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Grand jury indicts U.S. soldier on terrorism charges

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
Toronto Sun
HONOLULU — A federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted a U.S. soldier Friday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8.
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Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner says Sansa is ‘woke now’

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
Toronto Sun
SAN DIEGO — Sansa Stark is woke now, Alfie Allen has a cute dog and everyone got sick of answering all those questions about whether Jon Snow was dead or alive, but little else was revealed at the annual “Game of Thrones” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.
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Arctic exchange: Students from Toronto, Iqaluit swap places to tackle problems

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Category: Canada News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
CTV News
A group of Toronto students traded lives with teens from Nunavut in an exchange designed to give them a glimpse of challenges facing northern Canadians and the chance to brainstorm creative solutions.
Daily difficulties were front-and-centre during the five-day visit in Iqaluit.
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Firefighters bring nearly dead dog back to life

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
Toronto Sun
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California fire department says a little white dog named Jack is recovering after firefighters rescued him from a burning home and brought him back to life.
In a video posted to the Bakersfield Fire Department’s website that has been widely shared online, firefighter Matt Smith is shown carrying the nearly lifeless shih tzu from the house on Wednesday.
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White House threatens Iran over detained Americans

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
CTV News
In this March 6, 2012 file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, left, taken from the video, released by his kidnappers, in Washington during a news conference.
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Minneapolis police chief resigns in wake of officer shooting

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
CTV News
Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday at the request of the mayor, who said she lost confidence in the chief following last week's shooting death of an unarmed Australian woman by a police officer.
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Ontario transit agency won't let Bombardier bid to operate commuter trains

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Category: Economic
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
CTV News
MONTREAL -- Ontario's transit agency has decided not to appeal a court ruling favouring Bombardier but will exclude the Montreal-based company from bidding to continue operating GO Transit trains as it has done for decades.
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'We need him': Yazidi mother pleads for Canada's help to reunite with injured son

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Category: Canada News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
CTV News
A Yazidi refugee who escaped Iraq with four of her six sons is pleading for Canadian officials to reunite her with her 12-year-old son Emad, whom she only recently learned is alive.
An Islamic State attack in August 2014 separated Nofa Mihlo Zaghla from two of her sons and her husband.
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Minneapolis police chief resigns in wake of Justine Damond shooting

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, July 22, 2017
Toronto Sun
Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday at the request of the mayor, who said she lost confidence in the chief following last week’s shooting death of an unarmed Australian woman by a police officer.
In a statement released Friday, Harteau said: “I’ve decided I am willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes see what more can be done for the MPD to be the very best it can be.
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Minneapolis police chief resigns after officer's shooting of Australian woman

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Category: World News
Created: Friday, July 21, 2017
CBC News
Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday at the request of the mayor, who said she lost confidence in the chief following last week's shooting death of an unarmed Australian woman by a police officer.
In a statement released Friday, Harteau said: "I've decided I am willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes see what more can be done for the MPD to be the very best it can be.
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Who is Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's new communications chief?

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Category: World News
Created: Friday, July 21, 2017
CTV News
NEW YORK -- He was the only Trump ally on stage that day.
Yet Anthony Scaramucci didn't seem to mind the tough questions from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough or the hostile crowd that filled the luxury hotel ballroom at last month's private gathering of Mitt Romney supporters.
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Ben Affleck being 'ushered out' as Batman?

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Friday, July 21, 2017
Toronto Sun
Ben Affleck’s future as the Dark Knight might be coming to an end.
The Oscar-winner is due at San Diego’s Comic-Con to trumpet his appearance in Justice League, which will be released this fall. But according to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros.
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