Show # 8 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School Read MoreShow # 8 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic Director: Sonya Schrum Marianna Kealey, Critic St. Patrick’s High School Heroes often take the spotlight in stories about magic, but what about those who are left in the background? In Sir Wilfrid Laurier Cappies Show # 8 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School Read More
Author: MAK Gojar
A man who killed a vulnerable Métis woman nearly two decades ago in Manitoba was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Kevin Queau, a 44-year-old man from Vancouver, was charged in 2024 with second-degree murder, after advances in technology linked him to DNA found on the body of Crystal Saunders. Saunders was 24 when she was last seen in Winnipeg in April 2007. An off-duty RCMP officer found her body that same month near St. Ambroise, about 80 kilometres northwest of Manitoba’s capital, when he was checking his trapline in the area. Queau pleaded guilty last week to a…
PARIS (AP) — French police have thwarted a suspected bomb attack outside a Bank of America building in Paris, authorities said Saturday. One suspect was detained and another escaped. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, or PNAT, told The Associated Press that it has opened an investigation into alleged terrorism-related offenses. The suspected offenses include attempted damage by fire or by a dangerous means, the manufacture of an incendiary or explosive device, the possession and transport of such devices with the intent to prepare dangerous damage, and involvement in a terrorist criminal association. A person was placed in police custody. “Well…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base. Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in an attack Friday that injured at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to two people briefed on the matter. U.S. officials initially reported that at least 10 U.S. troops were injured, including two who were seriously wounded. More American forces are reaching the Middle East, with a Navy ship…
HAMILTON —Most Juno Awards trophies are on the line tonight, with The Weeknd, Tate McRae and Justin Bieber among the top nominees — however none of those A-listers are expected to attend the ceremonies. McRae and Bieber lead the field with six nominations each, including artist of the year, album of the year and single of the year — putting them head-to-head across categories set to be awarded at an industry gala in Hamilton. McRae is recognized for her album “So Close to What” and her Y2K throwback single “Sports Car,” while Bieber is up for his LP “Swag II”…
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement Friday that “the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to be found.” The shipment of the crunchy bars, made of waffles covered with chocolate, disappeared last week while en route between production and distribution locations. The chocolate bars were to be distributed throughout Europe. The missing candy bars could enter unofficial sales channels across European…
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home via air ambulance. Her family says Lilia Avoutova, 78, who is of mixed Chinese and Ukrainian heritage, arrived in Kunming on March 4. But she and her 79-year-old husband, Savout, both from Burnaby, B.C., never made it to Avoutova’s birthplace of Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China, after she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and stroke two days later. Daughter Elena Lanteigne said…
China is again denying claims of forced labour in the country as calls grow for Prime Minister Mark Carney to clarify Canada’s stance on the issue amid fallout from comments made by Liberal MP Michael Ma that appeared to cast doubt on reported human rights abuses. The Chinese Embassy in Canada pushed back on the allegation that forced labour is used in the production of Chinese electric vehicle components in a social media post Friday night, calling it a “blatant lie” that some are using to undermine the Canada-China EV deal. The comments from the embassy came a day after…
The 19-year-old man charged in the death of crossing guard Peter Clark is also facing an impaired driving charge in Brockville. Read MoreThe 19-year-old charged in the death of crossing guard Peter Clark was set to enter a plea on an impaired driving charge Friday. News, Local News, crossing guard, Hit and run, Ottawa Sun, Realtime The 19-year-old man charged in the death of crossing guard Peter Clark is also facing an impaired driving charge in Brockville. Read More
A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia’s public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint commission is an “option,” citing the one that investigated the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass casualty events that resulted in death of 22 people. Krieger’s comments come after meeting Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree in Ottawa this week, and more than three weeks after the announcement of a provincial inquest into the Feb. 10 shooting. She says the federal government welcomes the inquest, but adds that she and Premier David Eby…
