UPDATE: Suspects being questioned after suspicious device found on Air France...
UPDATE: Kenya Airports Authority have since edited an earlier Facebook post that made indication about a "bomb" found on the plane. They have since changed this to indicate that the suspicious package...
View ArticleRECALL: 2014-2015 Mitsubishi Mirage
Mitsubishi Motors is recalling about 25,000 of its Mirage compact cars from the 2014 and 2015 model years.There are concerns that certain wires could corrode and cause issues with the vehicle's air bag...
View ArticleMan arrested following case of extreme animal cruelty
Windsor Police have charged a man following an extreme case of animal cruelty.Thirty-two-year-old Michael Earl Hill of Amherstburg was arrested Friday and charged with willfully causing unnecessary...
View Article"Suspicious Package" found on Air France flight ends up being a 'hoax'
The CEO of Air France says a device discovered in the bathroom of an Air France flight was a fake bomb.The Boeing 777 was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris from Mauritius when its pilots...
View ArticleProvince wants more dialogue on legalizing marijuana
The province is looking for federal guidance on how pot should be sold for recreational use once it's legalized.The federal Liberals promised in the throne speech to ``legalize, regulate and restrict...
View ArticleNew poll shows most Canadians have more shopping to do
A poll suggests most Canadians will be spending some time over the next few days elbowing their way through crowded stores to buy that last holiday gift.The Angus Reid survey done for CIBC found that...
View ArticleCanadians hurt in Las Vegas accident
One person is dead and several Canadians are among the more than two dozen people injured after a car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip.Police are now saying it...
View ArticleFinance minister hoping to boost economy
Provincial and territorial finance ministers have gathered with their new federal counterpart in Ottawa, where several are hoping to leave the meetings later today with a better understanding of the...
View ArticleIce dog forward heading to World Juniors
The Niagara IceDogs will be playing without one of their key players over the holidays.Brendan Perlini has made it to the 2016 IIHF World Junior squad and will heading to the championship series in...
View ArticleNiagara's Food Festival needs financial help
It's not going to be a merry Christmas for organizers with Welland's Niagara Food Festival.The festival hit hard times in the fall when the September event was deluged with rain.In a last ditch effort...
View ArticleFlu-stricken pope issues Christmas 'catalogue of virtues' to Curia after 2014...
Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to show more honesty, humility and sobriety as he issued a Christmas-time ``catalogue of virtues'' for his collaborators to follow after having excoriated...
View ArticleHost names wrong winner
The Colombian contestant was already wearing this year's Miss Universe crown when host Steve Harvey returned to announce on live television that he had mistakenly read from a cue card, and that the...
View ArticleIncreased pension contributions only partly offset by lower RRSP savings
A new report by Statistics Canada says authomatic increases in registered pension plans are most helpful to people who don't save much in registered retirement savings plans. The report found that for...
View ArticleTrudeau newsmaker of the year
It's been quite the year for Justin Trudeau. He scored a stunning come-from-behind election victory, became both the first offspring of a prime minister to ascend to the top job himself and the first...
View ArticleHome birth with midwife no riskier than hospital birth for low-risk women:
A new study has found that for low-risk pregnancies, there is no increased risk for home births with a midwife compared to deliveries in a hospital under a midwife's care.Researchers compared almost...
View ArticlePort Rowan man facing child pornography charges
The OPP Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, Norfolk County OPP and Niagara Regional Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit have arrested a 20-year-old man after executing search warrants at a St....
View ArticleWoman arrested for robbery at Niagara Falls pharmacy
Niagara police have arrested a woman in connection with a robbery at pharmacy on Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls.It happened Sunday morning around 6:30 a.m.Police say the woman passed a note to the...
View ArticleToronto police investigating possible murder-suicide at highrise
Toronto police have released more details about the deaths of a man and a woman who plummeted from a highrise last night.The pair has been identified as a Canadian soldier who served two tours in...
View ArticleSuspected serial bank robber arrested
It was a wild night for police in Hamilton.While investigating an accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian in Binbrook last night, a car blew through a road block, hitting another vehicle and...
View ArticlePolice stop 500 cars in RIDE spotcheck in Niagara
No drivers were charged with impaired during RIDE spotchecks in Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake.Police stopped a combined 500 vehicles yesterday, two drivers were given breathalyzers but were...
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