All eyes were fixed to the skies this past weekend as the SaskPower Windscape Kite Festival took flight in Swift Current, Sask. The festival, now in its fifteenth year, draws thousands of visitors from across Saskatchewan to witness the spectacular display in the sky. More than 30 national and international professional kite flyers performed demonstrations […]
One month after her disappearance, the estranged husband of the missing Connecticut mother of five is claiming his wife might have staged her own disappearance, like in the book and film “Gone Girl.” Jennifer Dulos, 50, was last seen in Connecticut on May 24. She had been in the midst of a contentious two-year divorce […]
Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is confirming that an inmate died at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre over the weekend. Greg Flood, a spokesperson for the ministry, said the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday. “Staff responded immediately performing first aid and calling paramedics, and the inmate was transported to […]
Two college athletes in the US allegedly beat a duck with a baseball bat so severely that it had to be put down. Jacob Thomas Frye, 19, and his accomplice Thomas "Landon" Grant, also 19, were arrested by police in Alabama over the shocking case of animal cruelty on May 5. According to reports, the […]
A daredevil brother and sister walked across a tightrope in this jaw-dropping stunt 25 stories over the streets of New York . Nik and Lijana Wallenda, of the 'Flying Wallendas', walked from opposite sides of Times Square on a wire running 1,300 feet (396 meters) from 42nd Street to 47th Street. The two crossed midway […]
Dearly beloved but now collapsed retail chain Toys 'R' Us may reopen in time for Christmas – but only in the USA. In 2018 the iconic shop went bust after attempt to sell the struggling firm failed. While it is unlikely to return to its former glory any time soon, the brand behind the company […]
The Saskatoon Valkyries scored early and often en route to Sunday’s 53-0 shutout victory over the Lethbridge Steel in the cross-conference finals at SMF Field. The Valkyries relied on a well-rounded offensive onslaught that came both through the air and on the ground. Quarterback Alex Eyolfson and wide receiver Haley Girolami were in sync. They […]
Revelstoke RCMP has found a life jacket they believe belonged to a Calgary man who is presumed dead after a boat capsized in B.C. last week. Warren Tittemore was one of the two men from Alberta who were boating on the Columbia River when their craft overturned on June 20. The incident happened at around […]
Rates of deaths from suicides, drug overdoses and alcohol have reached an all-time high in the United States, but some states have been hit far harder than others, according to a report released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund. The report examined data in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., taking an in-depth look at 47 factors that […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp. Vaccinations have been made mandatory this summer for campers and staff in several counties north of New York City that annually fill up with kids from the Orthodox Jewish communities that have been […]