Author Archives:
Crown seeking 10-year sentence for 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King
OTTAWA - Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is set to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today. Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland found King guilty on five co...
Feb 19, 2025
Investigation into plane crash at Pearson airport continues as black box recovered
TORONTO - Delays at Toronto's Pearson airport may continue today as investigators work to determine what caused Monday's fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board. Investi...
Feb 19, 2025
Ontario election 2025: Some leaders making stops in Ottawa, Guelph
Two of Ontario's main political party leaders will be making campaign stops in Ottawa and Guelph regions today. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is set to make a morning announcement in Clarence-Rockland...
Feb 19, 2025
Pakistan wants to expel all Afghan refugees from the country, says Afghan embassy
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and their expulsion is imminent, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad warned Wednesday. The embassy issued a strongly worded s...
Feb 19, 2025
The pope slept peacefully, had breakfast after diagnosis of pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis slept well and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after he developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff that...
Feb 18, 2025
Backcountry skier killed in avalanche near Golden, B.C.
A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden. The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since...
Feb 18, 2025
PWHL-leading Victoire get wake-up call in loss: 'It's a good learning lesson'
LAVAL, Que. - Kori Cheverie saw the signs coming. The Montreal Victoire head coach wanted her team to extend its winning streak to seven games. She also saw the positives of getting a wake-up call at ...
Feb 18, 2025
Man who attacked Japan's ex-Prime Minister Kishida convicted and sentenced to 10 years, reports say
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison,...
Feb 18, 2025
Maddie Rooney makes 21 saves, Frost blank PWHL-leading Victoire 4-0
LAVAL, Que. - Maddie Rooney made 21 saves for her first shutout this season to lead the Minnesota Frost past the league-leading Montreal Victoire 4-0 on Tuesday in the Professional Women's Hockey Leag...
Feb 18, 2025
Incumbent Democratic-backed Wisconsin education chief Underly advances in primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary, overcoming challenges from a union-backed superintendent and an advocate f...
Feb 18, 2025