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Mother and baby killed in ‘bear attack’

A woman and her baby have been killed in a suspected bear attack in Canada’s Yukon Territory, says a coroner. Gjermund Roesholt found the bodies of his wife, Valerie Theoret, 37, and 10-month-old daughter Adele Roesholt, when he returned home. The attack happened north-east of Mayo, a remote community about 400km (250 miles) north of […]

Man sentenced in assault of man with autism at Mississauga bus terminal

A 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a violent attack of a man with autism at a bus terminal in Mississauga was sentenced on Wednesday. Ronjot Singh Dhami, whose last known address was in Surrey, B.C., was the second of three suspects arrested by police in the attack that was caught on video on […]

They Pretty Much Know Everything About You Before You Bet the Jets

ATLANTIC CITY — [What you need to know to start your day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Kevin Duffey and his small team spend most of their days in a cramped, windowless bunker tucked off a third-floor hallway at the Resorts Casino. As the casino’s director of surveillance, Mr. Duffey keeps watch over […]

California Today: What Border Chaos Means for San Ysidro

Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Over the weekend, chaos erupted at the San Ysidro border crossing, as U.S. agents fired tear gas at Central American migrants trying to cross into the country from Tijuana. I asked the Times national correspondent Jennifer Medina to talk about what these kinds […]

How a US mascot became an viral sensation

Before 2018, the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey team had not had a mascot for more than four decades. Enter Gritty: a seven-foot (slightly terrifying) orange hairy monster that comes complete with a beer-gut, squeaky belly button and wild googly eyes. Since he was unleashed on the National Hockey League (NHL) stage in September, the mascot […]

Mexicans decry government decision to give top honour to Kushner

President Enrique Pena Nieto’s decision to grant the Order of the Aztec on Trump’s son-in-law has shocked Mexicans. Mexico’s outgoing government has conferred the country’s highest civilian honour for foreigners to US President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, a decision that has caused a social media outcry. President Enrique Pena Nieto is expected to bestow the Order of […]

Be alert for emergency test on Wednesday, Manitoba

If you get an emergency alert message on your phone Wednesday afternoon, don’t worry – it’s only a test. Similar to a test that took place during Emergency Preparedness Week in May, the Alert Ready system will be tested on wireless devices as well as broadcast media across Manitoba. “The emergency alert test message will […]

Cheers as Nasa spacecraft lands on Red Planet

PASADENA (California) • Cheers and applause erupted at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing. The dramatic arrival of the US$993 million (S$1.4 billion) spacecraft – designed to listen for quakes and tremors as a way […]

Stories of refugees come to life in new exhibit visiting Vancouver

From a mug to a painting, ordinary objects tell a story about refugees who have been forced to flee their home and country. The award-winning exhibition, Museum Without A Home, is full of items donated from refugees around the world and is coming to Vancouver this Thursday. Each object in the exhibit represents something that […]

Kalamoir Regional Park undergoing repairs for water, tree damage

Repair work is being done to an Okanagan park following two unrelated incidents that resulted in damage. The Regional District of the Central Okanagan says Kalamoir Regional Park suffered water damage after a nearby water main broke, with debris, rocks and soil flowing into the park from King Road. The water and debris damaged and […]