) in Washington, on a final trip to the US Capitol where mourners will pay tribute to the man who led the nation as the Cold War ended. The 41st president’s flag-draped casket was unloaded from Air Force One […]

MPs, senators need briefings on extremism, foreign interference: committee report

Federal politicians need to be regularly briefed on extremism in Canada and foreign efforts to meddle in the country’s affairs, the national security committee said in a report released Monday. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians report also said Cabinet ministers should be reminded to “exercise discretion with whom they meet or associate.” […]