A widespread power outage caused by high winds and rain has delayed the funeral for a four-year-old girl who died in a tragic accident at the Santa Claus parade in Yarmouth, N.S., over the weekend. MaCali Cormier was with her family at the parade Saturday evening and was running alongside a float during the procession. […]
The city of Toronto is continuing its plea for more federal money in the wake of a report on homelessness that found 40 per cent of those using city shelter services are refugee or asylum claimants. That number has grown from 11 per cent in early 2016 and 25 per cent late last year, according […]
US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress in relation to the Russia inquiry. Mr Cohen, 52, admitted misleading lawmakers about a Trump real estate project in Moscow. He appeared unexpectedly at federal court in Manhattan on Thursday morning. In August, Mr Cohen pleaded guilty to violating finance […]
The Ottawa Senators fired back at Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson after he told reporters on Wednesday the NHL team wanted the city to pay for an arena on a piece of land controlled by a Crown corporation. Senators chief operating officer Nicolas Ruszkowski said Watson’s comments were “disappointing and inaccurate.” The dispute between Senators owner […]
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s once fiercely loyal lawyer, has struck a plea deal with prosecutors investigating possible campaign finance violations and tax fraud. Who is he anyway? When an FBI team raided Cohen’s office in New York on 9 April, they arrived at a workspace fit for the silver screen. It’s 30-odd floors up at […]
Hundreds of people filled Lou Jefferies arena in Gananoque, Ont., to celebrate the life of the late Gord Brown who served as Member of Parliament for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau lakes. Brown held an annual charity hockey game for the past eight years to raise money for the United Way and this is the first year […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Trump administration is considering new background checks and other restrictions on Chinese students in the United States over growing espionage concerns, US officials and congressional sources said. In June, the US State Department shortened the length of visas for Chinese graduate students studying aviation, robotics and advanced manufacturing to one year […]
A mum has admitted breastfeeding her 18-month-old son despite a health warning from doctors urging her to stop. Summer Dawn Pointer "cried and cried" when she was told to quit breastfeeding son Knox after she developed severe inflamation. But she insisted on feeding her son – and now does it with one breast even though […]
Who will meet MBS? Will there be a breakthrough in the US-China trade war? What groups are leading protests? All eyes will be on Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday and Friday as leaders from 19 of the world’s top economies, as well as representatives from the European Union gather for the 13th G20 summit. This […]
Mariee Juárez seemed to be in perfect health when she and her mother were detained after they illegally crossed the United States border in March. But when they were released from custody three weeks later, the child had a severe infection that would lead to her death less than two months later. She was 20 […]