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TORONTO -- After drifting at sea for more than a year, a so-called “ghost ship” washed ashore Sunday near a coastal village in Ireland. The country’s coast guard shared aerial footage of waves battering the grounded ship near Ballycotton in County Cork. Source

WINNIPEG -- Using your cell phone number, fraudsters can take control of your online identity – wreaking havoc on your social media and bank accounts, emails and text messages. One Winnipeg woman who fell victim to this sophisticated type of fraud says phone companies need to do more to protect their customers. Source

The federal government is asking for an extension on a looming court deadline requiring it to update the country's medical assistance in dying law. Attorney General David Lametti filed a motion asking for a four-month extension of the Superior Court of Quebec's September 2019 Truchon ruling, which said the current law is too restrictive. Source

TORONTO -- The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dwight Ball, has announced that he is stepping down to spend more time with his family. In a video statement he said he wanted “to say thank you” to his constituents. Source

Dwight Ball is stepping down as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador after five years leading the province. "Tonight I am announcing that my time in politics is coming to an end," Ball said in a pre-recorded video statement sent to media late Monday afternoon. Source

As cabinet ministers broker urgent meetings over rail blockades in support of hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia, a series of negotiations over the Wet'suwet'en Nation's land rights have been quietly taking place for a year. Source

LONDON -- An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Monday amid fierce criticism of his past comments linking intelligence to race and suggesting contraception should be made compulsory to avoid "a permanent underclass. Source

BRUSSELS -- Britain's chief negotiator on Monday set out a clashing course in trade talks with the European Union, saying the 27-nation bloc has totally missed the point of Brexit if it thinks it will retain some supervision over U.K. Source

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO -- A U.S. judge dismissed a professor's lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student's correct pronouns. Nicholas Meriwether's federal lawsuit alleged that Shawnee State University officials violated his rights by compelling him to speak in a way that contradicts his Christian beliefs. Source

TORONTO -- One man in the “Bluegrass State” is likely feeling heavenly today. Kentucky Transportation officials have been ordered by a federal judge to pay US$150,715, after losing a lawsuit against a man who was initially denied ‘IM GOD’ licence plates. Source