Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died this week. Before Boston, Ozawa made his mark with four years as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. CBC | World News
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Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif will seek coalition government as his party trails in election
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif changed tack on Friday and said he will seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates backed by his rival Imran Khan in preliminary results a day after the country’s parliamentary election. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Top Gear Stig claims Michael Schumacher ‘refused’ to challenge Lewis Hamilton
Michael Schumacher starred on Top Gear 14 years ago where he appeared to reveal himself as the famous Stig. Daily Express :: Cars Feed
Read More »Former CIA engineer who sent ‘Vault 7’ secrets to Wikileaks sentenced to 40 years
A former CIA software engineer was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday after his convictions for what the government described as the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and for possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Pakistan PM handed 2nd jail term in 2 days as election looms
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. CBC | World News
Read More »5 former Canadian world junior hockey players now face sexual assault charges
Lawyers for Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dubé of the Calgary Flames and Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers confirmed Tuesday the NHL players have been charged with sexual assault related to an alleged group incident in 2018 in London, Ont., when they were members of Canada’s World Junior hockey team. CBC | Sports ...
Read More »Carl English suing former St. John’s Edge owners for more than $130K
Carl English says he is owed more than $ 130,000 in salary payments from his two-year tenure with the St. John’s Edge. He’s taking the defunct team’s owners to court. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan gets 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets
A Pakistan court handed former prime minister Imran Khan a 10-year jail term on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the former premier’s media team said, his second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country’s general election. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams dead at 80
Jimy Williams, who spent nine seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s, has died at age 80. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Former Canadian world junior player Alex Formenton charged by police in London, Ont., lawyer says
Alex Formenton, a former Canadian world junior hockey player and ex-member of the Ottawa Senators who currently plays in Switzerland, is facing charges in London, Ont., his lawyer said Sunday. CBC | Sports News
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