Airdrie RCMP have made a “significant seizure” after a drug and weapons investigation in Rocky View County, Alta., this week. After the Airdrie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit started the investigation on July 21 — though no exact location was given by police — the following was seized from a vehicle: 24.07 grams of cocaine 7.13 […]

Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for The Blind Assassin and is nominated for The Testaments, a follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale. British novelist Salman Rushdie, who won in 1981 for Midnight’s Children, makes the 13-book longlist for his latest novel, Quichotte. The […]

China lodges official protest, saying British foreign secretary ‘fantasising in the faded glory of British colonialism’. China has lodged an official protest with the UK, accusing Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt of “fantasising in the faded glory of British colonialism” after his comments about Hong Kong. It was the second day in a row Beijing has hit back […]

Developed by the Israelis, the scooters can be parachuted into action and recharged with solar power. British Army chiefs are exploring initiatives to cut fuel use and embrace more environmentally friendly technology. The electric scooters have already been used by other soldiers across the world, including the Israeli forces and US Special Operations units. Charge And […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship took defensive action against a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, but did not see the drone go into the water, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The United States said on Thursday that a Navy ship had “destroyed” an Iranian drone in the […]

Hamilton police say the victim of an early morning stabbing at a downtown bar is not co-operating with authorities. At 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, police were called to the Nobody’s Perfect Bar & Grill at 251 John St. N., where officers say two male patrons were involved in an argument that led to one of them being […]

Twitter erupts with #BorisDay and #NotMyPM tweets as social media is split on Johnson being named new leader of the Conservatives Twitter erupted after Tory leadership race result was announced at midday  Hashtag #NotMyPM quickly began trending with people slating new PM  #BorisDay and #NextPrimeMinister hashtags celebrated Boris’s 66% landslide   Twitter has been left divided […]

Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson is accused of ‘weaponising child abuse’ as he STILL refuses to apologise for his role in fantasist Nick scandal Tom Watson has been slammed by those wrongly accused by Carl Beech Today, he tried to change the subject by tweeting about the Tory Party Critics demanded he apologise. Abuse victim […]

The boy, who lived with his parents, Ayesha and Tom Pownall, was the grandson of award winning playwright, novelist and radio dramatist David Pownall. He was a pupil at Barrowford Primary School near Burnley but had just passed his 11 plus exams and won a place to study at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and was […]

The 52-year-old was described as a “national treasure” in a Change.org petition to see him starring in the lucrative Hollywood role. Eubank, who used to live in Brighton, East Sussex, is the third best British super-middleweight boxer of all time, as ranked by BoxRec. He was world champion for more than five years and was […]