The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is extending their condolences to the families of two Barrhaven 17-year-olds who died on Wednesday evening after falling through ice on the Rideau River. CTV News confirms Ahmed Haitham and Riley Cotter attended John McCrae Secondary School in Ottawa’s south-end. “This is very sad news for us … Read more
Gary Oldman thinks that he needed more of a… serious approach to his work playing Sirius Black in the “Harry Potter” movies. “I think my work is mediocre in it,” Oldman remarked on Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, adding, “maybe if I had read the books” like his late co-star Alan Rickman did, he’d feel … Read more
Hong Kong – An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under a sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts on Friday. Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed law introduced after the 2019 pro-democracy … Read more
Kyiv – Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to blast civilian targets across the country, with devastating consequences. One of the biggest attacks occurred on Friday when Russia launched more than 100 missiles and dozens of drones. The attack killed … Read more
A corner was turned on the heels of disappointment for Canada Basketball. The Canadian senior men’s attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games ended in July 2021, when it lost to Czechia in the semifinals of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament in Victoria. Canada Basketball’s front office altered its approach after failing … Read more
A surge in the number of flu and Covid admissions to hospitals in England is adding to a “storm of pressure” facing the health service, NHS leaders have said. Figures released on Friday showed that in Christmas week, there were on average 3,631 patients with Covid in hospital, up 57% from the same week in … Read more
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s armed forces said Friday an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and subsequently vanished off radars. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the unidentified airborne object was observed by radars of Poland’s air … Read more
THE COLOR PURPLE: 4 STARS The glitzy new musical version of “The Color Purple” maintains the talking points of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film adaptation, but adds in a touch of old-Hollywood glamor and rousing gospel, blues and jazz songs. Set in Jim Crow-era rural Georgia, … Read more
It was about 9:30 p.m. when a young man came racing to her yard in his socks, a T-shirt and shorts. No coat. No phone. Dripping wet. “He was yelling he needed help because his friend had fallen through the ice,” says Carly Roome. She called the police right away, and she … Read more
Warning: This article includes details, video and images that some might find disturbing. Adam Melanson, the man arrested at a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this month, is speaking out for the first time through a statement released by his lawyer. On Dec. 10, at the Human Rights Include Palestinian Rights rally, Melanson’s arrest was caught on … Read more
