Binance flags ‘potential security issue,’ says crypto firms froze more than $2.5 billion
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Thursday it’s investigating reports of a potential security issue as its founder said the incident “does look like a hack on Binance.” The company said cryptocurrency firms had frozen...
Star Trek, X-Men icon Patrick Stewart dies at 86
Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas to a “Star Trek” franchise and the “X-Men” films, has died. He was 86. Stewart died Wednesday in Los Angeles, following “a brief and poignant...
Sandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles
Relatives whose loved ones were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are making an impassioned plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on certain semiautomatic rifles, citing the high body counts and devastating...
Tumbler Ridge victim Maya Gebala’s father says she’s leaving hospital after 262 days
VANCOUVER — The father of Tumbler Ridge attack victim Maya Gebala says she is being released from BC Children’s Hospital, more than eight months after being shot three times. David Gebala has posted a video on social media showing him...
Canada still reviewing F-35 purchase after RCAF received its first jets: minister
OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty says the federal government’s planned purchase of 88 F-35 stealth fighters remains under review, even after the military received its first two F-35s in recent days. McGuinty told reporters today the federal government will...
Air Canada fare hikes can’t keep up with soaring fuel costs, as carrier cuts forecast
MONTREAL — Sky-high fuel costs pushed Air Canada to slash its profit forecast by hundreds of millions of dollars for the year after a turbulent quarter that saw its bottom line nearly cut in half. The country’s largest airline recovered...
Judge presses the Trump administration for details on its campaign to stop noncitizens from voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to identify all states where it has pressured officials to comply with its efforts to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in the midterm election, inquiries that Democrats have...
Ex-FBI officials accused of false statements about Hunter Biden press for dismissal of charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense lawyers urged a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a criminal complaint charging two former FBI officials with making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, calling the case an overtly political prosecution aimed at placating President...
City of Victoria issues warning after owl attacks same person twice in three days
VICTORIA — The City of Victoria has issued a warning after the same person was attacked by an owl at a park twice in three days. The city says in a statement that it received a complaint on Oct. 4 about...
Toronto man faces hate-motivated charges after alleged anti-Chinese slurs, threats
Toronto Police Service officers have arrested a Toronto man after an alleged hate-motivated incident in Toronto’s west end on Wednesday. Investigators say two people were in a coffee shop in the Bloor Street West and Keele Street area when the...
