Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the alleged sexual assault of women in the northeastern state of Manipur “shameful,” vowing that “no culprit” would be spared. “The law, with all its might and strictness, will take steps one by one. Whatever has happened with the daughters of Manipur will never be forgiven,” he said.
A motorcyclist has died of his injuries in hospital following a collision in Scarborough Wednesday night. The crash occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. near the intersection of Victoria Park Avenue and Clintwood Gate, police say. A 36-year-old man was operating a blue Suzuki motorcycle, travelling south on Victoria Park Avenue, when he lost control and
Notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo will stay in a medium-security prison as the decision to transfer one of Canada’s most infamous murderers was “sound,” the head of Correctional Service Canada says. Anne Kelly, commissioner of Correctional Service Canada, presented the results of a review into the controversial prison transfer Thursday, which found that
An aerospace engineer who serves in the Canadian Armed Forces is accusing police officers in Quebec of racially profiling and harassing him while he was out on a run. Capt. Pierre Emanuel Joseph, a 37-year-old Black man, held a press conference Wednesday alongside members of The Red Coalition, a Canadian anti-police profiling and systemic racism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, saying Thursday that the assaults of two women as they were being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur state were unforgivable. A video showing the assaults triggered massive outrage and was widely shared on social
The stage is set for one of the most bizarre box office battles in recent memory, as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” hit movie theatres simultaneously. Mike Armstrong looks at how the blockbusters have inspired “Barbenheimer,” a mashup that’s more than a meme.
A man has been critically injured in a motorcycle crash in Scarborough. Toronto police say a motorcyclist hit a pole near Victoria Park Avenue and Lynvalley Crescent, north of Lawrence Avenue East, on Wednesday evening. The rider was transported to a trauma centre with serious, life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash is unknown. COLLISION:
Lost at sea for months on a disabled catamaran, with no way to cook and no source of fresh water but the rain, Australian Timothy Shaddock said he expected to die. There was a lot to like about the experience, he said. Like when he would plunge into the sea for a swim, or when
Senior officials within Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and Public Safety Canada said the then-looming transfer of serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison needed to be kept “low profile” and under a “close hold” just days before it happened, internal emails show. The newly-released emails also show the CSC advising Public Safety Canada that
Popular country singer Miranda Lambert offended several fans at her Las Vegas show on Sunday when she paused her set to scold a group of women for taking a selfie. As Lambert, 39, performed her ballad Tin Man, she abruptly stopped singing to tell the crowd that a group of women posing for a picture