The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Thursday that it had made “a significant seizure” of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry in Point Edward, Ont. In a press release , the agency said that on June 12, a commercial truck arrived from the United States at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry and was referred for a secondary examination. The Blue … Continue reading Canadian Border Services seize 187 kg of cocaine at Ontario crossing

As tensions returned to a simmer between Israel and Iran amidst a ceasefire agreement, a new poll conducted before the shaky armistice found that far more Canadians are distrustful of Iran than those who have faith in the Islamic Republic. But data from a Leger Marketing poll for the Association for Canadian Studies poll showed that younger generations are more apt to trust Iran and … Continue reading Canada’s youngest adults more likely to trust Iran and its current regime: poll

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Thursday that it had made “a significant seizure” of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry in Point Edward, Ont. In a press release , the agency said that on June 12, a commercial truck arrived from the United States at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry and was referred for a secondary examination. The Blue … Continue reading Canadian Border Services seize 187 kg of cocaine at Ontario crossing

OTTAWA — David Parker, the founder of conservative activist group Take Back Alberta, said on Monday morning that, by the end of the day, Albertans would know the strength of the province’s budding independence movement. “It’s not great,” he tweeted shortly before midnight , as the the last of the results trickled in from Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. The rural Alberta riding, one of three up for … Continue reading ‘It’s not great’: Alberta independence movement takes hit in Olds byelection

A video shows the moment a vehicle was launched into the air as a heat wave reportedly caused the road to buckle in Missouri, a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It was captured by Cape Girardeau resident Albert Blackwell on June 22, with temperatures that day reaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit, or nearly 34 degrees Celcius, according to the National Weather Service … Continue reading Video shows car launching into the air as road buckles, splits open reportedly due to extreme heat

Raymond Laflamme, a Canadian pioneer in the field of quantum information processing who once worked with Stephen Hawking, has died after a lengthy bout with cancer. The University of Waterloo announced his death in a press release this week. He died June 19 on what would have been his 65th birthday. Born in Québec City, the third of five siblings, Laflamme studied physics as an … Continue reading Raymond Laflamme, Canadian pioneer in quantum computing, has died

A Jamaican man sentenced to life in prison for an “execution style” killing north of Barrie in 2007 will get a shot at early release under Canada’s “faint hope clause.” Sean Lenworth Anthony Spence didn’t pull the trigger, but he planned the murder of Jonathan Chambers over $52,000 Spence blamed him for losing in a drug deal Chambers arranged. Spence was convicted of first-degree murder … Continue reading Jamaican doing life for ‘execution style’ Ontario killing wins shot at ‘faint hope’ release

OTTAWA — One of Israeli’s highest-ranking politicians says she understands that many people could be feeling déjà vu as the West faces another war in the Middle East over the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Toronto-born Sharren Haskel, now Israel’s junior minister of foreign affairs, was herself a young enlistee in Israel’s armed forces (specifically the border police) when then U.S. president George … Continue reading ‘Read a few more history books,’ Canada-born Israeli minister advises millennials uneasy with Iran war

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday night that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire that will take effect on Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM. “CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed … Continue reading Israel and Iran have agreed to ceasefire, Trump says, but no confirmation from two sides

Another swindling salesman who was ripping people off in a large Toronto investment fraud has been sent to prison in the United States, nearly ending prosecutions against a rapacious band of coloured diamond conmen. Edward Rosenberg used the alias Ed Rose when working the phones in a telemarketing boiler room on Toronto’s Finch Avenue West. The salesmen there for Paragon International Wealth Management, Inc. defrauded … Continue reading Swindling salesman convicted in the U.S. for a large Toronto investment fraud