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Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day

President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of denigrating the explorer’s legacy as he pressed his campaign to restore what he...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Suspect charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver Filipino street festival attack

The suspect in the deadly Filipino street festival attack that killed at least 11 people in Vancouver on Saturday night has been charged with murder. The BC Prosecution Service tells 1130 NewsRadio that Kai-Ji Adam Lo now faces eight counts...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

North Korea confirms it sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Monday for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, saying the deployment was meant to help Russia regain its Kursk region that Ukrainian forces...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Police search for driver who fled scene of multi-vehicle crash in south Etobicoke

Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a crash in south Etobicoke on Sunday night. Investigators say at least two vehicles were involved in a collision just before 9 p.m. in the Kipling Avenue...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Greenland’s prime minister says island can’t be bought and US isn’t showing respect

LYNGBY, Denmark (AP) — New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Sunday that U.S. statements about the mineral-rich Arctic island have been disrespectful and that Greenland “will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by just...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd...

Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s“Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema. In its second weekend in theaters, “Sinners” earned $45 million in ticket sales from theaters in...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Shock, devastation among Filipino community after Vancouver SUV attack that killed 11

VANCOUVER — Shock and grief rippled through Canada’s Filipino community on Sunday as members struggled to come to grips with an attack at a cultural street festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people and injured dozens more. Filipino BC community...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Drag performer Jiggly Caliente from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ franchise dies at 44 after hospitalization

NEW YORK (AP) — Drag performer Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who was known as reality television star Jiggly Caliente on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” died Sunday at age 44, days after her family reported hospitalization for a serious infection. Castro-Arabejo, who became a...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Carney, Poilievre, Singh change campaign plans following Vancouver vehicle attack

The leaders of the three main federal parties paused their election campaigns Sunday to express their sorrow and offer condolences to victims and their families hours after a vehicle attack in Vancouver killed 11 people and injured many more. “Last...

Apr 28, 2025 | News

Netanyahu says Israeli planes intercepted Iranian ones sent to rescue embattled Syrian leader Assad

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes last year intercepted Iranian aircraft headed toward Syria, preventing them from delivering troops meant to assist the country’s embattled president at the time, Bashar Assad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The remarks in...

Apr 28, 2025 | News