Bouchard out of Diamond Games
Archive 2015 Feb 13, 2015 0
Canadian Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard had an upset on her record in Belgium Thursday after losing to Germany’s Mona Barthel in the second round of the Diamond Games match. Eugenie Bouchard is a top seed, making this upset a surprise to fans and players alike. Barthel capsized Bouchard 4-6,... Read more
Mohamed Fahmy bailed out in Cairo
Archive 2015 Feb 13, 2015
Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian journalist for Al-Jazeera who has spent over a year in prison in Cairo was released today after being granted bail while awaiting a retrial on terror-related charges. Fahmy a dual citizen of Egypt and Canada posted about U.S. $33,000 in bail. He is not required... Read more
Oilers beat Canadiens in overtime
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Despite a lacklustre season, the Edmonton Oilers beat Eastern Conference leaders the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night. They won 4-3 thanks to two players. Ryan Nugent Hopkins brought the Oilers out of a defecit with a goal tying the two teams with only 25 seconds of the game to go,... Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs were beaten by the New York Islanders Thursday night 3-2. Unfortunately, within the game’s first five minutes the Islanders were already dominating with two goals. Richard Panik and Trevor Smith scored a goal each, tying up the game in the second period, but Anders Lee... Read more
Taliban attacks Pakistani Mosque
Archive 2015 Feb 13, 2015
At least 19 people were killed in Peshawar, Pakistan in a gun and bomb attack on a Shi’ite mosque on Friday. Radical Sunni Islamist groups often target mosques frequented by minority Shi’ites, whom they see as infidels. Armed men broke into the mosque, where people were attending Friday prayers,... Read more
Fighting in Eastern Ukraine intensified today, a day after a peace deal was reached in Minsk. The fiercest battles were over control of the town of Debaltseve, a strategic town in between rebel-held areas. The group responsible for monitoring the ceasefire, due to start at midnight on Saturday, said... Read more
Boko Harram attacks in Chad
Archive 2015 Feb 13, 2015
Boko Harram killed several people in Chad on Friday in its first known lethal attack in that country according to residents and security forces. Dozens of militants arrived early in the morning by motorized canoes to the fishing village and set houses ablaze and attacked a police station. “They... Read more
Toronto’s outreach for the homeless
Archive 2015 Feb 12, 2015
Toronto’s homeless facilities are busy all year round. However, with the colder winter months comes a vital need to get the homeless off the streets and the question is, is the city doing enough? Emma Schatochin speaks with people who have made the homeless their priority to get their... Read more
CANADA (REUTERS) – A professor who has come under fire for teaching anti- vaccination materials at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Melody Torcolacci is stepping down for the rest of the term. Torcolacci has been granted leave from the teaching of HLTH 102 after students in her class complain... Read more
CANADA – Eastbound lanes of Highway 401 closed after a fatal collision that left one person dead and another with critical injuries. The Tuesday morning crash involved a flatbed truck and a car and occurred shortly after 9 a.m., police said. One person with critical injuries has been transported... Read more
