Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia on Friday, police said. Police said the suspect, a long-term and current Virginia Beach city employee, fired “indiscriminately” in a public utilities building. The gunman, whose identity has not been released, was killed […]
A national public inquiry into possibly thousands of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada has called the deaths a “Canadian genocide”. The report was leaked to Canada’s national broadcaster CBC which published details on Friday. The 1,200-page document reportedly blames the disproportionate violence faced by indigenous women on deep-rooted colonialism and state inaction. The […]
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it won’t appeal a federal court decision that says the revenue minister doesn’t have the authority to compel a company’s employees to answer oral questions from the tax collection agency. Related Cameco awarded $10M for legal fees incurred in tax dispute with CRA The decision follows the Federal Court’s […]
It was a non-uniform day unlike others at Saint Vincent Elementary school in Laval, on Friday as it was Funky Hair Day. The mastermind behind the colourful idea is 10-year-old Maya Vartivarian. She wanted to raise money for cancer research in honour of her stepfather, who is battling the disease. It all started when Maya […]
As some Rigaud residents were assessing damage from another devastating Spring flood, Robert Bergeron and his wife were doing yard work at their waterfront home. “There was no damage at all on the property,” Bergeron told Global News. Bergeron said the 2017 floods caused about $150,000 worth of damage to his house. The entire basement, […]
The Trump administration wants the UK to follow the 2016 referendum result and leave the European Union, National Security Advisor John Bolton said. Speaking to the UK’s Daily Telegraph, Mr Bolton said Brexit was an opportunity for the UK to become a “strong and independent country”. His remarks came ahead of a UK visit by […]
Conestoga College will open a new campus inside Market Square in downtown Kitchener next year. College president John Tibbits made the announcement Friday, just down the street at Kitchener City Hall where he said that the new 82,000 square foot campus will open in January. When it opens, it is expected to house business programming […]
Last Friday, as she had many times before, Jennifer Dulos dropped her five children off at school. She left her house in New Canaan, Conn., where she and her family had moved during a turbulent divorce battle with her husband, and drove less than a mile to a private school, the police said. She has […]
Police have arrested two men who allegedly were involved in trafficking paraphernalia, cocaine and firearms. The suspects, who were at a home on Raymond Drive, were arrested without incident on Thursday. They’re identified as 43-year-old David Todd McNeil and 39-year-old William Robert Humphrey, both from Lower Sackville. They are charged with possession for the purpose […]
Satellite pictures show how Alberta’s wildfires stretch across the country as the fires continue to burn, threatening the homes of thousands of people. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from regions across Northern Alberta as the blazes continue to burn. Across the province, there were 28 active fires and nine were considered out of […]