At least three cars are underwater after a flood closed Atwater Tunnel on Tuesday. Firefighters responded around 10:30 a.m. after workers from natural gas company Énergir accidentally burst a pipe in the area. Bruno Lachance, chief of Montreal’s fire department, said the water in the tunnel is about eight- to 10-feet high. He added the tunnel won’t […]
The victim of a fatal crash in Walpole has been identified. Haldimand County OPP say 21-year-old Travis Meadows of South Cayuga was killed in the three-vehicle crash, which happened on the 2nd Concession around 6 a.m. Monday. A 30-year-old male driver of one of the vehicles was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. The cause […]
Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Justin Cox is being sentenced Tuesday afternoon on assault charges. Cox will be in a Regina courtroom at 2 p.m., after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm on Sept. 5. In the summer of 2017, Regina police received word of a woman in the hospital who was the victim of an […]
Toronto commuters will be able to board more environmentally friendly hybrid buses by year’s end. Transit officials say 55 hybrid buses will be delivered by the end of December with 200 more by the end of 2019. Sixty all-electric buses will also be added to the fleet by the end of 2019. The $370-million cost […]
US senators call for reported CIA findings that MBS ordered killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi to be made public. The United States President, Donald Trump, is facing increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia before the expected release of an official report into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump told reporters […]
The lead-up to Christmas can be a busy time in retail but this year, it’s coming with extra challenges for some stores, as postal workers continue rotating strikes. While many stores don’t rely on Canada Post for delivers, those Okanagan retailers who provide online shopping and use the post to help stock their store shelves […]
An extremely busy week for the Montreal Canadiens with four games in six nights. It started with the Washington Capitals’ visit. The Habs have one win already this season over the Stanley Cup champion Capitals. Montreal feeling good after winning two of three on their West Coast swing, but a second win in succession against […]
Days after Kerry Diotte threatened legal action against two Twitter users who accused him of being a racist for associating with a far-right political commentator, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Griesbach took to Facebook on Monday to announce he is suing a University of Alberta newspaper for comments made about him in the publication. “The […]
Quebec Premier François Legault travelled to Ontario Monday to talk business with Premier Doug Ford but was instead forced to take on another role — lead defender of the French language in North America. After the Ford government last week announced budget cuts affecting Ontario’s 600,000 francophones, Legault was left walking a fine line between […]
When Christopher Watts, 33, pleaded on the news for his wife and two daughters to return to their home in Frederick, Colo., he knew what the public did not: there would never be a reunion. On Monday, Mr. Watts was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing his wife, Shanann, […]