Rollover crash on Hwy. 401 in Whitby sends driver to hospital
A driver was taken to hospital following an early morning rollover crash on Highway 401 in Durham Region.
Emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the highway west of Thickson Road in Whitby around 4 a.m.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say it was a single-vehicle crash. The driver was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Photos from police appear to show a vehicle resting on its side on the shoulder of the highway.
The right lane of the westbound 40
Liz Weston: 3 time-sensitive money tasks for new widows and widowers
Widows and widowers are often told not to make any major decisions for a year or more after a spouse’s death. Grief can cause you to make choices you later regret.
Some financial tasks, though, shouldn’t be postponed. Revising your budget, meeting with a tax pro and securing access to credit can help protect you from unpleasant surprises later.
REVISE YOUR BUDGET
Your income and expenses are both likely to change after a spouse’s death, which means it’s time to draw up a new
A Cambodian critic is charged with defamation over comments on Facebook
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An outspoken critic of Cambodia’s government who was badly hurt by assailants four months ago has been arrested on a defamation complaint brought by a Cabinet member for comments he posted on Facebook.
The complaint filed by Minister of Labor and Vocational Training Heng Sour against Ny Nak drew sharp criticism from Human Rights Watch, which said it showed that the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet is as repressive as the one that preceded it. Hun Manet in August succeeded his father Hun Sen, while
Biden will visit church where Black people were killed to lay out election stakes and perils of hate
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Courting Black voters he needs to win reelection, President Joe Biden on Monday denounced the “poison” of white supremacy in America, declaring at the site of a deadly racist church shooting in South Carolina that such ideology has no place in America, “not today, tomorrow or ever.”
Biden spoke from the pulpit of , where in 2015 nine Black parishioners were shot to death by the white stranger they had invited to join their Bible study. The
Air Transat and CUPE reach new tentative contact for flight attendants
Air Transat and the union representing its 2,100 flight attendants say they have reached a new tentative agreement.
The proposed contract between the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees comes after the flight attendants rejected an earlier agreement reached in December.
Details of the new tentative deal were not immediately available.
The company says if the proposed agreement is approved it will be in place for the next five years.
The contract for Air Transat’s flight attendants based at airports in Montreal and Toronto expired on Oct.
Air Transat and CUPE reach new tentative contact for flight attendants
Air Transat and the union representing its 2,100 flight attendants say they have reached a new tentative agreement.
The proposed contract between the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees comes after the flight attendants rejected an earlier agreement reached in December.
Details of the new tentative deal were not immediately available.
The company says if the proposed agreement is approved it will be in place for the next five years.
The contract for Air Transat’s flight attendants based at airports in Montreal and Toronto expired on Oct.
North Korea’s Kim turns 40. But there are no public celebrations of his birthday
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned 40 on Monday with no announced public celebrations at home, after he entered the new year with into the sea and vows to expand his nuclear arsenal.
Since taking power in late 2011, Kim, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, is believed to have established an absolute leadership similar to his predecessors. But has yet to be officially celebrated, unlike his late father and grandfather . Their birthdays are two
Teen seriously hurt after overnight shooting in Scarborough
A 17-year-old was rushed to hospital with gunshot injuries after a shooting in Scarborough. Carl Hanstke with the latest.
A teenage boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries following an overnight shooting in Scarborough.
Emergency crews were called to Pharmacy Avenue south of Sheppard Avenue East around 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Police tell CityNews a 17-year-old boy called 911 himself to report he had been shot. Officers arrived to find him injured on the sidewalk.
Cyprus president shakes up cabinet, replacing ministers of defense, health, justice and environment
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ president on Monday moved ahead with a considerable shake-up of his Cabinet, replacing his ministers of defense, health, justice and environment as well as the deputy ministers responsible for digital policy and European affairs in one fell swoop after just 10 months in power.
Monday’s move comes after weeklong speculation about which of the 16 Cabinet posts would see new faces following a newspaper interview in which President Nikos Christodoulides indicated that the changes were coming soon. The appointments take
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
AL ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends.
Blinken, who is on an urgent Mideast mission aimed primarily at preventing the conflict from spreading as fears rise of a regional war, said Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey would consider participating in and contributing to “day after” scenarios for