Family members have identified Lucien Silverquill, 37, as the man fatally shot by an RCMP officer on Fishing Lake First Nation Tuesday. The incident unfolded after police said they received a report of a man armed with a knife, creating a disturbance outside a home shortly before 1:30 p.m. According to police, shots were fired during […]
Jetcar racer Jessi Combs has died in a crash as she tried to break a speed record. Her family released a statement confirming the 36-year-old died in a crash in a dry lake bed on Tuesday in Oregon’s Alvord Desert. “Jessi’s most notable dream was to become the fastest woman on Earth, a dream she […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is apologizing for allowing outsiders to listen to snippets of people’s recorded conversations with its digital assistant Siri, a practice that undermined its attempts to position itself as a trusted steward of privacy. As part of the apology posted Wednesday, Apple reiterated an earlier pledge to stop keeping audio recorded through […]
If you’re looking for a ticket to Sunday’s Labour Day Classic pitting division rivals the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, it may not be an easy task. Related Fierce storm ends game early, giving Roughriders bizarre win over Als Mosaic Stadium first in Canada to receive gold rating for accessibility The 55th annual […]
Hurricane Dorian, a category one storm, is bearing down on Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from its ravaging by Hurricane Maria two years ago. US forecasters said Dorian could make landfall on the populous eastern side of the US territory on Wednesday. Dorian is then projected to head for the US, possibly making landfall […]
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was expected to sail into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing her 14-day journey from England to partake in a United Nations climate summit in New York next month. The 16-year-old Swedish activist, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14, attracted international attention […]
Investigators are probing the deaths of about 10 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia, with the death of one — a retired Vietnam vet — ruled a homicide. Retired Army Sgt. Felix Kirk McDermott died in April last year at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The […]
In an effort to build some excitement ahead of the first day of school, Waterloo Region District School Board has launched the #firstdayphotochallenge on social media. “We are challenging our community to dig through old photos, relive your school days, and — of course — share your first day of school style,” the board said […]
The City of London’s website is poised for a refresh. On Tuesday, city council approved a digital makeover for london.ca, a website first launched in 2013. The redesign will be carried out by local web design and digital agency Digital Echidna, which was awarded a contract for nearly $500,000 following Tuesday’s meeting. “This is not […]
MONTREAL – A Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in a Cuban prison says he is innocent, and his lawyer says his client was likely set up following a night of partying in a seaside town outside the popular resort destination of Varadero. Benjamin Tomlin, 46, an employee of the Canadian Development Investment Corp., was […]