Jan. 21, 2022: Mexican authorities say a Canadian tourist is dead after a shooting at a local resort. Plus, Dr. Robert Bondar on the 30th anniversary of her first spaceflight…Continue Reading
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday surrounded by his followers in the temple where his spiritual journey began. He was 95.Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in…Continue Reading
A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Michael Jackson, 52, a Saskatchewan man accused of abducting his seven-year-old daughter to prevent her from getting vaccinated against COVID-19.Saskatchewan RCMP have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for Michael Gordon Jackson, who is accused of abducting his daughter to prevent her from getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Police…Continue Reading
Two Canadians were killed Friday and one more wounded in a shooting at a hotel along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, state authorities said.A Mexican National Guard truck leaves Hotel Xcaret after three Canadian citizens were shot in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on Friday. (Paola Chiomante/Reuters)Two Canadians were killed Friday and another was wounded in a shooting…Continue Reading
The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday.The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday. (North Port Police Department/Facebook)The…Continue Reading
Singer Adele on Thursday postponed a series of Las Vegas concerts due to start on Friday because half her crew was sick with COVID-19 and the pandemic has caused delivery delays.Adele, seen here during her TV special, Adele: One Night Only, in November, has announced she has been forced to postpone her Las Vegas concerts…Continue Reading
U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight with a fake bomb threat last year in order to arrest an opposition journalist.Ryanair Flight 4978 had been bound from Athens to Lithuania when a Belarusian fighter jet forced it to land in Minsk. (Mindaugas Kulbis/The Associated Press)U.S.…Continue Reading
The federal government has struck a deal with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation that will see it hand over thousands of residential school records, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said today.Ottawa strikes deal to turn over thousands of residential school documentsThe federal government has struck a deal to turn over thousands of residential…Continue Reading
“What is Prince Edward Island?” Apparently, the brainiac competitors on Wednesday’s airing of Jeopardy! and its all-time winningest champion host have no idea.Ken Jennings, a 74-time champion on the popular quiz show Jeopardy! who was the host on Wednesday night, didn’t know the answer to the Prince Edward Island question. (Jeopardy!/The Associated Press)”What is Prince…Continue Reading
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed their annual Doomsday Clock announcement, leaving the hands of the metaphorical clock the closest to midnight in its 75-year history.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed the annual Doomsday Clock on Thursday, leaving the hands at 100 seconds to midnight. (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)The Doomsday Clock remains…Continue Reading