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Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted and epitomized a player exceeding expectations on soccer’s biggest stage, has died. He was 59. Schillaci had been hospitalized in Palermo following treatment for colon cancer. The Palermo Civico hospital said in a statement that Schillacci died…
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will undergo surgery and will be sidelined into the start of the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman announced Wednesday. “He’s going to be out for a while,” Bowman said without revealing the specific nature of the surgery. “I don’t want to speculate on that. I think our doctors will…
After Monday’s emergency debate in Parliament about the killings of six First Nations people by police over a two-week span, an NDP MP says the time for talking is over. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said she thought there were some productive ideas brought forward in the debate including better training in de-escalation for RCMP and more cultural competency,…
When the Halifax Regional Municipality closed homeless encampments in two downtown parks earlier this year, it said extensive remediation would be needed because people living in the camps had damaged the soil. But a professional assessment the city received in April about the condition of Victoria Park and Grand Parade shows that was not true. “It…
The daughter of a woman who died after a suicide attempt at a Summerside hospital says the case points to gaps in P.E.I.’s mental health care system. Lisa Arsenault has been present and asking questions during the three days of a coroner’s inquest this week looking into the death of her mother, Angela Arsenault. The…
Jennifer Brazeau says an apology means little without a plan for meaningful action to drive change. That’s her sentiment ahead of a public apology from Canada’s largest association of medical doctors for past and ongoing harms the medical profession has caused First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. “An apology isn’t a panacea for change, they actually have to…
Faith leaders are calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to reverse course on his decision to close 10 supervised consumption sites across the province. A number of religious organizations came to Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said they were hopeful they could reach Ford’s “humanity.” Last month, Health Minister Sylvia Jones outlined a fundamental shift…
Justin Breau was stabbed or struck nearly two dozen times, according to the pathologist that performed a post-mortem examination. Testifying at the first-degree murder trial in Saint John, Dr. Mohammad Hossain led the 13-member jury through a series of photographs that were taken during Breau’s autopsy. Hossain described 23 individual wounds that were caused by either blunt- or sharp-force…
Emily Sanche was an “intelligent, passionate, driven” young woman who focused her energy on getting help for her partner, who is now accused of killing her, the woman’s cousin told a Saskatoon court on Tuesday. Thomas Hamp is on trial before Justice Grant Currie at Court of King’s Bench. He’s charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 20,…
A boy is in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries and a 39-year-old woman from Woolwich Township has been arrested for attempted murder, police say. Officers were called to a home in St. Jacobs Monday at 7:30 p.m. for a wellness check. When they arrived, they found the child with the injuries. He was taken to an…
