Lynda Fishman has never been so happy to be back in her Thornhill home. “I am not sure if I will ever get on a plane again,” the mother of three says after a terrifying incident on an Air Canada flight from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver on Feb. 5. Lynda was sitting beside her husband Barry when she says the power for the lights and televisions went out, then, “the pilot made an announcement that seemed very short and…
February 15 2018 8:43pm A GTA woman is reliving a 48-year-old nightmare triggered by a flight from Australia to B.C., and she says staff on board the plane did not help with her panic. Jamie Maraucher explains. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do…
February 15 2018 8:49pm Patrick Brown said the PC Party leadership race is “worrisome” and that some of the debates being talked about, including sex education, is diminishing the success of the party. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work…
“There was no particular information about the particular time, location or further identifiers about the person who posted the comment,” Mr. Lasky said. “No additional information was found to positively identify the person who posted this comment. There was no connection found to South Florida.” Agents are still trying to sort out what happened, but without more information and limited ability under the circumstances to obtain a subpoena, their options were few. Had agents sought a grand jury subpoena…
The votes were a stark reminder that Congress remains paralyzed by the immigration issue. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both tried to overhaul the system, but were stymied by lawmakers frozen into inaction, in part because of powerful interests on both sides. What will happen now is unclear. An estimated 690,000 young undocumented immigrants have been protected from deportation by an Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Another 1.1 million would be eligible….
The four candidates vying to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party were quiet when asked during a debate about Patrick Brown’s comments in a Global News interview where he claims the sexual assault allegations levelled against him were motivated by “political adversaries.” Story continues below Debate moderator Steve Paikin asked the candidate Caroline Mulroney, Doug Ford, Christine Elliott and Tanya Granic Allen to comment on Brown’s allegations that his dramatic resignation was instigated by “political adversaries” either inside or outside…
February 15 2018 6:45pm Former PC Party leader Patrick Brown tells Carolyn Jarvis in an exclusive interview that he believes his ouster as leader of the party was done for political reasons. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet…
The pair of Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford kicking off the day winning figure-skating bronze, their second medal of these games. And as Megan Robinson reports, with two additional podium finishes, four members of Team Canada are now multi-medal winners in South Korea. Powered by WPeMatico
The Toronto Police Association is taking the unusual step of holding a confidence vote, in the leadership of Chief Mark Saunders. Online voting opened Thursday at 3 p.m. and closes at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 21. In an internal memo sent to its members, the Toronto Police Association Board of Directors explains a “No Confidence Vote sends a message to the Chief, our elected City leaders, and the community that our members have lost confidence in the Chief’s ability…
February 15 2018 4:44pm Steve Paikin asks Ontario PC Party leadership candidates whether Patrick Brown would be welcomed back to the party if he clears his name. ‘ }); } 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…
