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Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter accident. He was 74
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) – Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile who faced social upheaval followed by a pandemic in his second term, died Tuesday in a helicopter accident. He was 74. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further details were immediately released about the ... Read More »
NTSB says bolts on Boeing jetliner were missing before a panel blew out in midflight last month
Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report on the Jan. 5 incident Tuesday. The report included a photo from Boeing, which ... Read More »
Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid rapidly collapsed. Just minutes after the Democratic president’s remarks at the White House, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell emerged from a GOP luncheon ... Read More »
National Weather Service issues a rare tornado warning for parts of San Diego County.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado warning Tuesday for inland parts of San Diego County. The warning was for the cities south of San Diego, including Chula Vista and National City, and the eastern suburb of El Cajon, and was to last until 12:15 p.m. local time. The warning ... Read More »
U.S. blanks Canada 5-0 to finish atop Group B at CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship
TOLUCA, Mexico – The defending champion United States blanked Canada 5-0 Tuesday to finish atop Group B at the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship. Canada (2-1-0) will now face unbeaten Mexico, the Group A winner, in Friday’s semifinal with a berth in the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on the line. The U.S. take on ... Read More »
Funding can’t make aging rooming hotels safe, operator says after B.C. fire inquest
VANCOUVER – The society that operated the Winters Hotel in Vancouver where a fire killed two people two years ago says no “reasonable” amount of money can fix aging single-room occupancy buildings to make them safe. The Atira Women’s Resource Society, which operated the Gastown rooming hotel at the time of the 2022 fire, said ... Read More »
Accusations of grocery profiteering unfounded, witnesses tell House food committee
Accusations of profiteering in the Canadian grocery industry are unfounded and unsubstantiated, witnesses told a House of Commons committee studying food prices on Tuesday. “We must put the profiteering debate to rest,” Dalhousie University food researcher Sylvain Charlebois told MPs. Charlebois said while profits at the so-called Big Three grocers – Loblaw, Empire and Metro ... Read More »
Jewish community offended, hurt by Robinson’s removal from B.C. cabinet: advocate
VICTORIA – A national advocacy group says the Jewish community is offended and hurt by the exit of Selina Robinson from the B.C. cabinet over remarks that Israel was founded on “a crappy piece of land.” Nico Slobinsky, Pacific vice-president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, says Robinson’s removal undermines the Jewish community’s ... Read More »
Raptors star Scottie Barnes named to NBA all-star game as injury replacement
NEW YORK – Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes has been named one of two injury replacements on the Eastern Conference team for the upcoming NBA All-Star Game. Barnes and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young will replace Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid and New York Knicks forward Julius Randle. Barnes has been named an all-star for ... Read More »
Auto theft: Poilievre would improve screening, add more staff at country’s ports
MONTREAL – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to improve security at the country’s ports as part of his plan to combat vehicle theft in the country. Poilievre said he would purchase better X-ray screening equipment and hire 75 additional staff to operate it while making an announcement at the Port of Montreal. He described ... Read More »
Suspect charged in Nigeria over sextortion of B.C. boy who died: Surrey RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia say a suspect in Nigeria has been charged over the sextortion of a boy who died in Metro Vancouver last year. Surrey RCMP say officers responded to the boy’s “sudden” death last February and an investigation determined he had been the victim of “financial sextortion.” They say police ... Read More »
