Open this photo in gallery: Retired police sergeant Stephen Newton was called as a Crown witness on Tuesday.Nicole Osborne/The Globe and Mail The now-retired London police sergeant who lead the initial investigation into an alleged sexual assault by members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began his interview with one of the accused players … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Canadian squash player Ocean Ma, right, serves a ball in a match against Australia’s Erin Classen at the WSF World Junior Individual Championships in Melbourne, Australia on July 18, 2023.HO/The Canadian Press Highlighted by an Ivy League title and a divisional crown at the national college playdowns, Canada’s Ocean Ma … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Witnesses said the driver sped through throngs of people lining the parade route, striking several people before coming to a halt.Jon Super/The Associated Press A 53-year-old white British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, as shouts … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Justice Maria Carroccia announced that a text message exchange has been ruled inadmissible.Nicole Osborne/The Globe and Mail A text message exchange that the Crown says is crucial evidence against one of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team on trial for sexual assault has been ruled inadmissible. … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Moncton Wildcats’ Juraj Pekarcik and London Knights’ Sam O’Reilly vie for the puck during first period Memorial Cup hockey action in Rimouski, Que., on May 24.Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press Sam O’Reilly’s second goal of the game, scored at 4:23 of 3-on-3 overtime, lifted the London Knights to an exciting 3-2 … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Easton Cowan puts on a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey after being picked by the team during the first round of the NHL hockey draft, on June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.George Walker IV/The Associated Press It would be easy to simply look at the numbers and conclude that Easton Cowan … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: David Myles, Liberal candidate for Fredericton–Oromocto, door knocking in a neighbourhood in Fredericton, on April 19.Stephen MacGillivray/The Globe and Mail David Myles was standing onstage at a downtown Fredericton hotel in front of a roomful of cheering supporters, halfway through his victory speech, when it dawned on him – really, … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: Billy Joel performs at Nissan Stadium on May 19, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Joel was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder.Jason Kempin/Getty Images U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said on Friday he is canceling all his scheduled concerts after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: The London Courthouse in London, Ont. on Friday, May 16.Nicole Osborne/The Globe and Mail A text message that Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham has said is critical to the prosecution’s case has been ruled inadmissible under one evidentiary pathway by the judge presiding over the sexual-assault case of five former members … Read more
Open this photo in gallery: The London courthouse in London, Ont., on May 16.Nicole Osborne/The Globe and Mail Crown witness Brett Howden – who was in the London, Ont. hotel room where five of his former world junior teammates allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in June, 2018 – broke down crying under questioning by a … Read more