Loong Wah Restaurant owner Zoe Wu, pictured here holding up a menu inside her restaurant. The final day for Loong Wah Restaurant on Lemarchant Road is set for Sunday, May 14, marking the end of over 30 years of food service. While the previous owners served North American Chinese food, Wu said she tried to diversify the menu with more authentic Asian dishes. Some of Loong Wah's fusion dishes included their salted cod fried rice and Newfoundland-themed fried rice which included jiggs dinner ingredients. Mei Mei, a frequent diner at Loong Wah, said she's going to miss the food.

ORILLIA, Ont. - Over 2,400 fans attended a public visitation Sunday in Gordon Lightfoot’s hometown in central Ontario to say goodbye to the folk singer-songwriter. In the pouring rain, a line stretched down the street outside St. Paul’s United Church in Orillia, Ont., where Lightfoot once sang as a choir boy. It was one of the many tributes to Lightfoot in Orillia since his death on May 1. A private funeral is to take place Monday in Orillia, where Lightfoot is to be buried alongside his parents.

Wise, a resident of Vernon in the North Okanagan region of B.C., recently became the first woman in the 78-year history of the B.C. Trappers Association (BCTA) to be certified by the association as a trapping instructor. Holly Wise/Submitted"I think it's great for the association, great for the industry," Killey said. As an instructor, Wise says she'll primarily focus her attention on the Okanagan area but is open to traveLling around the province to hold trapping courses. For people with traplines, trapping is done recreationally and as a source of income.

LONDON — Out in Clapham, a rather small and charming local “Big Lunch” coronation party is being held on Tregarvon Road, hosted by Tom Tugendhat, who just happens to be the Minister of State for Security. Thereby pitching Toronto into a premature mayoral election featuring a plethora of candidates, none particularly seductive, you should forgive the expression. “That is a mischaracterization,” insists Tory, referring to rumours that he’s held conversations about possibly testing the waters. But in London, where he arrived in time to watch the coronation on TV, he’s enjoying the anonymity, even when a reporter catches up with him. Tory actually met Charles at a small dinner party a few years ago and liked him right away.

SEATTLE — When the Stars take the ice Sunday night, will they have the road-ice advantage? “You know what, I don’t (have an explanation),’’ Stars coach Pete DeBoer said, “but I think the parity in the league is impressive. “I’m old but I’m not that old,’’ Sharp said, laughing. They’re all fantastic players,’’ DeBoer said. On top of that, Heiskanen’s 29:45 per game in the playoffs leads all players by a considerable margin.

© Submitted Thousands of people took part in the Vancouver Marathon, Sunday. Among them was 13-year-old Charlie-Anne Cox who was pushed across the finish line in her electric wheelchair, raising money for Canuck Place. As 13-year-old Charlie-Anne Cox approaches the finish line at the BMO Vancouver Marathon, she’s got one thing on her mind — faster. They are the only person that’s been there, the only place that’s been there in the beginning in that way in the all-encompassing way that they are,” Cherie said. “Her smile through that finish line she’s saying, ‘hurry, hurry we’re losing.

It was Louis de Lorimier’s first posting as an ambassador for Canada when he arrived in Lebanon in September 2005, after almost a quarter-century in the foreign service. Last Saturday, Canada ended its evacuation flights to bring Canadians home from Sudan amid escalating violence and deteriorating safety conditions. “Canada continues to monitor the situation actively and will continue to provide assistance to Canadians and permanent residents wishing to depart Sudan,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement on Friday. For example, on the first day of the Lebanese evacuation, the Canadian government had initially secured six ships to each carry 250 people out of the Lebanon’s main port. That’s when the press reported in Canada that the operation was a mess.

Westboro residents say they're pleased a stretch of their local beach will reopen this summer — even if it comes with news that the entire construction project won't wrap up until next year. "Last summer was not a happy summer," said Len Fardella, co-president of the Westboro Beach Community Association. The closure of Westboro Beach in 2023 was part of the National Capital Commission's (NCC) plans to redevelop the area. © Joseph Tunney/CBC Len Fardella, co-president of the Westboro Beach Community Association, said residents weren't happy to learn their beach wouldn't reopen on time. But when the entire beach closed last summer, the community wasn't happy, Fardella said — and aired those frustrations.

Special Thanks to Shay Castle, Boulder Beat (AP Storyshare)It’s spring in Boulder County. In unincorporated Boulder County, building permits have been issued for 57 of 157 destroyed homes. Louisville has issued building permits for for 247 of the 550 it lost, and four households have moved back home. Superior has handed out 191 building permits, representing 49% of the town’s 389 homes destroyed by the fire. The city’s chief building official, who typically doesn’t handle building permits, sets aside Thursdays to process them for Marshall Fire victims, Ritchie said.

© Thomson Reuters Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) pose for a picture after a swap at an unknown location in UkraineKYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Saturday hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv, but neither side gave a full account of the apparent prisoner swap. © Thomson Reuters Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are seen after a swap at an unknown location in UkraineThe freed Ukrainian prisoners included 42 men and three women from the Azov battalion, said Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office. Thirty-five privates and sergeants, 10 officers," Yermak said on the telegram app in a post that did not mention the release of Russian prisoners. There were no reports on Russian state media of additional Russian prisoner releases. © Thomson Reuters Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) rest after a swap at an unknown location in UkraineMoscow and Kyiv have agreed a number prisoner exchanges since Russia's full-scale invasion in February last year.

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Erased in so many ways from the pageantry and the historical record of the only coronation many of us will ever witness. The tunic is sentimentally precious to Charles because it was worn by his grandfather, King George VI, at the 1937 coronation. Charles later swapped it out, as is the custom upon departure from the Abbey, for the Imperial Crown featuring 2,868 diamonds. The late Queen called it her “party hat.”Diamond Jubilee State Coach to the Abbey, Gold State Coach from the Abbey. (Afterwards, Sarah told The Independent: “I was moved to tears and felt so proud watching the new King and Queen being crowned.)

Throw interpersonal undercurrents into the mix (yes, we’re looking at you, Prince William and Prince Harry), and getting this right must have been a nightmare exercise for the coronation’s organizers. Prince HarryWhere would Prince Harry sit at the coronation? In the end, the Duke of Sussex was seated in the third row, right next to other non-working royals like his cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Harry was separated from his brother, Prince William, by a row that included the likes of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, one of Queen Elizabeth’s cousins. Prince William, Princess Kate and familyPrince William, Kate, and their children were the VVIPS, barring King Charles and Queen Camilla themselves.

History may record yesterday’s coronation of King Charles III as being more about apathy than the traditions of an ancient monarchy. Whatever your stance, the reality is that long before yesterday, King Charles was already Canada’s head of state. One of the swords he was presented with, for example, symbolizes the sovereign’s mercy and was first used at the coronation of Charles I in 1626. According to Buckingham Palace, this coronation reflected the Monarch’s role today and looked toward the future. Even at ground zero in Britain, 52 per cent of people said they weren’t taking note of the coronation.

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, police Chief Billy Aldridge said. Two men, ages 21 and 19, and a 17-year-old girl remained hospitalized in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, the chief said. Two other men, ages 18 and 20, were treated at the hospital and released, Aldridge said. Both parties were in neighborhoods near California State University in Chico, a city with about 101,000 residents 90 miles (145 km) north of Sacramento.