WINNIPEG — This city’s core area is so dangerous and riddled with crime that Canada’s largest airliner is no longer allowing its pilots and flight crew to stay in downtown hotels during layovers. In a rare move, Air Canada has issued a bulletin to its flight crews saying staff will no longer be staying at [...]
The Australian Federal Government says the death of al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is a significant development but warns there is still an ongoing threat of terrorism. The American-born militant cleric was killed in a US airstrike in Yemen on Friday. He had become a prominent figure in the terror network, using his fluent English and [...]
Microsoft raced to fix an anti-virus program that targeted Google’s Chrome browsing software as a malicious threat and kicked it off computers. Microsoft said the case of mistaken coding identity lasted about three hours and affected about 3,000 users. “An incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was identified and as a result, Google Chrome was inadvertently blocked [...]
PHILIPPINES – Typhoon Nalgae slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, packing gusts up to 195 kilometres per hour and threatening victims still trapped by previous storm floods, officials said. Nalgae made landfall in Luzon at 9:00am (0100 GMT) and was tearing west across the Philippines’ main island with sustained with of 160 kilometres (99.2 [...]
TORONTO – NDP leader Andrea Horwath pulled within reach of her rivals following Tuesday’s televised leaders’ debate, an exclusive QMI/Leger poll shows. Horwath was the only leader to gain ground following the debate, with just days left before the Oct. 6 Ontario election. The poll found voter support for Conservative leader Tim Hudak fell slightly, [...]
FRANCE – Three top police officers were taken into police custody Friday following the arrest of the city’s deputy police chief on Thursday, as part of a major internal investigation into drug trafficking and corruption. Deputy police chief Michel Neyret, 55, was arrested by the General Inspection Service (IGS) – or the police’s internal police [...]
Fighters for Libya’s new rulers have been forced to regroup on the edge of Sirte, after pro-Kadhafi snipers halted a two-week old assault on the ousted despot’s hometown. And in Bani Walid, the only other stronghold of forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi, the National Transitional Council’s (NTC) fighters appeared to have opened another front on [...]
WHITBY, Ont. — The heart-rending story of an 11-year-old who was bullied so badly he chose to end his life hit home with the mother of another Durham Region boy. Jenny Fournier, whose own son Jacob White has been victimized for well over a year, said the story of Pickering, Ont.’s Mitchell Wilson committing suicide [...]
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