A three-vehicle collision at the Mactaquac Dam in Kingsclear, N.B., resulted in several vehicles becoming stuck during Wednesday’s winter storm. New Brunswick RCMP say they were called to the scene around 12:15 p.m. One person involved in the crash was sent to hospital with injuries, according to police. Six vehicles remained stuck at the scene as of 2:45 p.m. Witnesses […]

TORONTO – A crooked investment adviser who scammed more than a dozen long-time friends and other unsuspecting clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has had his four-year prison sentence upheld and his fine increased sharply on appeal. In a ruling Wednesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected Roger Schoer’s arguments that a lower court judge had failed to […]

Heartwarming video shows cops comforting a crying 11-month-old girl they rescued in a Walmart parking lot an hour after she was accidentally KIDNAPPED after her mother’s car was stolen with her inside An 11-month-old girl was inadvertently kidnapped Sunday night at 7.15pm Mother momentarily stepped inside her home but left child in car with engine on  Cops believe a car thief […]

The latest at Longleat follows the London Zoo mauling of a female by a male. Staff at the Wiltshire park are “extremely distraught” after rare Siberian tiger Shouri, 13, was killed when she got into a separate pen holding a breeding pair. A statement said: “During the process of moving the tigers between the various outdoor paddocks, a door connecting […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s main opposition groups on Wednesday issued their first joint call for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, appearing at a news conference together for the first time since protests erupted across the country nearly two months ago. The opposition had been fragmented across several small but influential political parties, which formed three separate coalitions, and the […]

London police have charged a 35-year-old London man in relation to a death involving an arrow earlier this month. Police say they have charged Brandon Hartman with second-degree murder. Emergency services responded to Arbour Glen Crescent, off Kipps Lane in the city’s northeast end, after someone called 911 about the incident just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 5. The victim, […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France and Iran are close to exchanging ambassadors after Paris suspended nominating an envoy to Tehran last year over claims Iranian intelligence officials had planned an attack on an opposition group in Paris, France’s foreign minister said. “We protested vigorously against an attempted attack that was stopped in the Paris region which led us to suspend the […]

Jailed Bill Cosby compares himself to Nelson Mandela and Gandhi and says is a ‘political prisoner’ for ‘trying to humanize all races, genders and religions’ ‘My political beliefs, my actions of trying to humanize all races, genders and religions landed me in this place surrounded by barb wire fencing,’ said Cosby He said his ‘temporary residence resembles the quarters of […]

West Indies bowler Shannon Gabriel has been banned for four games after admitting making a homophobic comment to England captain Joe Root. The fast bowler accepted the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct charge for the remark and will miss the first four matches of the upcoming one-day series. Gabriel has been fined 75% of his match fee for […]

Fergus Clarkson was said to have launched his attack after catching Rebecca Clarkson with Thomas Slattery at the matrimonial home in Fulham, west London. The 31-year-old maintained he only punched Mr Slattery once, believing he was a burglar who had jumped over their back fence. Mrs Clarkson, who works for JP Morgan, had spent the evening in Notting Hill enjoying […]