A stopped semi is affecting southbound traffic along Highway 97 in Lake Country. According to police, a commercial truck had to stop along the inside lane after a load shifted on the trailer it was hauling. The semi stopped near the intersection of Beaver Lake Road just before 10 a.m. Traffic along the highway has […]

Sullivan – a recent WWE  call-up – has had a large dossier of posts attributed to him shared on Reddit.  The posts were made on a popular bodybuilding forum, and have been made by an account linked to Lars – which includes personal photos of him before he joined the WWE. It appears the account has […]

Brett Overby, convicted this week of second-degree murder in the death of a young Indigenous woman, is pursuing a controversial legal move prior to his July 2 sentencing. Overby’s lawyer asked the court for a Gladue report as Overby’s trial wrapped up Wednesday. A Gladue report is a pre-sentencing and bail hearing report that Canadian […]

Saanich police have arrested a man suspected of a violent sexual assault with a weapon back in March. According to police, a man with a knife broke into a home at the Gordon Head Townhouse complex in the 3900 block of Wolf Street around 2 a.m. on March 17. The suspect allegedly sexually assaulted a […]

North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons flew 420 kilometres and 270 kilometres, respectively. It said it is working […]

The EU says it will not accept a 60-day window provided by Iran a day after Tehran quit parts of the 2015 nuclear deal. The European Union has rejected Iran’s 60-day “ultimatum”, referring to Tehran’s decision to quit parts of the 2015 nuclear agreement a year after the US withdrew from the landmark accord signed […]

A watchdog accuses German police of ‘choking and squeezing genitals’ of Afghan man while he was being expelled. A European Council watchdog committee has accused German police of mistreating an Afghan man who was being expelled by choking him and squeezing his genitals. “To ill-treat a person by squeezing the genitals, a technique which is […]

Four men have been arrested under terrorism legislation in connection with the slaying of journalist Lyra McKee, according to the Northern Ireland Police Service. The men, aged 15, 18, 38 and 51, were arrested Thursday morning and have been taken in for questioning, police said. “As part of this morning’s operation detectives carried out searches […]

The UK and EU’s joint policy towards Iran may be putting them on a collision course with the US. Mr Pompeo warned Washington won’t hesitate to issue sanctions against British and European companies if they continue trying to do business with Iran. He said: “If the transaction is sanctionable there will be sanctions against those […]

SIBIU, Romania (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting in Romania on Thursday will hammer home their goal of staying united “through thick and thin” after the turmoil of Brexit and will have their first go at assigning the bloc’s most powerful jobs. The leaders of all members except Britain meet on Europe Day in the […]