The US Navy destroyed an Iranian drone on Thursday after it refused to back down, President Donald Trump says. He said the USS Boxer downed the drone over the Strait of Hormuz – a strategic sea passage in the Gulf – after it came within 1,000 yards (914m) of the ship. In June, Iran shot […]
US official says Washington has ‘clear evidence’ that it shot down an Iranian drone after Tehran denied the claim. The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly too close to its ships and has “clear evidence” that it shot down such a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said. “If they […]
The pitched reaction to Edmonton’s remodelled downtown library has morphed into the latest instalment of the city’s rivalry with its southern neighbour Calgary. Renovations on the Stanley A. Milner Library have been going on for months, but this week Edmontonians took notice of the dark, angular, futuristic redesign. Memes have surfaced online comparing the building […]
Mounties are appealing to the public for help with new details in the hopes of solving the mystery of Sheree Fertuck’s disappearance. She was last seen leaving her family’s farmyard east of Kenaston, Sask., in December 2015. Related Mother of missing Saskatoon woman losing hope ‘It doesn’t seem to get any easier’: Sheree Fertuck’s mother […]
The killing of a wealthy Canadian couple made headlines around the world. Then the news they had been found hanging by men’s belts next to their indoor pool, with no apparent motive, deepened the intrigue. So who were Barry and Honey Sherman? In an unpublished 1996 memoir, Barry Sherman wrote he had “always been very […]
OTTAWA — A group of doctors, lawyers, legal scholars and human-rights organizations is calling on the federal government to halt the rollout of a new policy that will see border officers outfitted in defensive gear when dealing with refugees in detention. The group is making a third entreaty to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale urging […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Thursday (July 18) from supporters’ chants of “send her back” at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born US Representative Ilhan Omar, as Republicans worry the incendiary mantra could set the tone for the 2020 campaign. Omar shot back that Trump was “spewing fascist ideology”and […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] “Is Beyoncé Knowles the Beyoncé?” Dianne Berkun Menaker, the founder and artistic director of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, was referring to an email, apparently from Ms. Knowles, during a staff meeting in 2018 at the organization’s headquarters in Cobble […]
When there’s heat and heavy humidity, a thunderstorm usually isn’t far off. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for London, Parkhill, Strathroy, Komoka and Middlesex County. Initially issued as severe thunderstorm watch, the advisory was upgraded to warning around 12:20 p.m. Friday. Friday’s forecast may see severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind […]
Carol Dodge’s daughter had been killed, and a man had been convicted. But years later, still fixated on the case, she was poring over 30 hours of interrogation videos when it hit her that he could not be guilty. What she saw on tape was not at all what she had envisioned when she heard […]