SAN FRANCISCO — A verdict was expected Thursday in the trial of two men accused of involuntary manslaughter in a 2016 blaze in Oakland that killed 36 people in one of the deadliest structural fires in recent American history. The Alameda County Sheriff’s office said the jury would announce their verdict at a session scheduled […]
Five Saskatchewan business and community leaders were airlifted by Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) to an undisclosed location on Thursday morning. The reason? To raise enough money to secure their flight back to Saskatoon while supporting STARS. They each need to raise $50,000. Related Sask. RCMP officers rescue car theft suspect close to diabetic […]
The 2019 Census has found Edmonton’s population now sits at 972,223. The city is projected to reach one million by the end of 2020. The results were calculated as of April 1, which means the city has grown at a rate of 2.6 per cent per year since the last census in 2016. In the […]
A video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was edited by the Facebook site Canada Proud in such a way as to appear that he was saying that he had bought favourable coverage with a journalism bailout announced in March’s federal budget. It stops at a point that implies that he was speaking unironically, rather than […]
A Mississippi high school is under fire after it served a questionable lunch to its students, WHBQ reports. A photo of the meal at Byhalia High School shows a single slice of cheese on top of several chips. It has since gone viral and sparked anger from a number of parents and local residents. Photo: WHBQ via social […]
A safety official said she was “taken aback” while touring the Vision, a boat similar in structure to the Conception, where at least 33 people perished early Monday morning in a massive fire off the coast of California. Jennifer Homendy, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, expressed shock over the difficulties she faced while trying to […]
Four more school buses in Ottawa have been kitted out with “stop-arm cameras” this week as children head back to school for the fall, Ottawa police say. Two buses had previously been equipped with the cameras — which capture video of vehicles that pass stopped school buses with their stop-sign arm extended — back in […]
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (REUTERS) – The nearly deserted rain-lashed streets of Charleston, South Carolina, began to disappear beneath water on Thursday (Sept 5), as Hurricane Dorian churned a few dozen miles offshore after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble. The water pooled in streets several centimetres deep near the centuries-old waterfront. In certain low-lying […]
The Guelph Fire Department says the cause of a bedroom fire in the Kortright Hills neighbourhood was an unattended lit candle. Crews were called to a townhouse complex in the area of Downey Road and Teal Drive at around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday. “[Firefighters] found a bedroom fire on the third floor with extensive flames […]
A group of Montrealers is launching a campaign against the province’s contentious religious neutrality law, calling on all Quebecers to protest against what it describes as a “discriminatory” piece of legislation. “We want people to visibly show they are against the law,” said campaign co-ordinator Ehab Lotayef. “I am Muslim but I will choose to […]