A Lion Air flight with at least 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Java on Monday, shortly after take off from the capital on its way to the country’s tin-mining hub, officials said. A spokesman for Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said the […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending a decision by Statistics Canada to compel banks and financial institutions to release the personal transaction data of 500,000 people without their consent. Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen grilled Trudeau during question period Monday following a report by Global News that revealed Statistics Canada is asking the country’s nine […]

Najib Ali is now 14. His family’s home near Homs was hit in an air strike, an attack which changed their lives and left Najib in a wheelchair. They made it to Greece but were unable to secure the treatment Najib needs. He still has shrapnel in his spine which is collapsing, and his kidneys […]

A 47-year-old man has been charged with mischief after police received a call about a bomb threat at a bar in Stratford. Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, city police and the local fire department were called to Gilly’s Pubhouse on Downie Street after someone called 911 about a bomb threat. Businesses and homes in the area […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain and head coach are offering their support in the wake of a deadly shooting at a synagogue in their host city. A white gunman, allegedly shouting anti-Semitic statements, burst into the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring six others. “We woke up to […]

When Remko Schrik’s mountain bike was stolen in Penticton he never expected to see it again, let alone hear it was recovered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. “They actually cut the trailer hitch right off the back of his pickup truck,” said Jon McLuskie, a Vancouver resident picking up the bike for his friend. “He was […]

Robert Bowers is facing 29 federal criminal charges in connection with the fatal shooting of 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Saturday. The charges include 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder and several counts of hate crimes. Domestic terrorism is not among the charges for Bower’s alleged […]

Halifax Regional Police have reopened the 100 block of Pinecrest Drive in Dartmouth, N.S., after responding to a weapons complaint. Police say that at approximately 12:31 p.m., officers responded to a call that a man with a firearm was seen entering an apartment in the area. Multiple units responded to the call but no man […]

Officials with the Union of Canadian Corrections Officers in the region are sounding the alarm. The union, which represents more than 7,000 workers across the country — around 1,000 of them in Kingston — is concerned about potential dangers surrounding a needle exchange program that could eventually be rolled out to prisons across the country. […]

Their latest global report claims wildlife is dying out faster than ever and says nature needs international “life support”. Tanya Steele, WWF chief executive, said: “We are the first generation to know we are destroying our planet and the last one that can do anything about it.” The organisation’s Living Planet Report 2018 says nine […]