Here are your five things to do this weekend for Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. 1 – Lights of Hope Community CelebrationNovember 16 6:30-8PMBurrard at Helmcken Street, VancouverLightsofhope.helpstpauls.com 2 – Christmas at HycroftNovember 15-181489 McRae Ave, VancouverChristmasathycroft.com 3 – ParksfestNovember 15-17Anvil Centre, New WestminsterMetrovancouver.org 4 – Snowflake Wine FestivalNovember 17Revelstoke Mountain ResortRevelstokeskiclub.ca 5 – Disney on […]

WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) – The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five suspects in the murder. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions were the first concrete response by the Trump administration to […]

Two new pedestrian scramble crosswalks opened Thursday in downtown Edmonton, which should help quickly move people going to and from events at Rogers Place. The crosswalks are on 104 Avenue: one is at 102 Street on the east of the arena near the Grand Villa Casino entrance, and the other is two blocks west, at […]

PM Theresa May defends her draft Brexit deal as several ministers quit amid threat of vote of no-confidence against her. Prime Minister Theresa May has said her draft agreement on Britain’s departure from the European Union is the only way to avoid a no-deal Brexit as she faced political attacks from all sides, including the […]

The head of Bangladesh’s refugee commission said plans to start the repatriation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. The refugees “are not willing to go back now,” Refugee Commissioner Abul Kalam told The Associated Press, adding that officials “can’t force […]

TUCSON, Ariz./AGUACATE, Guatemala (Reuters) – The 911 emergency call came in to the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson station around midnight. Joselino Gomez Esteban’s voice crackled through an older cell phone from somewhere in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, the final stretch of a 2,000-mile (3,218 km) migration from Guatemala. Gomez said he was lost. He needed help. […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is not satisfied with remarks from Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Ankara’s foreign minister said on Thursday, adding the journalist was targeted in a premeditated killing. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and a Washington Post columnist, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, […]

WASHINGTON – Defence Secretary Jim Mattis defended the use of active duty troops on the U.S.-Mexican border, saying that in some ways it provides good training for war. He argued that it’s analogous to a 1916 deployment to counter the Mexican revolutionary Gen. Francisco “Pancho” Villa. Speaking to reporters Wednesday on his way to visit […]

As the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains in search for more bodies. The blaze has killed at least 56 people and authorities say 130 are unaccounted for. Many of the missing are elderly and […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a case that has strained the kingdom’s ties with key Western allies, his office said on Thursday. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi policy, was killed in the […]