WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Monday (April 29) laid out one of the most detailed climate policies so far in the crowded Democratic field, calling for a US$5 trillion (S$6.8 trillion) investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure over 10 years with a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. O’Rourke, […]
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The hotly anticipated Canadian-themed episode of The Simpsons has opened a can of worms in the country’s easternmost province for a gag depicting its people as seal-clubbing “stupid Newfies.” The episode, co-written by Canadian Tim Long, features a segment where the character Ralph Wiggum shouts “I’m a Newfie” before beating the head […]
The federal defence minister is in New Brunswick today to visit areas where Canadian Forces are responding to flood conditions. Harjit Sajjan is visiting Randolph Island in the Saint John area, where waters from the Saint John River rose during heavy rainfall on Saturday. Sajjan was scheduled to meet with residents, local leaders and soldiers […]
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a 34-year-old man reported missing on Sunday was found dead in a flood zone in Arnprior. The man’s death is under investigation by the OPP Renfrew detachment’s crime unit. Officers were called to Riverview Drive in Arnprior around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, where they pulled a body from a flooded […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should pull the hundreds of millions of dollars he has committed to China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in retaliation for the country blocking Canadian canola exports, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says. In a press conference on Monday, Scheer laid out what he described as a plan for how he would respond […]
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) On Saturday, another community was stunned by an attack on a house of worship. This time, the place was Poway, a quiet, shaded suburb north of San Diego, where a gunman opened fire at a synagogue during a service on the last day […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Stepping into his Brooklyn bodega, Mohammed Almuntaser recalled how his heart sank. Staring up at him from the entryway was a copy of The New York Post, with a picture of the World Trade Center in flames on the […]
A “final call” has yet to be made on whether President Donald Trump will visit Ireland in June, but a team of US officials is due to visit over the next week to scope out arrangements. Mr Trump is travelling to France for D-Day commemorations in June and Britain for a State visit. A US-based […]
TENNESSEE (REUTERS) – A suspect in the killings of seven people in rural Tennessee was shot and captured by police after an hours-long manhunt triggered by the discovery of the bodies in two separate homes, authorities said on Sunday (April 28). Michael Cummins, 25, was in custody after suffering non-life-threatening injuries during his arrest on […]
According to the most recent update from the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board on Sunday, water levels on the Ottawa River at several areas across the city are the highest they’ve ever been. While water levels have not yet reached their peak, they are all now higher then they were in 2017, which is the […]