Navy-strength describes a category of gin that’s overproof, that is, more than the standard 40 percent alcohol for most spirits (and sometimes meaning more than 50 percent). “But why Navy?” you may ask as you sip your gin and tonic. In the British Navy, the shipboard gin supplies traditionally included casks, usually from sherry-making, that […]

Some British Airways passengers got more than they paid for when their plane began to rock back and forth wildly. Pilots on flight BA492, travelling from London’s Heathrow airport to Gibraltar, aborted a landing Monday while facing extraordinary winds on Spain’s south coast. The Airbus A320 eventually landed safely in nearby Malaga, Spain. “When flying […]

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al Assad made his first public visit to his closest regional ally Iran since the start of Syria’s war in 2011, meeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday and championing their alliance, state media reported. Syrian and Iranian state television showed Assad and Khamenei smiling and […]

An 18-year-old is facing several charges for allegedly shooting at windows of two active Kingston Transit buses. On Friday evening just before 6:30 p.m., Kingston police say a bus in the north end of the city had three of its passenger side windows shot at, piercing and cracking the windows. Around the same time, police […]

MIAMI — A former worker on U.S. President Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign claims in a lawsuit filed Monday that he abruptly grabbed her by the hand and planted an unwanted kiss on her face during a Florida meeting with staff and volunteers. Alva Johnson, who lives in the Huntsville, Alabama area, contends in the federal […]

Strong winds and blowing snow are being blamed for numerous collisions throughout the Peterborough region on Monday morning. Most notably, Peterborough County OPP reported as many as 20 vehicles were involved in collisions along Highway 115 south of Tapley 1/4 Line in Cavan Monaghan Township. The southbound lanes on the 115 from County Road 10 […]

Winnipeg’s biggest library started checking patrons’ bags for weapons, alcohol and other prohibited items Monday. The Millennium Library will now screen users who wish to enter, and those who do not want to undergo a bag search or waved down with a screening wand will be denied entry. Line-ups greeted people as they tried to […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will “very shortly” publish analysis of the impact of a no-deal Brexit on business and trade, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said on Monday. Earlier this month pro-EU lawmaker Anna Soubry, who has since quit May’s Conservatives, called on the government to publish the documents but pulled a vote […]

Blizzard and wind warnings are in effect for the Barrie, Midland and Collingwood areas. All school buses and vans in the Simcoe County area have been cancelled on Monday due to the inclement weather. Schools in the north and west zones are closed, however, schools in the south and central zones remain open for student […]

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp is trying to block an investor proposal that calls on the world’s largest publicly traded oil company to set targets for lowering its greenhouse gas emissions, two of the investor groups involved said on Sunday. Exxon in late January wrote to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the proposal, […]