The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says it’s investigating an interaction between a uniformed officer and anti-Trudeau government protestors after a video circulated on social media. The cell phone video captured an OPP officer speaking freely and expressing his support for the protestors. “I’m on board with you guys, but just no profanity,” … Read more
NEW YORK – U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue. Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Bidens’s willingness. Biden’s comment came during an interview with the Sirius … Read more
NEW YORK – A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Jeanne Bellino cannot recover damages from the 76-year-old Tyler under a 2000 New York … Read more
SAANICH, B.C. – When Art Kinarthy embarked upon this quest, he never could have imagined where it would ultimately lead. Since he was a child — living with a rare genetic condition that stopped his muscles from working — Ari had been fighting to find ways to have fun. “It feels very … Read more
As if a 4-0 Edmonton Oilers lead in Game 1 of their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings wasn’t good enough, what was announced at Rogers Place during the next TV timeout nearly blew the roof off the downtown arena. “Everyone was like, ‘No, they can’t be serious, can they?’” Gord McQueen, … Read more
Harvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court next week, the first step in potentially retrying the film mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, ordering a new trial. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has said it intends … Read more
NEW YORK – An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport. Delta said that after takeoff the pilots got an alert about the emergency slide on the … Read more
Harvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court on Wednesday, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office. It will be the first court appearance since New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, ordering a new trial. The District Attorney’s office has said it intends to pursue … Read more
Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States. Storms began firing off across parts of the Plains and South early Friday afternoon with multiple tornadoes observed by mid-afternoon in Nebraska – including at least one that … Read more
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province. The Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) says it has received 118 cases of reported eye complications since April 8. Inflammation of the cornea, dry eyes … Read more
