The US is braced for its second winter storm in a month with forecasters warning of more heavy snow, freezing temperatures and flooding. Blizzards and gale-force winds will strike across the central United States, across the US Plains and Midwest, running from the Rockies to the Great Lakes from Wednesday into Thursday. The National Weather […]
A wildfire in the community of Mount Currie, just a short distance from Pemberton, started burning on Tuesday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m. Fire officials said the blaze was close to about 15 homes, but there were no evacuations as of press time. Earnest Armann, chief operations officer with the Lil’wat Nation said authorities were […]
A young mother has been jailed for a year after her 11-month-old daughter drowned in sewage after falling through the floor at their home. Dasiah Jordan, 26, was also given a four-year probation after pleading guilty to second-degree child abuse and involuntary manslaughter. Homeowner Tonya Desirae Peterson, 28, who was babysitting the toddler and a […]
In the nearly 30 years that Ernest J. Broadnax has lived in New York City, he has always been known for getting into trouble, with 14 arrests on charges like assault and burglary. He served three stints in state prison. But now, in an advanced age, he’s become known to neighbors as a cordial, but […]
From the party in Confederation Park to the standing crowds in Pil Country, it’s safe to say Rider Nation knows how to celebrate on game days. But new legislation in Ontario could change pre-game rituals for sports fans. Ontario is expected to announce more details on the proposal to legalize tailgate parties – normally held […]
Conservative environment critic Ed Fast is slamming the federal government’s decision to give $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy-efficient. Fast says he is curious how many ordinary Canadians could just walk into the prime minister’s office and ask him to buy them a new fridge. Environment Minister Catherine […]
By declaring a climate emergency, city councillors have already pledged to make Kingston a leader in climate action. But some of the damage has already been done, as seen during significant rain events the past two summers — 2017 in particular. Now, city staff are recommending a number of measures to prevent flooding at 10 […]
A World Trade Organization ruling approved a long-outlawed U.S. trade policy on Tuesday, when a panel of adjudicators said Washington’s use of “zeroing” to calculate anti-dumping tariffs was permissible in the case of Canadian softwood lumber. The WTO’s long-running row over zeroing is a technical dispute that turned into a power struggle between the United States and […]
For Peter Oland, shop class isn’t about woodworking, but problem solving. Oland told Global News he encourages his students at Riverdale High School “to go explore and then come back and say, ‘I want to try this, how do I do it?’” Last year, his shop class built its most ambitious project — a handmade, […]
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will stop considering race or ethnicity in deciding whether to admit applicants to its school of medicine, as part of an agreement with the federal Education Department. The president of the Health Sciences Center, one of the four universities within the Texas Tech system, signed the agreement in February, […]