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Fifteen years after filing a lawsuit against the Canadian government over his detention in Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik is getting his day in court. An eight-week civil trial, slated to begin in Federal Court today, will revisit events that unfolded two decades ago against a backdrop of heightened vigilance against the …
Read More »Man adrift in frigid Russian seas for 67 days survived by drinking rainwater
A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water. Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. But the boat’s …
Read More »Man adrift in frigid Russian seas for 67 days survived by drinking rainwater
A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water. Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. But the boat’s …
Read More »Man with loaded gun arrested near Trump rally in Coachella, Calif.
A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said Sunday. He was released Saturday on $5,000 US bail. The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, …
Read More »A man broke into a London, Ont., girl’s room. After deal on a lower plea, her mom says there’s been no justice
The girl was 13 years old in September 2022 when she awoke in the middle of the night in her family’s London, Ont., home to discover her 27-year-old neighbour near her bed, rubbing her back. Terrified, she didn’t call out for help, but told him to leave. He did — through the …
Read More »Man accused of plotting NYC Oct. 7 attack made refugee claim in Canada: immigration consultant
While a Pakistani man living in the Toronto area was allegedly planning a mass murder of Jews in New York, he was also seeking refugee status in Canada, according to an immigration consultant. The U.S. is now aiming to extradite Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 19, after he was arrested by RCMP …
Read More »Memphis, Tenn., man sentenced in killing of rapper Young Dolph
Justin Johnson was found guilty of murder in the death of rapper Young Dolph on Thursday after the jury heard testimony from a co-defendant that the killing was part of a feud between rival record labels. Jurors deliberated for just under four hours before finding Johnson guilty of murder, conspiracy …
Read More »Murder trial begins for Ontario man accused of beating girlfriend to death
Carland Walker and Nabila Aminzadah had been dating for two years when paramedics were called to the basement apartment where Walker lived with his brother to find Aminzadah lying on her back in Walker’s bedroom, her eyes swollen shut, with marks all over her body including cuts and puncture wounds …
Read More »‘I started to vomit blood’: Why an ER nightmare is shaping how an N.B. man will vote
When Tim Kennedy thinks back to his emergency room experience this past summer, he knows he could have died. The Fredericton-area man went to the ER at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on Aug. 24 in extreme pain. After nearly 10 hours in the waiting room, he began vomiting …
Read More »Whiteshell, Man. residents say they can’t ‘bear’ trash invaders – Winnipeg
Taking out the trash is a messy situation for Keely Middleton. Middleton, a resident of Falcon Lake, Man., says there’s a recurring problem in the community, located within Whiteshell Provincial Park — garbage strewn deep into the woods by marauding black bears. “All of the cages are pushed in,” Middleton …
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