OTTAWA — Graphic details about the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford dominated question period Wednesday, as Conservatives expressed outrage over news that one of her killers was moved from a maximum-security prison to an aboriginal healing lodge. Terri-Lynne McClintic is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of Stafford in 2009. Her ex-boyfriend, Michael…
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The National Invitational Softball Championships (NISC) will move from vision to reality on the evening of May 14, 2017, with the announcement of the NCAA Division-I teams slated to compete for this new postseason championship. Tournament officials will make final decisions on who makes the cut for the NISC after the 64-team NCAA…
In celebration of the upcoming Hellboy film, Ubisoft has announced that it has partnered with Lionsgate and Millennium Media to bring Hellboy, Nimue, Gruagach, and Ben Daimio to Brawlhalla, its free-to-play platform fighting game. These characters from Hellboy will be new guest characters that will be joining a roster of over 40 characters that also…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six programs were selected by their peers as the 2017 NFCA NAIA Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, announced the Association on Tuesday afternoon. Representing each of the NFCA’s six NAIA regions, these respective coaching staffs – Bellevue University (Central), Brenau University (East), Marian University Indianapolis (Great Lakes), Columbia College (Mo.) (Midwest),…
IGN is burning with excitement to reveal a powerful new card featuring the fiery Kanto starter, Charizard. But the winged Pokemon is not going into battle alone: it’s teaming up with the Gen 5 Legendary Pokemon Reshiram to create the first-ever Fire-type Tag Team Pokemon GX card. Check it out: (Image Credit: The Pokemon Company)…
Russian investigators have launched a criminal case against a feminist from the Siberian city of Omsk on charges of inciting hatred after posting jokes about men on her page in Russia’s most popular social network, Vkontakte. “A criminal case has been started against Lubov Kalugina on suspicion of crimes described in the Article 282 of…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — All Canadian passengers aboard a Toronto-bound flight with a mechanical problem escaped injury when their plane skidded off the runway at Guyana’s main international airport, federal officials said Friday. Global Affairs confirmed that 82 Canadians were on the Fly Jamaica aircraft when it made an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International…
Soon after facing new sanctions from Kiev, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov stated that this would not alter his brotherly attitude to the Ukrainian people, who can always expect help from Chechens and Russians in times of trouble. “[Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko is slapping sanctions on me, while our ancestors saved thousands of Ukrainians who were…
OKLAHOMA CITY —Top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan defeated defending national titlist Texas-Tyler twice on Sunday to join St. John Fisher in the best-of-three NCAA Division III Championship Series, which starts Monday at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex. The (52-3) Marlins won 5-2 and then 5-3 and have won four straight in Oklahoma City since losing…
OTTAWA — Mexico won’t sign the new North American free trade agreement unless the U.S. removes steel and aluminum tariffs on its two continental neighbours, says a senior Mexican official. Juan Carlos Baker, Mexico’s deputy commerce minister, said Friday lawyers and translators are finalizing the text of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the hope is…