The City of Montreal has lifted its state of emergency on Wednesday as water levels start to decrease after weeks of flooding. Mayor Valérie Plante said local authorities remain on high alert and will continue to help residents. “Declines in water flows and water levels have been observed in the field,” she said in a […]
A McDonald’s worker gave birth in a restaurant toilet before trying to drown the newborn child. Thankfully Sarah Jane Lockner, from San Francisco, was found by a colleague before she could kill the infant. Lockner, 27, told a court it was the second time she had given birth without realising she was pregnant. She was […]
Crews with Toronto fire have been working around the clock for more than 24 hours to get inside York Memorial Collegiate Institute after a massive six-alarm fire broke out at the west-end high school early Tuesday. “We are still battling hotspots that we can’t reach from the exterior, so we’ve brought in heavy equipment to […]
How do you know whether your child’s coach is supporting them in their sport? How do you know when so-called “tough love” becomes emotional abuse? A new survey from AthletesCAN, the association of the national team’s athletes, shows that 17 per cent of athletes surveyed have experienced psychological abuse — including intimidation, humiliation and fear […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Wednesday. It looks like bread, but it’s made of rice. So, is it a sandwich? The mystery is alive in Jackson Heights, Eater reports. Weather: Today will be a tad cooler, starting in the mid-50s, with a chance of sprinkles in the morning. […]
TORONTO – The heads of Unifor and General Motors Canada are set to make an announcement this morning about the future of operations in Oshawa, Ont. A statement from Unifor Local 222 says national president Jerry Dias and Travis Hester, GM Canada’s president and managing director, will hold a joint news conference in Toronto at […]
Donald Trump’s businesses lost more than a billion dollars from 1985 to 1994, according to tax information acquired by the New York Times. The newspaper said it had acquired printouts from the future president’s official tax transcripts, including figures from his federal tax form. It said Mr Trump reported business losses of 46.1 million dollars […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Can New York City and Amazon get along? On Tuesday, the internet giant unveiled its first New York location for Amazon Go, its cashierless, brick-and-mortar convenience store concept that has already been tested in 11 other cities. It might […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The first trans-Atlantic flight? Lindbergh seems the obvious answer. But that would be wrong. Yes, Charles A. Lindbergh belongs in the history books — for the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic. But note the words nonstop and […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump’s struggle with Democratic lawmakers intensified on Tuesday (May 7), with the White House directing former counsel Don McGahn not to comply with a congressional subpoena and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee threatening to hold him in contempt. McGahn, who left his post as White House counsel last […]