BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A call by French President Emmanuel Macron for reforms of the European Union to pave the way to a “European renaissance” won mainly just polite support on Tuesday from other EU leaders. Some officials portrayed Macron’s reform plan as part of a bid to become the new leader of Europe as Angela […]

A Vernon cyclist was hurt when they were hit by a truck making a left turn late in the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 20. Almost two weeks later, Vernon RCMP are making a public appeal for information about the hit-and-run. Police said the collision happened at the intersection of 25 Avenue and 34 A Street […]

When Doug Ford was campaigning to be the next Ontario premier, he vowed that he would end what he called the cronyism that he alleged the Liberals used to give patronage appointments to their friends and supporters. Once in the premier’s office, Ford certainly began to swing the axe, including not only the CEO of […]

Police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged after four armed robberies were reported in Barrie. Barrie police say on Monday just before 3 p.m., a fast food outlet on Bayfield Street was reportedly robbed. Police say when the suspect failed to obtain any money, he fled across the street and entered a […]

A British tourist sparked a “major” search after skinny-dipping in the middle of the night at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.  The man and his friends went into the water at around 3.50am, but they noticed he was missing when they returned to shore and found his clothes and belongings still on the beach. A police spokesperson […]

Police are on the lookout for a suspect after a man allegedly went into the girls’ bathroom at a southwest Calgary school on Monday. Officers said a girl in Grade 4 at St. Cyril School was in the washroom at around 9:30 a.m. when a man entered. Police said she asked whether he worked at […]

It is official. A snow maze built near St. Adolphe, Man. is the largest in the world. A Maze in Corn began building a labyrinth of ice and snow on their corn field in December with a view to breaking a Guinness World Record. The record was previously held by the Fort William Historical Park […]

It’s probably fair to say that they turned up in their thousands in the hope rather than the belief that Juan Guaido would make it back to Venezuela and onto a rally in Caracas. The first hint that he was indeed through passport control at the main airport came from the stage and was greeted […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers complained to the Trump administration on Monday that its response to rights abuses against China’s Muslim minority was inadequate months after it said it was looking into imposing sanctions. “This issue is bigger than just China. It is about demonstrating to strongmen globally that the world […]

Pakistan plans to take action against militant groups operating on its soil, a minister said on Monday, amid global pressure to act after a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir last month. But Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry denied Indian accusations that Pakistan was involved in the Feb. 14 attack, which led to a sharp rise in hostilities, […]