On Wednesday night, Waterloo Region commuters experienced their first hint of what lies ahead. The express lanes of Highway 85 were closed in both directions from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. which is set to continue through Friday night, according to the MTO. Traffic will still be able to access on- and off-ramps through the […]
Students at Georgetown University voted on Thursday to increase their tuition to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved Africans the school sold nearly two centuries ago to secure its financial future. The fund they voted to create would represent the first instance of reparations for slavery by a prominent American organization. The proposal passed with […]
Max Lugavere is the author of “Genius Foods,” a book about optimizing brain function through diet. The subject became personal for him when his mother, Kathy, was given a diagnosis of dementia seven years ago, and he devoted himself to her care. She died last winter. “Now that Mom is gone, I am even more […]
NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – Mexico’s former Foreign Minister, Mr Jorge Castaneda, discusses Mexican-US relations and the crisis at the border between the two countries. This video is made available to The Straits Times under a partnership with GZERO Media, a subsidiary of the Eurasia Group. Source: Read Full Article
If you’re looking for that vintage, one-of-a-kind first edition book, you may want to check out the Gigantic Book Sale at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery. The event, now in its 27th year, boasts more than 30,000 books — enough to satisfy the most avid reader. “We have thousands of books. We collect […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday (April 11) stressed the need for diplomacy in getting US nuclear talks with North Korea back on track after a failed summit between the US and North Korean leaders in February. In Oval Office remarks, Trump was asked by reporters […]
The infamous noise dispute in Moose Jaw may be resolved for good, as the business at the centre of it all has decided to move. It’s a feud that made national headlines when rock legend Burton Cummings filed a noise complaint against his neighbour, Dance Fitness with Kyra. The fitness studio has been operating in […]
This week the City of New York declared a public health emergency because of a measles outbreak that had been escalating since the fall in ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn and finally reached the point of crisis. In December the Health Department had made an effort to contain the disease, ordering yeshivas and child care centers […]
Health Canada announced Thursday that it would be implementing additional restrictions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in an effort to protect the health of bees and other pollinators. According to Health Canada, the decision to impose additional restrictions was done following extensive research and re-evaluations of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam as well as their […]
AURORA, Colo. — Sudan’s diaspora in the United States stayed up all night, sipping coffee and sweet tea to stay awake as people waited for a revolution in the country their families had fled. But when the news finally came on Thursday morning that the military had ousted and arrested President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, dissolved […]