A CRUEL mum left her 18-month-old toddler home alone for 15 hours so she could go out partying in Swansea. Social workers discovered the baby suffering with a sore bottom during a surprise visit, and found him abandoned in a filthy nappy. His mum was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and […]

Washington: Two US senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to ban online social media companies like Facebook and Twitter from tricking consumers into giving up their personal data. US Senator Mark WarnerCredit:Andrew Harrer The bill from Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Deb Fischer, a Republican, would also ban online platforms with more than 100 million […]

Police are still searching for a missing Smiths Falls woman who has been repeatedly spotted in Kingston. Christine Cutler, 56, was reported missing to Smiths Falls Police on March 15. Since her disappearance, police have received reports of sightings of Cutler in the area of Princess Wellingston streets. She is also known to be a […]

JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing right-wing Likud Party appeared almost neck and neck with his main centrist rival for seats in parliament on election day, varying exit polls indicated. After a tightly-fought race with former general Benny Gantz, the preliminary polls, all giving slightly different projections, mean Netanyahu, 69, is on course to […]

A man faces charges following a reported assault in progress in downtown Port Hope last Friday. Port Hope Police Service say around 9 a.m., officers responded to a Mill Street location for a reported assault in progress. Police say the accused and the victim were involved in a verbal altercation over a civil matter. During […]

The Dalai Lama was admitted to a New Delhi hospital today after falling ill, an aide said. The Tibetan spiritual leader, 83, is reportedly suffering from a chest infection and is in a stable condition. The Dalai Lama, who fled to India in early 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, lives in exile […]

Jim Pitzen isn’t giving up his dream of a reunion with the son who disappeared at age 6 in 2011 Dad Jim Pitzen had been down this road before. He knew he had to keep his perspective after hearing from a detective last Wednesday that someone claiming to be his son Timmothy, who vanished at […]

TEMPERATURES are set to plummet to a teeth-chattering -4C in the north tonight – but an Easter weekend scorcher has been forecast following the freezing weather. Snow could also blanket the south east this weekend before the balmy heat. John Hammond, chief meteorologist for Weathertrending, said: "The shot of Russian air on its way will […]

The Red River Valley is still going to flood this spring, but the threat continues to reduce thanks to cooler temperatures and a lack of precipitation north of the Canada/US border. The province’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre says risk of flooding has gone down on all major points along the Red River in Manitoba. “The recent […]

Police probe three more stabbings including two potentially linked attacks in north London as the capital’s knife crime bloodbath continues London’s bloodbath continued as three more people were stabbed in the capital  Two men were both stabbed in Kilburn this morning in attacks that may be linked Third man, in his 20s, was stabbed in […]