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Impaired driver busted at home with cocaine, cash, and meth

A Winnipeg man is behind bars and facing a number of drug-related charges after a police investigation sparked by a single-vehicle accident at a local business. Police said they were called Thursday afternoon by a business in the Mission industrial area about an intoxicated man who had driven his truck into a fence. The same […]

B.C. Hydro warns customers about a ‘new twist’ on email scams

B.C. Hydro says a new curveball is being thrown at its customers in the form of an email phishing scam. On Friday, the utility said it has received reports of messages that “spoof” a B.C. Hydro email address, directing recipients to click a link and submit their banking information in order to obtain a refund. […]

South China Sea: Top Philippine court orders government to protect region against Beijing

China has territorial claims in the South China Sea, which spans the breadth of the strategic waters. The Supreme Court ruling was in response to fisherman’s complaints of inaction against illegal Chinese activity. The court issued a decree instructing government ministries, the coastguard, navy and police to enforce international conventions and domestic laws to protect […]

Trump says he, Putin discussed nuclear deal that would reduce weapons

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday following his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow and Washington were discussing a nuclear deal that would reduce the number of weapons. “We’re talking about a nuclear agreement where we make less and they make less and maybe even where we get rid […]

Winnipeg cops working with U.S. authorities to find missing 6-year-old

Winnipeg police are asking the public for help in finding a missing six-year-old girl in a suspected parental abduction. Police said Ayla Velic and her mother Elmedina Velic, 30, were living in Clinton Township, Mich., but traveled to Winnipeg earlier this year. The local Missing Persons Unit is working with U.S. authorities in the investigation, […]

BBC weather: Bank Holiday freeze as ‘HEAVY SNOW’ to slam Europe in Arctic chill

The BBC warned of “wintry” and unsettled conditions in Britain as even more extreme unseasonable weather slams the rest of the continent. BBC meteorologist Sarah Keith-Lucas explained: “It’s a story of mixed fortunes across Europe for the next few days. Things are turning colder, quite wintry in fact, for many central and eastern parts of […]

Cuba lawsuits: Claimants seek damages in US courts

Economists say the lawsuits will have a chilling effect on Cuba’s troubled economy. Americans and naturalised Cubans, whose properties were seized by former leader Fidel Castro, may now seek damages in US courts from foreign companies that profited from the seized lands and businesses. Their claims total more than eight billion dollars. The lawsuits were […]

Grandma jailed for six years after becoming ‘second in command’ of DRUG empire

“You began to believe that you were unstoppable.” Judge Daniel Williams Prosecutor Andrew Jones said: “She was a middle tier manager of the organisation.” Although she denied being a “trusted lieutenant of this organised crime group, the second-in-command,” she was convicted by a jury. Richard Barton, defending, said the grandma was acting “out of mother’s […]

Ford vs. Chevy argument leads to stabbing, woman being shot 5 times during family dinner

An argument over which car manufacturer produces better vehicles resulted in a woman being stabbed and shot five times during a family dinner, prosecutors said. Officers with Bedford County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia responded to a domestic disturbance call late last month. According to WSET-TV, a prosecutor said Mark Edwin Turner was at a family […]