Ontario man accused of assaulting alleged home intruder has charges withdrawn

Seven out of 10 Kingston, Ont., residents want their statue of Sir John A. Macdonald back, according to a new poll. Authorities removed the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a Kingston park in June 2021. That came after city council voted 12-1 to take his effigy down amid controversy over Macdonald’s role in creating the Indian Residential School system. Mark O’Farrell, who chairs Kingston Friends of the Canadian Institute for Historical Education, was “pleasantly” surprised by the poll result. “Kingston City Council, we are hoping, is going to put it to a vote,” O’...