By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 17, 2024 11:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all “light-duty” vehicles, which the province describes as cars, light…
A Toronto delivery driver accused of dismembering a prisoner in Iraq almost a decade ago has become the first suspected ISIS member to face war crimes charges in Canada. An indictment filed in the Ontario court has charged Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi with four counts, including torture and murder, under the Crimes Against Humanity and…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, was indicted for murder on Tuesday, New York prosecutors said. Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism. The…
A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service levelled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A warning to supplement users: a Texas-based company is pulling several of its weight-loss products off the shelves after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered a potentially deadly ingredient in product samples. On Dec. 13, the FDA and the company Motivate Me Ashley announced…
U.S. law enforcement have said the weapon found in the backpack of Luigi Mangione, who is charged in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may have been a 3D-printed pistol — a type of nearly untraceable weapon that can be made at home. This type of weapon is often known as a…
TORONTO – Most Torontonians loathe the city’s downtown traffic but its slow pace gave A.J. Lawson the chance to soak in the fact that he’s now a member of his hometown Raptors. Lawson signed a two-way contract with Toronto and Raptors 905, its G-League affiliate, last Wednesday. He said it didn’t sink in, however, until…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several varieties of MadeGood granola bars are being recalled in Canada over possible metal contamination, the company said. Riverside Natural Foods, the company behind the granola bars, issued a voluntary recall Monday due to the potential presence of metal fragments in the product, which could pose a…
This holiday season, Canadians are being more cautious about their spending despite a tax break on a slew of items, new polling shows. Nearly 40 per cent of Canadians said in an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Tuesday that they plan on reining in their gift shopping this holiday season. That…
Human error during a fuel transfer at a fish farm off the west coast of British Columbia has resulted in a spill into the water of up to 8,000 litres of diesel. The B.C. government said in a report on its website that the spill happened Saturday at the Grieg Seafood fish farm near Zeballos,…
