The women’s basketball team has become an inspiration to teenage girls. Senegal’s female basketball team, called the Lionesses, made history in October, edging closer to winning the World Cup. With a new female NBA women’s training facility in the country, the sport is gaining popularity, especially among girls. In a country where many girls are married at a young age, […]

Steven Ford shared a picture of himself cradling Jake and Chloe as he paid tribute to the tots, who were due to turn two next month. Captioning the poignant image, the dad-of-two said he "wanted the world to see my beautiful babies", adding "Jake and Chloe forever". In another post, he thanked strangers for helping him cope with his grief after […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 29-year-old man died in police custody in London, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the man was arrested by London police on Wednesday afternoon on an “outstanding charge.” Following his arrest, the man was brought to a cell at the London police station to await a bail hearing. The next morning, the […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said. Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim royal family rules over a Shi’ite-majority population, has kept a lid on dissent since the Shi’ite opposition staged a failed […]

Cairo: An umbrella group of independent professional unions has called on people to march on the presidential palace in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, to demand that leader Omar Bashir step down, signalling that protests against the 29-year rule of the autocratic president are showing no sign of abating. It's the second time that the umbrella group, which enjoys the support of […]

A pair of coyotes spotted in Calgary’s southeast community of New Brighton has local wildlife enthusiasts raising concerns over how close the animals are getting to the city. Local photographer Chris Gibbs captured pictures of the duo walking on the frozen New Brighton Pond. He believes that people and the animals are getting too comfortable with each other. “When they […]

Concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive constituent, in herbal cannabis increased from five per cent in 2006 to ten in 2016. In cannabis resin, it rose from eight per cent to 17. Resin typically also contains cannabidiol (CBD), which may offset THC side-effects such as paranoia and memory loss. However, new production techniques have raised levels of THC but […]

JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – Israel protested to Jordan on Sunday after the spokeswoman for the government in Amman was photographed stepping on the Israeli flag during a meeting with trade unionists. Jumana Ghunaimat, Jordan’s minister for media affairs and communications and the government spokeswoman, on Thursday walked over an Israeli flag painted on the floor of the headquarters of Jordan’s professional […]

BC Hydro says it’s in the home stretch when it comes to restoring power to customers affected by Dec. 20’s powerful windstorm. According to the utility, power has now been restored to more than 700,000 customers. Crews are now working to get the lights back on for the last 100 customers located on the Southern Gulf Islands. “Due to the […]

Ahmed Abu Abed succumbed to wounds in Gaza after being injured by shrapnel during protests against Israel’s blockade. A four-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured by Israeli gunfire at a routine protest near the fence with Israel, Gaza’s health authorities said. The Ministry of Health spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that Ahmed Abu Abed died late on Tuesday. “Ahmed […]