February 24 2018 11:35pm Canadian rock band The Arkells tell Global News how a seemingly innocuous tweet resulted in a last-minute trip to South Korea to perform for Team Canada. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if (…
At just five years old, Oliver Jones began his career as a jazz musician, with his first public performance at the Union United Church in Montreal. From that point on, he mesmerized audiences with his talent on the piano — for decades. Now 83, and after traveling thousands of kilometres every year, he has decided to retire – for real this time. Story continues below His legacy has been captured on film in a documentary titled “Oliver Jones: Mind, Hands &…
February 24 2018 9:53pm Angie Seth chats with Rosey Ugo Edeh, director and producer, of a documentary that looks at the life and legacy of jazz musician, Oliver Jones, as he sets to retire after 7 decades of playing the piano. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); }…
February 24 2018 6:29pm Global News at 6 on Global Toronto for Saturday, February 24, 2018. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash ) { var gnca_videoShareCallbackInterval = window.setInterval( function() { //console.log(‘…
A central Ontario community was searching for answers on Saturday as police investigated the suspicious deaths of four people. Ontario Provincial Police offered few details, but said they received a 911 call at 7:30 p.m. Friday from someone who found the bodies in a home in Ryerson Township, Ont., about 300 kilometres north of Toronto. Officers who arrived on the scene found two men and two women dead inside, said OPP Sgt. Carlo Berardi. Story continues below “The deaths…
A real-time air quality website for Sarnia’s Chemical Valley launched Wednesday, a significant step for residents who have long asked for greater transparency about air quality in the region. But critics say the data’s presentation doesn’t tell residents of the valley when the air they’re breathing could contain unsafe levels of harmful chemicals. Fifty-seven industrial polluters are registered with the Canadian and U.S. governments within 25 kilometres of Sarnia. READ MORE: ‘We don’t have to go begging anymore,’ Sarnia…
The search for three-year-old Kaden Young, who went missing after the minivan he was travelling in with his mother was swept in the Grand River near Orangeville, Ont. on Wednesday, has entered its fourth day. Dufferin OPP spokesperson Const. Paul Nancekivell told Global News Saturday that helicopters were searching along the shoreline from Dufferin County 109 south to Bellwood Lake, while dive teams were searching the river. Nancekivell said the OPP Emergency Response Team, as well as a canine…
A Toronto Transit Commission fare inspector has been suspended while investigations are being conducted into the actions taken by the staffer after a video posted online appears to show a teenager being pinned to the ground. Story continues below Bethany McBride filmed part of the incident. She was on a westbound 512 streetcar after getting on at St. Clair West station at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, when she said she saw two fare inspectors on the streetcar. When it…
CHATHAM, Ont. – A state of emergency and flood warnings remain in place in southwestern Ontario, though officials say damage from a local river appears to be less than expected. Officials in Chatham-Kent, Ont., say the Thames River, swollen by days of heavy rains and melted snow, is reaching its peak in most areas covered by the state of emergency. In a statement, they say water levels in the municipality of Thamesville, Ont., caused less street flooding than anticipated…
The release of the Democratic rebuttal was expected to be the final volley, at least for now, in a bitter partisan fight over surveillance that has driven deep fissures through the once-bipartisan Intelligence Committee and at times pitted Mr. Trump against his own Justice Department and F.B.I. Representative Adam B. Schiff, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said on Saturday that the Democratic memo should “put to rest” Republican assertions of wrongdoing in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…
