UK arrests four people over cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods

‘Savage and brutal’ Erickson home invasion nets 17-year sentence

BRANDON — A woman who fought off the man who slashed her throat in a random home invasion in Erickson described the violent assault as the worst day of her life and a nightmare she can’t seem to shake off.

“I feel like a shell of the person I used to be. Not every second of every day, but definitely every day. It comes in waves,” Candace Richardson said as she read from a victim impact statement in a Brandon courtroom on Friday.

Carter Prince, 21, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the June 2023 attack, sat in the prisoner’s box as Richardson spoke.

“I’ll be completely fine, laughing, having fun or just relaxing with my family,” she told the court. “Then time goes so slowly, like you’re floating away, but instead of floating, I’m pinned to the ground, being stabbed over and over again. There’s blood everywhere and darkness surrounding me.”

‘Well-known evil empire’: Barack Obama mocks President Trump’s trade war with Canada

Former president Barack Obama took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods Saturday during an impassioned speech at a Democrat campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan, ahead of next month’s U.S. midterm elections.

‘It’s the human beings that make it come alive,’ says family behind annual Halloween haunt Heebie Jeebies

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MACDONALD — Tim Muys wants Heebie Jeebies to be legendary.

The first evidence is the latest maze at the annual Halloween attraction, which Muys and his wife, Michelle, operate just southwest of Winnipeg in the RM of Macdonald: “Legends of Horror” puts visitors face-to-face with iconic movie antagonists such as Leatherface, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger.

But further evidence can be found in Muys’ ambitions for Heebie Jeebies. With 3,400-plus five-star Google reviews and more than 30,000 visitors annually, Muys advertises the business as “Canada’s No. 1 privately owned Halloween attraction.” His vision is to build a second location in Calgary and then a third in Edmonton.

Between the populations of those two cities, plus the surrounding communities, he believes Heebie Jeebies would draw a significant crowd every fall. By his estimation, it would put the business on the map as one of the largest Halloween attractions in the world.

B.C. Conservative’s Lorne Doerkson sets out urgent priorities to govern

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier-designate Lorne Doerkson's long to-do list includes lowering taxes, while reviewing the provincial finances, working with Alberta and the federal government on the proposed Pacific Link pipeline and repealing Indigenous legislation.

Doerkson laid out his priorities at a news conference Sunday, just hours after his party was elected with about two-thirds of the province's 93 seats in the legislature.

He said he has spoken to the lieutenant-governor and named Kim Henderson, a former deputy to the premier to previous Liberal governments, to lead his transition team.

"We are going to do this properly, and we are going to do it with obviously some urgency," he said. "When this government is sworn in, it will be ready on Day 1, and it will hit the ground running."