TORONTO — The case of a man accused of killing 10 people in a van attack in north Toronto will skip a preliminary hearing and head straight to trial. Alek Minassian, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder in connection with the April 23 incident. The
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Harding University’s Autumn Humes was named the 2017 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year. She was presented the award on Wednesday evening at the NCAA Division II Championship banquet in Roanoke, Va. A second-team NFCA All-American and first-team All-Central Region selection, Humes was key in helping the
Russia may get a dedicated cellular network servicing only civil servants and law enforcement agencies, Vedomosti reports, quoting a national plan framework for developing the digital economy. The proposal to create a separate network for state agencies has been included in the passport of the ‘Digital Economy’ program recently approved by the government, Vedomosti daily
Twitch Prime members can claim three months of Nintendo Switch Online and if they keep their Prime membership active for 60 days, they can claim another nine months. The offer is open to Twitch Prime members and gets you all the benefits that come along with a Nintendo Switch Online, including online play, and access
TORONTO — Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province’s health minister said will help address the issue of so-called hallway medicine. Christine Elliott said the funding will help Ontario’s hospital system deal with overcrowding that has resulted in patients being treated
Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia, who had risen to fame through his controversial anti-drug policies, has announced his resignation in protest of cancellation of mayoral elections. On Tuesday Roizman refused to put the issue of cancellation on the agenda of the city legislature. Some of the lawmakers proposed that procedural issues should be
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – UVa-Wise’s Taylor Brandts and West Texas A&M’s Kylee Moore garneredLouisville Slugger / NFCA Division II National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively, for games played April 10-16. Brandts was unhittable in two starts last week twirling a pair of no-hitters in Mountain East Conference play. The junior right-hander struck out
In a presentation given during GDC 2019, God of War director Cory Barlog revealed how he actively approached the game as a continuation rather than a reboot, that the game’s script had been rewritten after a year of work, and how he continuously pitched the game during the course of development. Before writing the game,
OTTAWA — Twelve months from now, Canadians will pass judgment on the Trudeau government and decide whether its first mandate should be its last or if it deserves another four years. As the one-year countdown to the next federal election on Oct. 21, 2019 starts ticking, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals appear reasonably well positioned to win
Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov has invited the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to participate in festivities – to be held in Grozny in early October – marking the 200th anniversary of the city’s founding. Kadyrov personally announced the invitation in a post on Chechnya’s own social network Mylistory. He wrote that he had