Judge tosses out impaired-driving charge after Chatham police force accused to take brassiere off. Before Chatham police sat Jessica Chater down for a breathalyzer last year, they forced her to remove her bra. Seem odd? Other police departments in the province said the action is virtually “unheard of” without a …

Council has agreed to amend the sign bylaw to allow a controversial electronic billboard in Leaside. City council has approved a giant electronic billboard in Leaside that was opposed by staff and is the subject of a complaint to the integrity commissioner. Area Councillor Jon Burnside said the 19-10 vote …

Allowing homes next to a GO Transit maintenance yard conflicts with the province’s regional express rail (RER) project, Metrolinx warns. The provincial transit agency is taking the rare step of initiating legal proceedings against the city, over a council vote that would allow townhomes to be built next to a …

NICE, France (AP) – The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed the Tunisian man who barreled his truck into a crowd in the French resort city of Nice was a “soldier” of the group, the first claim of responsibility for an attack that has claimed 84 lives and wounded more …

Paris: The dreaded terror outfit Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in the Riviera city of Nice that killed at least 84 people. News agency Amaq, which supports Islamic State said via its Telegram account, “The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to …

Patna: A rally was organised in support of controversial Islamist preacher Zakir Naik and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Patna, Bihar on Friday. What was shocking was that slogans praising Pakistan were raised in the rally. The march was arranged under the banner of Popular Front …

New Delhi: Calling upon states to be vigilant and updated and to focus on intelligence sharing for strengthening internal security of the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked them to hold discussions on challenges and how to deal with them. “We should today hold discussion on challenges faced …

Mumbai: In more trouble for the promoter of defunct Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, a metropolitan court in suburban Andheri here on Saturday issued a non bailable warrant against him in a case of cheque bouncing filed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). On May 7, Magistrate A A Laulkar …

Three days after at least 27 of 30 patients injected with the drug Avastin got an infection, which can potentially lead to vision loss, the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) suspects the local chemist who supplied it may be responsible for the infection. The institute’s medical superintendent …

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) campaign committee head Bhagwant Mann on Friday slammed Akal Takth jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh for giving “political statements”, claiming it proved he had been “tutored” by Akalis. Mann said the jathedar’s warning to AAP leaders to desist from meddling in Sikh religious issues proved he was …