Italy’s highest court has announced its decision to uphold the murder conviction against Amanda Knox. After several hours of deliberation, two judges and six jurors found Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, guilty in the […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif has decided to hold peace talks with Taliban and has formed a peace committee to plan strategy for the talks. The announcement came at the time when there was strong […]
The price of a trip to the sunny south is going up as more tour operators add a so-called ‘currency surcharge” to offset the sharp decline in the value of the loonie against the US […]
We’ve made grim jokes about finding them in Lake Ontario. We’ve seen the idea played out on The Simpsons. But this time, it’s for real. Lake Nipissing has yielded a three-eyed fish. While ice fishing with friends, Brandon […]
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is set to meet with her federal, provincial and territorial counterparts on Jan. 30 to discuss a national strategy to contain the deadly pig virus that is spreading through the province. […]
Michael Schumacher has blinked after undergoing brain testing. Doctors began waking up the former Formula One champion from the induced coma he has been in since a skiing accident last month. Schumacher was skiing in […]
Pakistan Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif has decided to move ahead with peace talks with the Taliban. The announcements comes at a time when there is strong speculation the Pakistan government was planning to authorize a […]
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber arrived in Toronto Jan. 29 to face assault charges in connection with an incident in December involving a limousine driver. Bieber maintains he is innocent, and his lawyer said the […]
As of June 1 2014, the province of Ontario will be increasing the minimum wage rate to $11 an hour, the first increase since 2010. In future, the increase in minimum wage will be tied to […]
The Syrian government has refused to consider a transitional government to end the civil war in that country. The opposition has demanded a government change and the Geneva I conference has also recommended it. In […]
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