A new study from the University of British Columbia highlights a link between an increasingly popular feature of today’s hottest video games and taking risks at the casino. “Loot boxes” are randomly generated prizes that can be purchased within a game. These boxes began appearing in video games in the mid-2000s, allowing players to earn […]
Health and safety inspection teams are fanning out across flood-affected regions of New Brunswick today, assessing homes and businesses that are still drying out amid receding floodwaters. New Brunswick’s Emergency Measures Organization says the teams will inspect electrical systems and determine if repairs are needed. Residents seeking an assessment are being asked to report any […]
A slow-simmering political crisis that has gripped Venezuela for months appeared to be coming to a head this week as opposition politicians issued a direct challenge to the authority of President Nicolás Maduro. The leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, called for a military and popular uprising to oust Mr. Maduro from office, triggering a […]
Lisa-Marie Pettovello is bubbling with excitement. That’s because she gets to merge her love of up-cycling, or up-styling as she likes to call it, and helping Okanagan families, through a new initiative at Habitat for Humanity called the Up Project. “Basically we take in donations that go through our local ReStores. I try to pick […]
If you’ve got spare baseball equipment kicking around your garage, London police are hoping you’ll donate it to kids during Saturday’s Drive To Play Ball event. Donations go to London police’s Rookie Ball program, now in its 26th year, which gives children living in poverty the chance to be part of a small baseball league. “In […]
Dewdney Avenue between Angus Street and Retallack Street was shut down Friday at around 9 a.m. due to a two-vehicle collision at the Rae Street intersection. A white SUV and a blue sedan were involved. Emergency personnel were on scene. Two vehicles collided at the Rea Street intersection on Dewdney Avenue Friday morning in Regina. […]
Several owners of professionally trained guide dogs and service dogs are calling for a national standard in the growing world of so-called support animals, saying that a lack of regulation around the animals has given rise to fraud. Shelley Adams of Halifax is blind and uses a guide dog, Pogo, to help her get around. […]
Theresa Carriere says it’s “emotional” to see the number of London-area students taking part in ONERUN this year, eight years after she ran 100 kilometres in a single day to honour those in their fight against cancer. Eleven schools are getting involved in the fundraising event throughout the month of May, with students at Westminster […]
Earlier this year, Tiffany and Albree Shaffer were dealt the shattering news that their 18-month-old, Callie, girl had advanced neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma develops in the nerve tissue and is the third most common cancer in young children. At the time of diagnosis, the cancer was already at stage four and would require aggressive treatment – at […]
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) And now for something completely different: A deep dive into a very fraught raisin situation. My colleague Jonah Bromwich recently traveled to Fresno for the piece, and — despite stumbling upon a juicy story full of noirish intrigue — lived to tell the […]