Kingston held its first annual Corks & Forks international wine festival this weekend. The festival featured lots of seminars, workshops and wine tasting events and ended with a grand tasting brunch in downtown Kingston. There was music, delicious food and, of course, wine. “The experience has been amazing, I mean, to see people from Kingston coming […]
Steps have been taken to ensure the security of a Muslim congresswoman after President Donald Trump tweeted a video that purported to show her being dismissive of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed on Sunday she had spoken to congressional authorities “to ensure that Capitol Police are conducting a security assessment to […]
Organized Crime and Border Security Minister Bill Blair says he thinks cannabis users sticking with the grey market can still be converted to buying legally. That comes on the heels of a survey from Statistics Canada last week that shows a slight majority (54 per cent) of Canadians who use cannabis are still getting their […]
Two children were killed in Texas on Saturday as severe weather lashed parts of the South, with tornadoes tearing through homes and warnings of hail and flash floods. The children, who were 3 and 8, were driving home with their parents on a rural county road near Pollok, Tex. — about 130 miles northeast of […]
With just three days to go before Alberta goes to the polls, United Conservative Leader (UCP) Jason Kenney is ramping up his threats towards B.C. At a campaign rally in Edmonton Friday night, Kenney renewed his pledge to “turn off the taps” of gasoline “within an hour” of being sworn in as premier — and […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday (April 13), the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market. The white airplane called Roc, which has […]
Two people were taken to hospital with undetermined injuries after their motorcycle collided with a car in Regina’s east end on Saturday. Regina police responded to the intersection of Arcola Avenue and 14th Avenue around 2:15 p.m. Traffic was diverted in the area. Officers say they are investigating the crash and are asking anyone with […]
Teacher protests in Arizona and Colorado are the latest in the US, where cuts to education budgets strain schools. Teachers in the US states of Arizona and Colorado left their classrooms on Thursday to call for better pay and increases in public school funding. Tens of thousands of educators marched through the streets of Phoenix, […]
A large flightless bird has attacked and killed its owner in Florida after he fell over, according to local authorities. The victim, who is unnamed, was found at his property in Gainsville in the north of Florida and, was known for breeding cassowary birds, according to state wildlife officials. The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department […]
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 […]