The search for two people swept away by a landslide this weekend in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is continuing today. Rescue teams resumed looking for a man and woman in their 40s missing in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 260 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. The search operation is focused along a 1.8-kilometre stretch of the small, winding…
Putin, Xi Speak in First Summit Since Wagner Mercenary Uprising in Russia
July 4, 2023
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi shared the same stage on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual summit of a Shanghai-headquartered regional security organization in the wake of an aborted Wagner mutiny that had political implications for both nations. Both leaders spoke about the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional power…
Bodies Found in Two Burnt-Out Cars Prompt Police Probe
Human remains found inside two burnt-out cars in Sydney’s west and south overnight are being treated as suspicious deaths. A body slumped in the driver’s seat of a partially burnt-out Ford Fiesta was discovered just after 2.15 a.m. on Tuesday. Police were called to North Parramatta and found the vehicle alight. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters…
Lac-Mégantic Mayor, Residents Fear ‘Monster Trains’ Will Bring Another Rail Disaster
Ten years after a runaway train derailed and killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., residents are still waiting for a promised railway bypass, and they fear the increasing number of railcars carrying hazardous materials through their town will lead to another disaster. Mayor Julie Morin says the trains transporting such things as propane, diesel and…
Corrections Head Questioned How Mendicino Was Kept in Dark Over Bernardo Transfer
Days after Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino shared his outrage on social media over the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison, the head of Canada’s federal prison system asked the department whether the politician had been told of the move. Anne Kelly, the commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada,…
US Condemns ‘Attempted Arson’ Against Indian Consulate in San Francisco
July 4, 2023
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The Indian Consulate in San Francisco was allegedly set ablaze by Sikh separatists—who sought an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan in India—on July 2, drawing condemnation from the United States. Diya TV published footage of the incident on Twitter, allegedly released by Khalistan supporters, which shows that a fire had broken out in the building….
BC Port Strike Enters 4th Day As Talks Stall Between Union and Employers
July 4, 2023
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Talks have stalled between the union representing thousands of B.C. port workers who began striking over the Canada Day long weekend and the group representing their employers, with both sides calling each other unreasonable in their negotiations. The stall sends the strike into its fourth day after port workers initially walked off the job on July…
Russia Says It Foiled Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow as Kyiv’s Counteroffensive Grinds On
Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city’s international airports, officials said, as a Western analysis said that Russia has managed to slow Kyiv’s recently launched counteroffensive. The drone attack, which follows previous similar raids on the Russian capital, was the…
UK Hits out After Hong Kong Police Issues Bounty on Exiled Dissidents
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the UK “will not tolerate” the Chinese regime’s attempts to silence overseas dissidents after Hong Kong national security police put out arrest warrants and bounties against eight pro-democracy activists in exile. The Chinese embassy accused the UK of “sheltering wanted criminals” and interfering with “the rule of law” and China’s…
A Man Who Attacked 2 Girls With a Knife in Germany and Killed 1 Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
BERLIN—A man who attacked two girls and killed one of them in Germany last year was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported. The 27-year-old Eritrean, who came to Germany as an asylum seeker, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder with dangerous bodily injury, a regional court in…
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