The Taliban has enacted yet another law further oppressing the freedoms of women and girls, this time issuing a decree that prohibits them from praying aloud or reciting the Qur’an in each other’s presence. The move comes after a series of so-called “virtue” or “morality” laws were implemented in Afghanistan in August, laid out in
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The organization helping the family of a young employee who was found dead in a Halifax Walmart store says her relatives are headed to Canada. The Maritime Sikh Society confirmed Gursimran Kaur’s father has received an emergency visa on compassionate grounds. He and Kaur’s brother are making
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two women were reportedly kicked off a British Airways flight earlier this week after a fight broke out over a “Make America Great Again” hat. The fracas went down at London’s Heathrow Airport Monday afternoon as passengers were getting set to board a flight to Austin, Texas
An 18-year-old was arrested outside a Florida polling location Tuesday, where police say he tried to intimidate voters casting ballots in the presidential election by wielding a machete. Caleb James Williams now faces charges of aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older and improper exhibition of a firearm or dangerous weapon.
Without naming it, advocates say it is easy for people to pretend the murder of women and girls because of their gender is not happening. While the recent slaying of an Ottawa mother in a park is bringing more awareness to the term femicide — generally described as the killing of a female because of
An Ontario man is facing dangerous operation and impaired charges in connection to a fatal May long weekend boat crash that left three people dead. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announced the charges Wednesday – five months after the May 18 crash took the lives of Riley Orr, Juliette Cote and Kaila Bearman.Just after 9:30 p.m.
By Rianna Lim The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2024 7:29 am Updated October 30, 2024 12:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they’ll
By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 30, 2024 4:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New York state police say a 33-year-old mother went over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and a 5-month-old. Search and rescue efforts have been unsuccessful. Authorities on Wednesday say they
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 37-year-old photographer has died after she backed into a plane’s spinning propeller in Kansas, officials have confirmed. Amanda Gallagher was photographing groups of skydivers on Saturday afternoon at Air Capital Drop Zone, near Wichita, when the tragic accident occurred.According to the skydiving business, she had travelled
NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005.The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old would-be