A 40-year-old man has been charged after a stabbing in downtown Toronto left a man critically injured on Tuesday. The incident happened outside CF Eaton Centre at Yonge and Dundas streets before 7:30 p.m. Police said two men were involved in a verbal altercation when one...
Continue reading...June 29, 2022
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found; family seeks arrest
JACKSON, Miss. — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years...
Continue reading...Suspected driver of truck packed with suffocating migrants pretended to be a victim, may have been on drugs
SAN ANTONIO — The alleged driver of a truck packed with migrants who died in the sweltering Texas heat this week initially tried to pass himself off as a victim to evade authorities and may have been under the influence of narcotics during the smuggling attempt. Those...
Continue reading...If Vladimir Putin was a woman, there would be no Ukraine war: UK PM Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Photo : AP London: Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, but if he were,...
Continue reading...Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s family releases new video, announces filing of $10 million civil lawsuit
A new video has been released showing what appears to be an interaction between Toronto police officers and Regis Korchinski-Paquet moments before she fell from a balcony two years ago. The video was shared by Jason E. Bogle, the lawyer representing Korchinski-Paquet’s family, on Wednesday afternoon...
Continue reading...Ontario NDP slam expansion of PC caucus roles with extra pay
The Ontario NDP’s newly minted interim leader wasted no time lashing out at the ruling PC government Wednesday, slamming them for almost doubling the number of parliamentary assistants who will receive pay bumps as part of their duties. “It’s shocking that Doug Ford is inviting MPPs...
Continue reading...Was Tuesday’s testimony a political breaking point for Trump?
The political world is still collecting itself following the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Tuesday to the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol. The sheer volume of shocking details she provided, about what former President Donald Trump knew...
Continue reading...Britain announces another one billion euro military aid for Ukraine
Britain’s flag Photo : iStock London: Britain on Wednesday unveiled another euro one billion of military aid to Ukraine to help in fighting Russian troops. With the new aid, Britain’s total military support to Ukraine rose to euro 2.3 billion since the Russian invasion in February...
Continue reading...Bison gores man in Yellowstone National Park, second attack in a month
A 34-year-old Colorado man was gored by a charging bison this week as he was walking in Yellowstone National Park with his family, the park said in a statement. The man was in a group walking Monday along a boardwalk in the park near the Old...
Continue reading...Interim Ontario NDP leader says he’s focused on party priorities during transition
Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, June 29, 2022 5:50PM EDT The new interim leader of Ontario’s New Democrats said Wednesday that he hopes his political experience and commitment to the party will help them act as an effective Opposition to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives...
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