NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Dublin-based company plans to erect “mechanical trees” in the United States that will suck carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, it said on Monday (April 29), in what may be prove to be biggest effort to remove the gas blamed for climate change from the atmosphere. The company, […]
This weekend’s snowfall came unwanted for many in southern Saskatchewan, but for farmers it brought much-needed moisture to the soil. “It was a small amount but a welcomed amount,” Grain farmer Lee Moats said. Moats’ farm is located near Riceton, Sask., about 50 KM southeast of Regina. He planned to seed ’til the end of […]
Montreal public health officials are warning residents in flood-affected zones to be wary of what might be lurking in floodwaters. “Some people might think: ‘that’s just coming in from the river, we don’t need to be too worried about what’s in it,’” said Dr. David Kaiser with Montreal Public Health. But Kaiser explained that during […]
Lane Murdock says she dreamed up Friday’s walkout because she was tired of government inaction over gun violence. New York City – As news broke that a gunman had killed 17 people at a Florida high school last February, then 15-year-old Lane Murdock decided that she was tired of government inaction in the face of […]
What a difference 72 hours makes. The swollen Gull River has dropped and many flooded properties along Anson Street are now drying out. But a state of emergency continues for the community, with up to 35 mm of rain in the forecast on Wednesday. The fear last week was Minden would experience another once-in-100-year flood, […]
James Comey says US president treats women like ‘meat’ and there is ‘certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice’. Former FBI Director James Comey has accused US President Donald Trump of being “morally unfit” for the presidency and treating women like “pieces of meat” in his first television interview since being fired last year. Speaking […]
The two were waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia franchise of the coffee company, when a store employee said they were trespassing and called the local police. The CEO of Starbucks has apologised after two black men were arrested as they waited for a friend in a Philadelphia franchise of the coffee company. Protesters […]
In Jordan visit, top US diplomat urges Palestinians to rejoin peace talks, repeats concern about Iran’s regional clout. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to criticise Israel for the killing of dozens of unarmed Palestinian protesters during weeks of rallies on the Israel-Gaza border as he concluded his diplomatic tour in the Middle East. […]
Were it not for volunteers and the military as water levels climbed over the weekend, victims of this year’s devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada say many more homes would be lost to the disaster. The City of Ottawa says more than 8,650 people have registered since late last week to fill sandbags, set up […]
The families of 10 Ontario residents killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash filed wrongful death lawsuits Monday over the catastrophic accident. The lawsuits were filed in the federal district court in Chicago against Boeing and Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., which manufactured the allegedly defective plane device. Separate claims on behalf of the Toronto-area families were […]