When Dan Laramie of Keremeos, B.C. was told he was going to die, he decided to do it on his own terms — with a party. On Saturday Mar. 2, a farewell party dubbed “Dan’s Day” was hosted by a close family friend. Fifty people gathered around Laramie, 68, in a hospital bed wheeled into the living room. Dan Laramie, […]

Countries around the world have banned the Boeing 737 MAX 8 from their skies but the US has so far stood by it. The UK, France and Germany were among those to ban the aircraft but their actions were mostly superseded when the European Aviation Safety Agency announced it was banning the planes from its airspace. This meant that some […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s press packed in a gallery in the British House of Commons neo-gothic debating chamber late on Tuesday, watching out for clues of the outcome of a vote that would shake markets and deepen the Brexit turmoil. Parliamentary voting in the United Kingdom is an overwhelmingly analogue affair – with lawmakers traipsing down wood-panelled corridors and […]

Home security video of a young boy getting himself locked in a cooler has sparked a voluntary recall. Five-year-old Nicholas Wanes was playing at his Pompano Beach, Fl., home on March 2 when he vanished from sight. After screaming for help, the boy’s family rushed over and discovered Nicholas inside of a white Igloo cooler. Robert Wanes, the boy’s father, […]

Emergency officials have launched the annual River Watch program which provides New Brunswickers with up to date information on the status or rivers, potential ice jams and other flood issues which could be expected in the coming weeks. “This is the most fussed over period of weather in the province of New Brunswick every spring for good reason, it’s a […]

London: In the end, one paragraph written by a member of Theresa May’s own Cabinet killed her Brexit deal stone dead and put the whole project – and her government – on life support. That paragraph was written by UK attorney-general Geoffrey Cox: a man who tweeted the single word “Bollocks” on Tuesday morning shortly before he gave May the […]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Michael wanted her dad’s songs – not her.’ Jackson never loved his wife Lisa Marie Presley, made her sleep in the guest room and was ruthlessly using her to acquire Elvis’ music catalog, King of Pop’s former maid claims Adrian McManus, who worked for four years as Michael Jackson’s personal maid at Neverland ranch, claims the singer never loved […]

Jeremy Corbyn urges his MPs to block no-deal Brexit in tomorrow’s vote and renews calls for a general election after May’s plan is crushed again Labour leader said the PM’s withdrawal agreement was ‘dead’ after latest defeat Mr Corbyn demanded a vote on Labour’s Brexit plan and called for an election But he did not support a second referendum as […]

Pilots of doomed Ethiopian Boeing jet said they were having ‘flight control problems’ moments before it crashed, airline CEO reveals Tewolde Gebremariam suggested the plane’s controls might not have been responding to the pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines jet before it crashed on Sunday He said the pilots had received extra training after the Lion Air crash last year The […]

Headliner 701West The name of this flagship restaurant reflects the Seventh Avenue address of the hotel it’s in, Ian Schrager’s latest New York venture, the Times Square Edition. A symphony in deep blue, 701West, on the 11th floor, is under the chef John Fraser’s charge. Vegetables figure importantly on his American menu, with dishes like poached egg with artichokes, guanciale […]