3 suspects arrested in Mississauga hit-and-run that injured woman, 4 children
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that injured a woman and four children in Mississauga over the summer. The two-vehicle crash occurred in the Erin Mills area, near Ninth Line and Erin Centre Boulevard on July...
US escalates criticism of Colombia’s president at the UN, calls for action against drug trafficking
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused Colombia’s president on Friday of undermining progress to lasting peace and urged its government to make combating violence and drug trafficking by “narco-terrorist groups” a priority. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz told a...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships
LAS VEGAS (AP) — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday there’s work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league, while adding that there were “inaccuracies” in some of the comments attributed to her by Napheesa Collier...
Judge remains undecided on treatment plan for man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge remained undecided Friday on the treatment and placement plan for a man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and ramming his car into the front gate of her home. Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, a 48-year-old from...
Man accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy on Toronto subway, police say
Toronto police are on the hunt for a man who is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager on the TTC’s line 2 subway. According to authorities, the incident happened at approximately 9:05 a.m. on Friday as the train was travelling...
Government says flypast for King’s visit to Ottawa cost more than $800,000
OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says the Royal Canadian Air Force flypast during King Charles III’s visit to Ottawa this spring cost more than $824,700. The department released a tally of its expenses associated with the royal visit,...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning...
Senate curbs spending on language training, spousal travel
OTTAWA — The Senate is no longer allowing senators to be reimbursed for spouses receiving language training. The changes were passed yesterday at a Senate committee meeting on internal economy, budgets and administration. The changes were made after Radio-Canada reported...
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA — As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that’s fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appear to be choosing their words...
Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
TORONTO — Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency funding to feed and care for the last captive whales in the country, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent and will be a “direct consequence” of the fisheries minister’s decision to deny export...
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