One of the mysteries of the sweeping college admissions fraud case has been over the families that prosecutors say paid the biggest sums to a college consultant at the center of the schemes but that have not been charged. The 33 parents charged in the scandal are mostly accused of paying the consultant, William Singer, […]
Bracebridge and Huntsville are scheduled to expect more flooding after both towns declared state of emergencies this week, officials say. “We’re expecting water levels to rise,” Bracebridge mayor Graydon Smith said. “We’re already seeing above 2013 levels, which was kind of a once-in-a-century event.” Environment Canada issued a warning Friday morning saying rainfall amounts of […]
Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick residents are grappling with rising water levels, evacuation orders and the threat of storm surges as historic flooding continues to plague Eastern Canada. The severe flooding may be all too familiar for some residents, who were frantically sandbagging around their homes only two years ago after heavy rainfall and melting […]
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough and the Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes each received $246,000 in federal funding Friday as part of a $1.6-million announcement for six women’s organizations in Ontario. Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef, minister of international development and minister for women and gender equality, made the announcement in Peterborough on Friday morning. […]
The finishing touches are being applied to the first part of London’s Dundas Place flex street, while construction is in “full swing” for Phase 2 of the project. Jim Yanchula, the city’s manager of downtown projects, tells Global News Radio 980 CFPL that Londoners can expect to see concrete polishing, tree planting and other “odds […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Former US vice-president Joe Biden, in his first interview as a Democratic presidential candidate, insisted on Friday (April 26) that he did not treat law professor Anita Hill badly during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas held almost 30 years ago. Biden had joined the burgeoning 2020 Democratic field a […]
INDIANAPOLIS (REUTERS) -US President Donald Trump on Friday (April 26) announced at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA’s) annual meeting that the United States will drop out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups. Trump told members of the gun lobby that […]
The city of Clarence-Rockland, which sits just east of Ottawa, has declared a state of emergency due to rising flood waters in the Ottawa river. This decision comes one day after the city of Ottawa had also declared a state of emergency for the same reason. “The Mayor of Clarence-Rockland, Guy Desjardins, declared a state […]
Russian spy Maria Butina has been jailed in the US after admitting she tried to infiltrate the National Rifle Association (NRA). The 30-year-old, who also pleaded guilty to trying to influence Republican politicians and relaying intelligence back to a government official in her homeland, received an 18-month sentence. It includes the nine months the pro-gun […]
Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you want to get California Today delivered to your inbox.) When the famous rainbow gay pride flag was first pieced together by a man named Gilbert Baker in 1978, he used eight colors. Each one represented a certain idea. There was red for life, orange for healing, yellow for […]