PHOENIX — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as triple-digit temperatures arrive. The stifling tent...
Continue reading...June 20, 2022
Victims describe broken lives as ex-PQ leader Boisclair pleads guilty to sex assaults
Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair is almost certainly facing jail time after pleading guilty Monday to sexually assaulting two men in their early 20s after meeting them online. Boisclair admitted to the two assaults at his Montreal apartment in January 2014 and November 2015, and...
Continue reading...Duterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president
MANILA — Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath Sunday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her father’s human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down. The inauguration in their southern...
Continue reading...Leftist President-elect Petro faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next president, but the slim victory is a cue that a large portion of the country rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro, who will have to consider their concerns and negotiate with a...
Continue reading...Motorcycle rider being rushed to hospital after crash on Hwy. 407, all westbound lanes closed near Whitby
A motorcycle rider is being rushed to a trauma centre following a collision on Highway 407 in Pickering on Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police say that the motorcycle collided with a passenger vehicle in the westbound lanes of the highway near Salem Road at around 4:30...
Continue reading...Motorcycle rider rushed to hospital after crash on Hwy. 407, all westbound lanes closed near Pickering
A motorcycle rider was rushed to a trauma centre following a collision on Highway 407 in Pickering on Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police say that the motorcycle collided with a passenger vehicle in the westbound lanes of the highway near Salem Road at around 4:30 p.m....
Continue reading...Motorcycle rider being rushed to hospital after crash on Hwy. 407, all westbound lanes closed near Pickering
A motorcycle rider is being rushed to a trauma centre following a collision on Highway 407 in Pickering on Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police say that the motorcycle collided with a passenger vehicle in the westbound lanes of the highway near Salem Road at around 4:30...
Continue reading...Yellowstone Park aims for a quick reopening after floods
GARDINER, Mont. — Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks — much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials said. Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said the world-renowned park will be...
Continue reading...Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says he won’t seek re-election amid speculation Horwath could run
Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says he will not be seeking another term in office. Eisenberger said in a statement Monday that it is “time to move onto the next chapter of his life” after three terms in office and that means his name will not be...
Continue reading...Arrest warrant issued for suspect in fatal shooting outside North York mall
Police have issued a search warrant for a suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old outside a North York mall last month. The incident took place on May 9 around 8:30 p.m. at the parking lot at Sheridan Mall, near Jane Street...
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