Strong winds ‘kill six’ in Turkey
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Winds in Istanbul, Turkey have reached speeds of more than 150mph A series of strong winds in Turkey have caused some house collapses, killing six people, injuring 52…
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‘Lucky’: Canadian Novelist Marissa Stapley Set to Discuss Chilling Thriller at San Francisco Book Party
Author Marissa Stapley will appear in San Francisco to discuss her book “Lucky” — the first Canadian pick for Reese Witherspoon’s book club and featuring a storyline that will sound familiar to fans of…
Shooting outside club highlights rivalry between ‘Outlaws’ in UK
A man shot dead outside a meeting to mark the end of the Outlaws motorcycle club chapter in Britain has been named by police as an experienced biker from Nottinghamshire. The man, who was…
Why Thornhill’s approval for a suburban-subway crossing is a win for Toronto’s transit plan
Inside Toronto’s Yonge-University-Spadina subway line, a story was brewing behind closed doors. A committee of Metrolinx board members was poised to give final approval to a plan to shift the subway’s end of the…
World health experts focus on dollars and cents of a possible global pandemic
High-level international health experts on Tuesday offered the world little hope of staving off the next major pandemic — suggesting there’s little time to ramp up investment in vaccines, emergency health-care, environmental readiness, and…
The vanishing women in British Columbia is a national tragedy
Police in British Columbia are mobilizing ahead of the one-year anniversary of the disappearance and suspected murder of a 22-year-old Cree woman, Eline Laing. Laing’s case brought to light a problem in the tiny…
Ontario’s new PC leader creates committee to advise on possible carbon tax
Offer would appear to endorse an agenda from Unifor and possibly labour standards in Ontario Toronto’s new Progressive Conservative leader, Doug Ford, has announced that the head of the province’s largest public sector union…
Councillors vote unanimously to postpone controversial bylaw amendment by John Tory
During an unprecedented round of politics on City Council on Wednesday, John Tory took a rare and unexpected loss in his campaign to amend city’s bylaws to allow rooming houses, a controversial issue that…
Protesters in Lebanon block major highways
Written by Staff Writer by Tara Curhan, CNN Lebanon’s worsening economic crisis prompted more than 40,000 protestors to take to the streets of Beirut on Saturday, blocking major roadways and shattering decades of calm….
Oversight panel orders review of children’s deaths as families cry foul over delay
Dozens of families of children who died on OC Transpo are calling for answers from the Ontario government’s top pathologist following allegations of political interference in his confirmation. A special Ontario Parole Board panel…