China sends warplanes, ships, drones towards Taiwan in major incursion – National
Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island’s government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date. Of the aircraft, 43 also crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, an unofficial buffer between the two sides that lies within the
Alberta town of Vermilion takes matters into its own hands to get high speed internet
The internet has come a long way since the days when dial-up was the norm — but for many rural communities in Alberta, it doesn’t feel that way. Rock Solid Nitrogen is located in Vermilion in eastern Alberta. The company relies on internet for almost everything, including keeping track of trucks, updating equipment, training staff
‘Pretty pissed off’: Passengers languish in Vancouver’s airport after flights cancelled
Sleeping on airport benches and the floor while feeling abandoned by airlines at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is not how Caroljoy Green expected to spend Christmas Day. She and her husband Scott managed to make it from Ontario to Vancouver on their way home to Prince George, but say Air Canada left them with lumps
Motorcyclist seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision in Burlington dies
The 60-year-old motorcyclist who was critically injured after a collision in Burlington on Monday has died, Halton police say. Emergency crews were called around 6:30 p.m. on Plains Road and Cedarwood Place for reports of a crash involving a SUV and a motorcycle. Halton police said preliminary information suggests that a 46-year-old woman driving a
Man, 60, critically injured after two-vehicle collision in Burlington
A 60-year-old man is in critical condition after a two-vehicle collision in Burlington. Emergency crews were called around 6:30 p.m. on Plains Road and Cedarwood Place for reports of a crash involving a SUV and a motorcycle. Halton police said preliminary information suggests that a 46-year-old woman driving a Honda Pilot SUV attempted to turn
Man charged with attempted murder in connection with 2017 shooting in Brampton
A 34-year-old Toronto man is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting in a parking lot in east Brampton two years ago that left a motorcycle club member with “life-altering” injuries. Peel Regional Police say that on June 4, 2017, just before 4 p.m., a 41-year-old Brampton man was at a plaza
Child injured in alleged hit-and-run now opening his eyes
Three months after four-year-old Radi Chowdhury was hit by a motorcycle and critically injured in Toronto his father says he’s now opening his eyes, making eye contact and saying “mom.” The young boy has been making a slow but gradual recovery after being struck by a motorcycle in an alleged hit-and-run in the Victoria Park
