Two children are dead and a man is in custody after what police described as a “family drama” in southwest Laval Monday evening. Laval police received a 911 call around 6 p.m. and found the two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, inside a home on Lauzon Street in the Ste -Dorothée de …
By Leslie Cox Special for the Record Have you heard the latest? October has a new nickname: Hotober. It definitely fits. With continued record high temperatures, it has certainly been an unprecedented October. Being able to enjoy outdoor activities later in the fall has been a plus, but also a concern. The extreme drought conditions …
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Waves of suicide drones laden with explosives struck Ukraine’s capital on Monday, setting buildings on fire, blowing a hole in one and sending people fleeing or trying to shoot them down in what the president said it was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians. The concentrated use of kamikaze drones was the second bombing in as …
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US stocks rose on Monday, boosted by a round of strong bank results and a reversal of plans for UK tax cuts, as investors braced for a big week of business earnings. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) closed down 2.7%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained more than 550 points, or 1.9%. The Nasdaq …
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Vancouver Mayor-elect Ken Sim is expected to provide an update Monday morning on the mayoral transition and plans for the incoming administration. Sim beat incumbent Mayor Kennedy Stewart for the city’s top job in Saturday’s election. Sim is expected to explain and address some of the key promises made during his campaign. Describing his election …
Both the City of Ottawa and local police were warned that some protesters planned to remain in the city for weeks and clog streets, according to evidence presented Monday as part of the investigation into the federal government’s use of the Law of Emergencies to disperse the crowds. winter In an email, Steve Ball, president …
Canada’s largest grocer is freezing prices on all its No Name products until next year as double-digit food inflation causes grocery bills to spiral. Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it has locked in prices for the popular house brand, which includes more than 1,500 grocery items, until January 31, 2023. In a letter shared with customers …
Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, on Monday reversed almost all of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s mini-budget that had caused market jitters and halted a broad energy subsidy plan, saying the country needed to rebuild confidence of the investors. Hunt, appointed on Friday to fix the public finances after Truss’s economic plan hammered …
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NEW YORK — The National Hockey League announced today that it has concluded its investigation into anonymous allegations posted on social media against Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ian Cole, finding no evidence to substantiate the allegations. The investigation into the allegations, which were made anonymously in a social media post on Oct. 7, was conducted …
The near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon is potentially dangerous, with an average diameter of about 5.4 kilometers. It is one of the largest asteroids to come close to Earth to be classified as potentially hazardous. A team of scientists led by the Arecibo Observatory and the University of Central Florida has measured a change in the …
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