Seven years after Yazidi women and children were kidnapped and enslaved by the Islamic State in Iraq, thousands are still missing. Abdullah Shrem has built a secret network of cigarette smugglers and willing helpers who are risking their lives to find and liberate them.
The “moonshot” idea to purchase and ship the Toronto Raptors’ title-clinching court to Victoria for the upcoming Olympic qualifier arrived over lunch at Real Sports, a restaurant just outside of Scotiabank Arena. The hardwood is set to serve as a harbinger of good luck for Team Canada.
Students and the former director of Laurentian University’s school of midwifery in Sudbury, Ont., are struggling to understand why it was closed as part of the university’s restructuring during the insolvency process.