KABUL (Reuters) – Three U.S. service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated on Tuesday near the central Afghan city of Ghazni, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. A U.S. civilian contractor was also wounded in the blast and was receiving treatment with the other wounded, the […]

The Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board announced that transportation to three of its schools in the Lanaudière region was cancelled Thursday due to inclement weather. The affected schools are: Joliette Elementary Joliette High School Rawdon Elementary While the schools are closed, day care services remain open, but only for children normally registered. Staff members are […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Tuesday that it and Chad would resume relations, severed in 1972, after the central African country’s President Idriss Deby made a surprise visit to Jerusalem this week. After Deby wound up his two-day visit, Israel said in a statement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would “visit Chad soon and […]

It’s a term which has been a part of sports leagues in the province and across the country for ages. But the word “midget” is considered derogatory and offensive to some, and now there’s a call for change to ban the term from being used in Manitoba sports. Samantha Rayburn-Trubyk, president of the Little People […]

KITCHENER, Ont. – A young woman who sexually blackmailed her boyfriend into killing a 14-year-old girl she saw as a rival more than a decade ago is set to appear before the Parole Board of Canada today. Melissa Todorovic was convicted in 2009 for masterminding the murder of Stefanie Rengel, a girl she had never […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government aims to clinch a deal with the European Union on a new treaty governing relations in 2019, it said on Tuesday, pushing back the timetable for an accord that both sides had intended to conclude this year. Prospects for a treaty setting out Switzerland’s ties to its biggest trading […]

As the William Nylander countdown clock tick-tocks a little louder in advance of Saturday’s deadline, fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to guess as to what might happen with one of the team’s top forwards. The 22-year-old Nylander has missed Toronto’s first 25 games as he holds out for a new contract. We still […]

A Shuswap resident was surprised to find the main route to his home, just outside of Salmon Arm, was suddenly blocked off by cement barriers last week. Terry Robinson said he got no warning from the province’s transportation ministry that the roadblocks, to prevent traffic from travelling a damaged section of Kault Hill Road, were […]

RCMP investigators in Chestermere say no arrests have been made in connection with an incident that left a man dead and put schools in lockdown on Monday. Police were called to a home in the area of West Lakeview Drive and West Creek Mews at 10:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found an altercation had […]

Halifax Regional Police have released the scene of the municipality’s sixth homicide of the year. Police were called out to a weapons call on Clovis Street just before 9 p.m. Nov. 23. A 25-year-old man was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. Police have identified the victim as Ryan Michael Nehiley. Nehiley is the […]