High performance director Stephen Aboud leaves Rugby Canada for Italian job
High performance director Stephen Aboud is leaving Rugby Canada to rejoin the Italian Rugby Federation. Rugby Canada said Aboud is departing in May, at the end of his two-year contract, in order to be ...
Winnipeg police dealing with technical issues on non-emergency line
The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) is advising residents of ongoing technical issues affecting its non-emergency phone line Thursday morning. In a message shared on social media, police acknowledged ...
Two stabbed, Winnipeg taxi driver robbed
Police have arrested a man after two people were stabbed and a taxi driver was robbed in Winnipeg.
UNICEF accuses armed men in eastern Congo of raping scores of children
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand ...
Breakfast is booming at US restaurants. Is it also contributing to high egg prices?
Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, nearly quadrupled its locations over the past decade to 570. Eggs Up Grill has 90 ...
Armed robbers hit Teulon gas station, RCMP seek public help
Four masked robbers armed with guns and baseball bats got away with cash from a gas station in Teulon on Feb. 7, RCMP said. The robbers entered the gas station at approximately 2:30 a.m., and ...
How to disaster-proof your home and lower your insurance rate
As the globe gets hotter, homeowners girding for more extreme weather can fall back on a range of renovation options to disaster-proof their property and help lower their insurance premiums.
Polish appeals court orders retrial in abortion-aiding case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland on Thursday ordered a retrial of the case of a women’s rights activist convicted of providing another woman with abortion pills.
A fire at Buddhist temple in New York killed 2 people, including a monk
A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx. “We had fire ...
Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper
Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story office tower announced Thursday that they have unearthed the remains of a Roman basilica that once stood at the heart of the city known as ...
Innovators gear up work on 'green' hydrogen plane with plans for nonstop 9-day trip around Earth
The goal for Climate Impulse is to take off unassisted, fly some 40,000 kilometers (about 25,000 miles) around Earth along the Equator at a gentle speed of about 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph), and ...