Boat accident in Nigeria leaves at least 31 people dead, authorities say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat accident on a river in north-central Nigeria killed at least 31 people, authorities said Wednesday. The overloaded boat hit a tree trunk in the Borgu area of Niger state while it carried 90 people,...
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s last surviving child, dies at 97
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who was inspired by his father to spend years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, died Tuesday at age 97. Hemingway,...
2 hikers dead, 3rd presumed dead after going over waterfall in southeast B.C.: police
KIMBERLEY — Police say the bodies of two hikers have been recovered and a third person is presumed dead after the trio fell over a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP in Kimberley, B.C., say they were alerted by SOS...
Heavy rain on the way for Toronto
After sunshine and heat, a big pattern change is coming to Toronto as a cold front brings in 10 to 20 millimetres of rain on Thursday morning. Heavy rain with the risk of some thunderstorms are set to take over...
China displays its military strength in a parade on the 80th anniversary of the end...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping, speaking before a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, said Wednesday that humanity today must choose between peace and war and between dialogue and confrontation....
B.C. court dismisses challenge to university faculty association’s Gaza resolutions
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court says the Simon Fraser University faculty association did not go beyond its “stated purposes” by passing resolutions condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza and calling for the university to divest from arms manufacturers. The resolutions...
43-year-old woman in custody after the stabbing of a man in Scarborough
A man in his 60s is dead after a stabbing in Scarborough on Tuesday evening, police say. The incident happened around 6:50 p.m. at 4301 Kingston Road, in the West Hill neighbourhood. Police responded to reports of a person that...
Cardi B wins case filed by security guard who claimed rapper assaulted her
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor’s office during her then-secret first...
Mississauga man faces several charges in firearm investigation
Toronto police have arrested a 26-year-old man from Mississauga in connection with a firearm investigation. Police say the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force began an investigation into a person allegedly in possession of a firearm. Officers executed a search...
Federal government begins to transfer Coast Guard to National Defence
OTTAWA — A months-long process to transition the Canadian Coast Guard into the Department of National Defence has kicked off officially with a cabinet order. The Liberals promised in the spring election to give the Coast Guard a new mandate,...