A 19-year-old woman listed as missing earlier in the day has been found safe and sound, Ottawa police said on Saturday evening. Read MoreA missing-person notice had been issued Saturday morning. News, Local News, Ottawa Sun, Realtime A 19-year-old woman listed as missing earlier in the day has been found safe and sound, Ottawa police said on Saturday evening. Read More
Tiger Woods got out of jail and into the passenger seat of a dark SUV, his face as vacant as his mug shot as he was driven away to a future again filled with so much uncertainty. The next step legally is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, damage to property and refusal to submit to a urine test, which led to him spending eight hours Friday in the Martin County jail some 15 miles from his home on Jupiter Island, Florida. His manager at Excel Sports, Mark Steinberg, did not respond to a request for comment Saturday on Woods’…
When Rose Kingdon started her broadcasting career more than 40 years ago, she recalled that it was “love at first on air light.” And when she accepted a lifetime achievement award in 2023, she said she was grateful for the opportunity to “make great radio” and to “cover some of the biggest stories of our time.” Kingdon, former director of Broadcast News at The Canadian Press national news service, was found dead in her home in Toronto on Friday. She was 65. In her most senior role at The Canadian Press, she was well known to news directors and broadcast…
Jesse Marsch mapped out a plan for his players at halftime. Canada trailed Iceland in an international men’s soccer friendly after gifting the visitors a pair of goals. The team in red came out of its locker room on the front foot, eventually got the game back even, and looked likely to snatch a late winner. Then an increasingly familiar — and concerning — trend ahead of this summer’s World Cup once again bubbled to the surface Saturday. Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon Buchanan was shown a straight red card as…
The value of a previous playoff experience is debatable, especially in junior hockey. Read MoreThe value of a previous playoff experience is debatable, especially in junior hockey. When the Ottawa 67’s opened their first-round Ontario Hockey League best-of-seven series against the Kingston Frontenacs on Friday night, their lineup boasted players with a total of 121 games of post-season experience, compared to an indiscernible 101 on the visitors’ roster. While Junior Hockey, Hockey, Sports, OHL, Ottawa 67’s, Ottawa Sun The value of a previous playoff experience is debatable, especially in junior hockey. Read More
Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a research group from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), is working to ensure their accounts are preserved. Darlene LaForme and Tony Bomberry attended Mohawk Institute, the first residential school to open in Canada and its longest running. It operated for over 140 years in Brantford. “They called it the mush hole because historically the kids only got…
The backup plan turned out to be costly for the Ottawa Senators. Read MoreWith No. 1 goaltender Linus Ullmark ‘unavailable’ and replaced by James Reimer, the team let a two-goal lead slip away en route to defeat. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Senators Extra, Sports, NHL Playoffs, Ottawa Sun The backup plan turned out to be costly for the Ottawa Senators. Read More
After snagging an early 2-0 lead in the first period, the Ottawa Senators allowed four unanswered goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning to fall in regulation on Saturday afternoon. Read MoreWith Linus Ullmark “unavailable,” James Reimer was unable to hold down the fort for the Ottawa Senators, as the team let an early lead slip away, losing 4-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ottawa Senators, Hockey, NHL, Sports, National Hockey League, Ottawa sports, Ottawa Sun After snagging an early 2-0 lead in the first period, the Ottawa Senators allowed four unanswered goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning to fall in regulation on…
From Timmins to Port Hope, to Windsor and across the GTA, demonstrators made their voices heard Saturday as they fight against a series of recent announcements by the Ford government. Thousands took to Queen’s Park, calling out several recent policy initiatives, including the decision to reduce grants in student OSAP funding, the consolidation of conservation authorities, and changes to freedom of information laws. “Seeing the billions of dollars of Ontario money that is being used to fund projects that the Ontario public will not benefit from, that the Ontario public does not want, is completely infuriating,” said Oliver, a recent post-secondary…
The family of the flight attendant severely injured in the Air Canada crash at LaGuardia airport, which killed two pilots, have started a campaign to help with her recovery while providing the horrifying details of what she endured during last weekend’s crash. Sarah Lepine says her mother, Solange Tremblay, was in the jump seat of Air Canada Jazz flight 8646 from Montreal to New York on March 22 when it crashed into a fire truck upon landing at the airport. The two pilots, first officer Mackenzie Gunther and Capt. Antoine Forest, were killed in the crash. Their bodies were brought…