Officials with B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service say a three-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote in White Rock on Monday. The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the parking lot area of Centennial and Ruth Johnston parks. Sgt. Todd Hunter with the Conservation Officer Service said the child was not seriously hurt. “The child received […]
Saskatchewan’s legislation to overhaul rural trespassing rules received its third and final reading in the legislature Wednesday. If it receives Royal Assent when the house adjourns May 16, it will become law. Essentially, the legislation makes it so people who are looking to access privately owned rural land will first have to get permission from […]
Police services throughout Saskatchewan collected 283 firearms from across the province through the gun amnesty program in 2019. The number of guns collected is down from 2018 when the Saskatchewan Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACP) launched the province-wide program. Police collected 369 firearms in 2018. “Seeing a bit of a decline in the number […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Taking aim at President Trump, New York lawmakers voted on Wednesday to allow congressional committees to seek the president’s tax returns and to close a potential loophole for those he might pardon. The two bills passed by the Democratic-controlled […]
Ottawa residents whose properties have been damaged by record-breaking flooding over the last several weeks may be eligible for an almost six-month extension on paying their final property tax bill this year. Ottawa city council on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to defer the final tax deadline from June 20 to Dec. 5, 2019, primarily […]
President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States “is full”, and incapable of allowing entry to any new and diverse migrants. But citizens in one mostly-rural state say they couldn’t disagree more. Forty years ago, Curtiss Reed Jr came to Vermont for a ski vacation and got stuck in a storm. He had to […]
The New Brunswick government has announced that it has accepted safety recommendations for the province’s main mental health facility after a damning report found patients suffering from negligence, abuse and unacceptable treatment. The province announced that Health Minister Ted Flemming has accepted New Brunswick Ombud Charles Murray’s report, which highlighted allegations of inadequate care at […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The White House on Wednesday (May 8) invoked the legal principle of executive privilege to block the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted Russia report as a US House panel met to vote on holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the document. The […]
Democrats in the US House of Representatives are about to vote on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. The judiciary committee initiated the proceedings when Mr Barr refused to submit an unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. President Donald Trump has hit back by asserting executive privilege over […]
Pregnancy-related deaths are rising in the US and the main risk factor is being black, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control. The study found that rates of maternal mortality are about three times higher among black, Native American and Alaska Native women than white women. Approximately 700 American women die […]