Blizzard, freezing rain, flood, tornado – current aspects of spring in the US and Canada. We expect tornadoes in a US spring and we have seen a few, most recently in Florida and North Carolina and occasionally along an active cold front in the eastern states. We don’t expect snow, let alone with a blizzard, […]
Local council adopts step against exchange with Israeli military practices synonymous with the occupation of Palestine. A coalition of community organisations in the city of Durham in the US state of North Carolina has successfully lobbied the city council to ban training and exchanges between Durham’s police department and the Israeli military. Durham’s city council […]
Mike Pompeo calls for unity in the Gulf during a visit to Saudi Arabia, his first in his new role as top US diplomat. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for unity in the Gulf region during a visit to Saudi Arabia, his first foreign trip in his new role as the US’ […]
Special Olympics Edmonton is celebrating a major milestone this weekend. It’s been 30 years since its annual bowling fundraiser first began. This year’s fundraising goal is $105,000, all of which will go towards sports programs for athletes who face intellectual challenges. “Many of our athletes don’t have the means to be able to pay for […]
Driver in custody and being questioned by police as search for motive in the deadly incident begins. The man who drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians at high speed in Canada’s largest city, killing 10 people and wounding 15 others, was acting deliberately, according to police. A white van jumped the curb in […]
Company sees number of monthly active users reach 2.2 billion while facing scrutiny over data breach and harvesting. Facebook says its user base and revenue increased significantly in the first three months of 2018, despite the setback caused by the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal. The California-based social-media company released its quarterly results on Wednesday evening. […]
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A five-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday. Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said during a news conference that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man who apparently didn’t know the boy or […]
With spring well underway, the Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program started its annual campaign of egg addling this week. The program’s goal is to “prevent explosive growth of the non-migratory resident goose population,” according to the project co-ordinator. In 2018, the program reportedly located 343 nests and addled 1,390 eggs. The program is now in […]
Mazda is recalling more than 200,000 Mazda 3 compact cars in the U.S. and Canada because the windshield wipers can fail. The company says in documents posted Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the recall covers cars from the 2016 through 2018 model years. The Japanese automaker traced the problem to metal […]
The Nova Scotia legislature has unanimously passed legislation that presumes consent for organ donation, becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to pass such legislation. The Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act was passed as legislators wrapped up their spring sitting on Friday. However, the act is not expected to be proclaimed as law for […]