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James Foley, a journeyman director best known for Glengarry Glen Ross, has died. He was 71. He died earlier this week after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, his representative, Taylor Lomax, said Friday. In his long and varied career, Foley directed music videos for Madonna, 12 episodes of House …
Read More »Longtime Maritime meteorologist Peter Coade dead at 82
A Nova Scotia meteorologist who was a comforting presence to Maritimers on television and radio for more than five decades died early Saturday. Peter Coade, 82, had dementia and was hospitalized at the Hants Community Hospital since November, his son told CBC News. With his down-to-earth demeanour and warm voice, Coade had an …
Read More »Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, who had a hit with I Kissed a Girl, dead after house fire
Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the song I Kissed a Girl, died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin, in an email Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear how …
Read More »9 dead, others hurt after driver slams into Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival crowd
I’m a senior writer with the live page team. Here’s what we know so far about what occurred at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver last night. Nine people were killed and many others were injured after a driver rammed a black SUV into a large crowd, according …
Read More »Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse and trafficking, dead at 41
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The woman who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has died. She was …
Read More »B.C. woman shot in face, suspect dead and up to 30 people out of their homes in apartment attack and fire
A man suspected of setting an apartment building on fire is dead after he drove his vehicle into the blaze, RCMP say, but not before he shot one person and displaced roughly two dozen others. The string of events happened Friday afternoon in the city of Fort St. John, in …
Read More »Teen hiker dead after fall down 60-metre cliff north of Salmon Arm, B.C.
A 17-year-old is dead after falling down a cliff while hiking in B.C.’s Interior, according to police. RCMP said the teen boy was hiking with two friends on Monday evening when he “disappeared” off a 60-metre cliff on Bastion Mountain, north of Salmon Arm in B.C.’s Shuswap region. Police said he was …
Read More »1 child dead, 2 injured in Surrey hit-and-run: police
A six-year-old girl is dead and two other children are in hospital following a hit-and-run collision in Surrey’s Fraser Heights neighbourhood Sunday afternoon. In a statement Sunday evening, the Surrey Police Service said officers had responded to reports of a crash involving three children at the intersection of 164 Street …
Read More »Siemens executive and family, pilot dead after helicopter crashes in Hudson River off Manhattan
A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in mid-air Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said. The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and three children, in …
Read More »Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, known for First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s, dead at 94
Canadian Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first instalments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s, died Thursday at age 94, his son confirmed to CBC News. “He died of old age, peacefully, and surrounded by love ones,” his son Thomas said in …
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