LOS ANGELES – John David “JD” Souther, a prolific songwriter and musician who helped shape the country-rock sound that took root in Southern California in the 1970s with his collaborations with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, has died at the age of 78. Souther, who collaborated on some of the Eagles’ biggest hits, … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin has hit the dancefloor on “Dancing With the Stars” with a featherweight — and very sparkly — ankle monitor. The so-called ‘fake heiress,’ who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A company based in Hungary was responsible for manufacturing the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah’s communications network, another firm whose brand was used on the devices said Wednesday. Pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously a day earlier in … Read more
With Canada’s annual inflation rate reaching the central bank’s two per cent target, the country’s affordability crisis could be peaking. David Macdonald, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says the biggest affordability “pain points” remain housing costs and food. “At this point those costs are continuing to rise, … Read more
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said an MLA ousted from his caucus this week was given a choice before he was shown the door. “You can be affiliated with the NDP or you can be affiliated with Peter Nygard, but you can’t do both,” Kinew told reporters Tuesday. His remarks come after Monday’s announcement that Fort … Read more
Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson and Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark both broke WNBA records Sunday, with Wilson becoming the first player to score 1,000 points in a single season and Clark breaking the rookie scoring record. Wilson took the single season scoring record with just under two minutes to play in … Read more
Sixty-five-year-old Hong Xu, who drove her SUV into a crowd of people celebrating a wedding at her next-door neighbour’s house in West Vancouver on Aug. 20, 2022, has been sentenced under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without due care and attention. An investigation determined Xu mistakenly hit the gas instead of the … Read more
The community is trying to get a new set of ‘wheels’ for a Canadian Armed Forces veteran from Elora, Ont. Victor Dockrell, 81, said his local streets have historically been quiet. “At night, you could fire a cannon down the middle of the road and not hit a thing,” he explained. But traffic has ramped … Read more
Support staff at Saskatoon Public Schools are calling for urgent action and more funding to keep members safe in the wake of a brutal attack at Evan Hardy Collegiate earlier this month. A 14-year-old girl is facing criminal charges after a Sept. 5 attack where she lit another girl, 15, on fire at … Read more
A crypto trading platform incorporated in the Cayman Islands has been banned from operating in British Columbia and ordered to pay the provincial regulator $500,000. A panel of the B.C. Securities Commission imposed the sanctions on LiquiTrade Ltd. in a decision issued Tuesday and published online. LiquiTrade did not participate in the … Read more
