35 m. ago B.C. premier walks into opposition trap over comments about festival killings

The premier has been facing criticism from all sides for prejudging murder case

Politics

1 hour ago U.S. and Canadian Trade War Goes Full Contact: Zone·ify Presents a TNA Produced Wrestling Event “The Border Brawl”– Where Diplomacy Ends and Body Slams Begin

“The Border Brawl” will stream live on May 25 from the Canada / USA border in Niagara Falls, Canada, exclusively for free on Zone·ify The event features wrestling icons Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, “The Mountie” Jacques Rougeau, Barbie Blank “Kelly Kelly,” UFC’s Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and many others Starting next week, tickets will be on […]

Economics

2 h. ago BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Elbows aren’t so sharp after Carney met with Trump

WATCH: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Lorrie Goldstein and Brian Lilley on the change in rhetoric from Prime Minister Mark Carney now that the election is in the rearview mirror. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for […]

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6 h. ago Former NFLer gets 30 years for murdering girlfriend and burning her body

Retired tight end Kevin Ware Jr. pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of Taylor Pomaski in Houston.

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10 h. ago POWERED BY POTATOES: Endurance athletes chasing speed with spuds

Potatoes are complex carbohydrates that include starches and fibers, which take the body longer to break down than simple sugars

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11 h. ago NDP faces ’Parliament from hell’ without official party status, says former MP

OTTAWA — The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election — a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as “the Parliament from hell.” Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from […]

Culture

25 h. ago Evacuations follow loss as wildfire burns in Sturgeon County

The Town of Redwater, the Redwater Health Centre, Diamond Spring Lodge and local schools proactively took measures to evacuate patients, residents and students from their buildings.

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25 h. ago ‘I was disgusted with myself’: Toronto man on trial for murdering 12

One of three men on trial for the first-degree murder of a 12-year-old boy, who was struck by a stray bullet on Jane Street nearly five years ago, testified Wednesday.

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28 h. ago 3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023. A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty […]

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28 h. ago Cop killer serving life sentence faces death sentence while free on parole

Barbara Taylor, one of two women who murdered Toronto Police Det.-Const. Bill Hancox in 1998, diagnosed with ‘aggressive' form of cancer

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28 h. ago Planned burn during 2023 Shuswap wildfires could have turned deadly: report

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.

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32 h. ago Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report

Inspection reports by WorkSafeBC say the B.C. Wildfire Service didn't adequately ensure safety during the burn in the Shuswap region on Aug. 17 that year, and a group of trapped Brazilian firefighters had to retreat to a "safe zone."

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34 h. ago Utah judge to decide if convicted killer with dementia can be executed

SALT LAKE CITY — Attorneys for a Utah man who has been on death row for 37 years are due before a state judge Wednesday as they seek to spare the convicted murderer from execution because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies was sentenced to die in 1988 for the killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a […]

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46 h. ago Jury deliberations begin in trial of woman accused of killing drug dealer

The jury at the trial of a London woman charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a drug dealer has begun its deliberations. Ashley Bourget, 41, has been on trial since early last month in the death of Grant Norton, 59, whose body was discovered in a white plastic barrel dumped near the […]

Events

46 h. ago Woman dubbed 'Big Ashley' guilty of murder in drug dealer's London death

A sentencing date has been set for the London woman convicted in the beating death of a 59-year-old drug dealer. Following Ashley Bourget’s lengthy trial, which started in early April, the jury returned a verdict of guilty late Tuesday night – a few hours after they began deliberating. She was convicted on a charge of […]

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47 h. ago Body found near Pembroke identified as Ottawa man missing since 2023

Diego Sarria was last seen in the Kanata area on the afternoon of Jan. 17, 2023. His vehicle was found unoccupied by OPP on January 30, 2023

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50 h. ago Hundreds rally in Kelowna for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

Hundreds marched from the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society on Leon Avenue to the Kelowna Law Courts, a display that doubles as a call to action to bring the missing back home.

Events

51 h. ago Jurors in Michigan cop’s murder trial struggling to reach verdict, told to keep trying

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A judge urged jurors to keep working Tuesday after they said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of a Michigan police officer who fatally shot a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant minutes after a routine traffic stop. “Talk things over in the spirit of fairness and frankness. … By […]

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51 h. ago Battery makers fined millions in Ontario for not meeting recycling targets

An Ontario recycling body has fined three major battery manufacturers millions of dollars for failing to meet battery recycling requirements in 2023.

Economics

51 h. ago Walk the line, don’t cross it coach Craig Berube reminds Maple Leafs

Craig Berube knows the Maple Leafs won’t do justice to Anthony Stolarz by stewing in the sin bin. So, expect the Toronto coach to double down on preaching restraint and discipline in Game 2. “There’s an opportunity to take the body, take it, I don’t care who it is, you go through them.” Berube said […]

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