Новости за 19.01.2024

A lawsuit filed by a suspended Vancouver lawyer against her neighbour has been dismissed by a B.C. Supreme Court associate judge, who described it as “frivolous and vexatious” and bearing many hallmarks of a pseudolegal claim.

A woman who spent years working in Calgary's sex trade to support a drug addiction told a judge that she believed Richard Mantha wanted to help her get away from the lifestyle. She testified Friday that she was sexually assaulted and attacked by the man she once considered a friend instead.

A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge Friday in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie Rust in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor.

Nerene Virgin, a former actor, journalist, anti-racism advocate and educator, has died in Burlington, Ont., at 77. She played the beloved role of Jodie on the TVO show Today's Special and her broadcasting career included working at CBC in the 1990s. There will be a celebration of life in June in Hamilton at the church where her great uncle, John C. Holland, was a pastor.

After years of YouTube stardom as Jus Reign, Jasmeet Raina left the internet in 2018. Six years later, he's back in the public eye with Late Bloomer, an eight-part Crave series loosely based on his own experiences trying to make it as a 21st-century content creator in a Punjabi Sikh family.

A restaurant in Windsor, Ont., is cooking up extra food for people who cannot afford a meal — and dishing it out for free.  But the servers say they're the ones getting the benefits.

Freezing temperatures can have a significant impact on an electric vehicle's battery, but experts say there are ways to mitigate the effects of extreme cold.

Researchers have found the ruins of huge, ancient cities in the Ecuadorian depths of the Amazon, using airborne laser sensors to see what’s hidden in the dense vegetation.