Four people were taken to hospital on Friday after an aircraft contracted by the federal fisheries department went down near Corner Brook, N.L. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre spokesman Trevor Ackland says a helicopter was dispatched shortly after 11:37 a.m. when a Cessna 337H Skymaster aircraft descended into the mountains around Corner Brook. … Read more
PARIS, France – The Court of Arbitration for Sport voided the inquiry that led to Olympic bronze on the floor exercise for American gymnast Jordan Chiles, opening the door for Romania’s Ana Barbosu to replace Chiles as bronze medalist. CAS ruled Saturday that the appeal by U.S. coach Cecile Landi to have .1 … Read more
Lifeline Canada’s operations have returned to normal after an overnight outage that saw clients unable to place calls for assistance. The medical alarm service, which offers devices that can summon assistance at the press of a button, went down at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday. It remained down for about 12 hours, returning … Read more
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Twenty-four soldiers in Sierra Leone were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some for up to 120 years, after being convicted by a military court for their roles in an attempted coup in the West African nation last year. A seven-member jury convicted the soldiers late Friday following an eight-month … Read more
Former U.S. president Donald Trump recounted a story to reporters on Thursday about being involved in a helicopter emergency landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Asked by a reporter about U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous relationship with Brown and whether it helped her career trajectory, Trump said he knew Brown … Read more
CAIRO, Egypt – Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday. The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy weapons, occurred Friday in Tripoli’s eastern neighborhood of Tajoura between Rahba al-Duruae militia, … Read more
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two others has thrown the cases into disarray and surfaced tension between the desire of some victims’ families to see a final legal reckoning and the significant obstacles that may make that … Read more
VINHEDO, Brazil – Brazilian authorities worked Saturday to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the prior day that killed all 61 people on board. Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos with 57 passengers and four … Read more
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say there has been a “sharp increase” in the number of fatal motorcycle crashes across the province in recent weeks, calling the trend “senseless and preventable.” The force said 36 motorcyclists have died on OPP-patrolled roads so far this year, marking a more than 50 per cent increase over … Read more
The Crown has made its sentence submissions for Michael Gordon Jackson, the Saskatchewan man found guilty of withholding his daughter to prevent her from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Jackson, 55, was found guilty by a jury in April following two weeks of court proceedings for contravention of a custody order for withholding his … Read more
