A man convicted of murdering a Toronto police officer more than four decades ago has been granted day parole for six months. Craig Munro is serving a life sentence at a B.C. prison for fatally shooting Const. Michael Sweet on March 14, 1980, during a botched robbery attempt at a Toronto tavern. … Read more
The ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski – the woman whose disappearance and death set the small town of Lumby, B.C., on edge last month – has been charged with her murder. Vitali Stefanski was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the B.C. RCMP said in a late-afternoon news release. Tatjana was last seen … Read more
WASHINGTON – Relatives of passengers who died in two jetliner crashes pushed federal officials Friday to prosecute Boeing on criminal charges related to the accidents no later than this fall but said they got no commitment from the Justice Department. The Justice Department determined two weeks ago that Boeing violated terms of a … Read more
After years of price increases and a decline in customers, fast food chains in the United States are competing with each other and offering value deals in hopes of bringing more foot traffic into their establishments. “McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, KFC have all been experiencing declines in traffic,” said Clive Veroni, a marketing … Read more
A local business in the community of Embrun, southeast of Ottawa, got quite the surprise when a social media sensation placed an order with their online business, Ability Hive. “He’s a master of the craft. He’s like the best in the game and it’s just super cool to see a guy like Mr. … Read more
Badly behaved bachelor and bachelorette partygoers could soon face heavy fines if they overstep the mark in a Spanish resort town. The authorities in the town of Platja d’Aro, on Spain’s Costa Brava and around 60 miles northeast of Barcelona, have introduced fines for anyone daring to go out in public in costumes depicting genitalia or carrying … Read more
TORONTO – Indigo Books & Music Inc. says Trilogy Investments LP has acquired all of the retailer’s outstanding shares. The Toronto-based book purveyor says the share purchase marks the completion of its deal with the private holding company owned by Gerald Schwartz, the businessman spouse of Indigo founder Heather Reisman. As a … Read more
Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton, who preyed on women he lured from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to his rural pig farm, has died. The 74-year-old was violently attacked by a fellow inmate in a Quebec prison on May 19. Pickton was rushed to hospital where he was put into a medically induced coma … Read more
ACCRA, Ghana – Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world’s youngest male artist. His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, says it all started by accident when her son, who at the time was six months old, discovered her acrylic paints. Eghan, an artist and founder of … Read more
Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information. The tech company unleashed a makeover of its search engine in mid-May that frequently provides AI-generated summaries on top of search results. Soon after, social … Read more
