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India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation in decades between the nuclear-armed rivals. The development follows weeks of clashes, missiles and drone strikes across their border that were triggered by an attack on tourists last month in the Indian-controlled section …
Read More »Newark air traffic controllers briefly lose radar for 2nd time in 2 weeks
Aviation experts say ongoing problems at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport are a sign of an antiquated U.S. system and could become more widespread, but that Canadian airports aren’t facing the same systemic issues. The air traffic controllers directing planes into the airport in Newark, N.J., lost their radar Friday …
Read More »N.B. man says he complained about fuel leak 7 weeks before Tim Hortons shut down in Woodstock
A Nackawic, N.B., man says he suspected a fuel leak at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Woodstock and complained to a manager months before it was shut down. Jody Bourgoin, who works in Woodstock, said he tried to warn staff about diesel in the restaurant’s water back in October, more than two months before …
Read More »Pope Francis blesses crowd, leaves hospital after battling pneumonia for 5 weeks
A weak and frail Pope Francis left the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, giving a thumbs up to an adoring crowd and taking a detour to go pray at a Rome-area church before returning home to the Vatican. A motorcade carrying the 88-year-old Pope …
Read More »We logged every RCMP Black Hawk flight for 6 weeks. Here’s what we found
After weeks of near-daily flights, the RCMP’s much-hyped Black Hawk helicopters have been used to stop one illegal border crossing from the U.S. into Canada since patrolling began in January, according to the RCMP and analysis by CBC News. The national police force leased the choppers as part of Ottawa’s $1.3 billion border security …
Read More »Man shot 2 weeks earlier in same Edmonton building where security guard slain
A man was shot in the same Central McDougall building just weeks before a security guard was gunned down on Dec. 6. On Nov. 21 around 4:54 a.m., patrol officers responded to a reported shooting at the apartment building at 106th Street and 107th Avenue. “Upon arrival, police located an …
Read More »Missing hiker found alive after more than 5 weeks in remote B.C. park
A hiker who went missing in B.C.’s backwoods has been found after surviving more than five weeks in a remote park in B.C.’s northeast as snow fell and temperatures plunged. CBC News confirmed the information through family, as well as individuals involved in the search. Sam Benastick, 20, was first reported …
Read More »WATCH | South Africa agrees to rescue illegal miners sealed for weeks underground
Three months after South Africa sealed most exits at a disused mine near Johannesburg in a crackdown on illegal miners, it has now agreed to rescue hundreds trapped underground — many now believed too weak to come out on their own. News Source link
Read More »Ford’s PC Party to begin nominations in coming weeks with early election looming
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party will begin nominating candidates in a matter of weeks, including sitting ministers who plan to run again, marking the latest sign Ontario is heading toward an early election call. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce and Agriculture Minister Rob Flack were among the PC MPPs to confirm …
Read More »Doug Ford unveils new education minister, weeks after naming her predecessor
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has named his new education minister hours after her predecessor, Todd Smith, announced his surprise resignation from politics to take a role in the private sector. On Friday afternoon, Ford confirmed former minister of colleges and universities Jill Dunlop would move to education, while junior cabinet …
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