Perhaps Ben Franklin had a point. While other founders favored the bald eagle as a national symbol for its strength and majestic beauty, Franklin condemned the bird’s habit of scavenging and stealing food from other animals, calling it lazy and “often very lousy.” A generation ago, that was rarely a problem. Between hunting, habitat destruction […]
TORONTO — The inaugural season of the National Arts Centre’s Indigenous Theatre will go forward in a “greatly diminished capacity” this year after $3.5 million of requested federal funding was denied. Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, the first-ever artistic director of the NAC’s Indigenous program, issued a letter on Facebook lamenting a lack of support from […]
According to Statistics Canada, the Peterborough census metropolitan area (CMA) saw a population jump of 3.1 per cent, or 4,069 residents, from 2017 to 2018, representing the fastest growth in all of Canada. The Peterborough CMA includes the city, as well as the adjacent townships of Cavan Monaghan, Selwyn, Otonabee-South Monaghan and Douro-Dummer. As of […]
For years, 39 Pearl Street in Dumbo was the embodiment of Brooklyn’s bohemian renaissance. The rock band Sonic Youth got its start on the fifth floor, while the band Blue Öyster Cult used to rehearse downstairs. Many of the residents have been artists, teachers and filmmakers whose apartments were rent-controlled before they pooled resources and […]
It has been nearly one year since the Humboldt Broncos bus crash claimed the lives of 16 people and injured 13 others. Former Edmonton Oiler Chris Joseph lost his son Jaxon in the April 6, 2018 collision. The Joseph family’s pain has been very public and they shared their loss with many other families. “Our […]
Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould warned Gerald Butts, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that there would be Indigenous anger across the country if she was removed from the post. A series of text messages between Wilson-Raybould and Butts in the days after she was told of the plan to shuffle her out […]
Ottawa police say no one was injured when gunshots were fired into a home on Arnot Road in Courtland Park, just south of the Central Experimental Farm, on Monday night. A spokesperson for the Ottawa Police Service said he could not confirm whether the home, located between Dynes Road and Fisher Avenue, was occupied at […]
CHICAGO — Adrianne Burton, 38, believes that the next mayor of Chicago will have a sharper, more empathetic eye on the public schools. Carolyn Davenport, 62, is confident that the new mayor will be a superior manager, accustomed to running a career and a household without any fuss. On her lunch break in the Loop, […]
TORONTO – Ontario is launching consultations as it looks for ways to provide more supports for children with autism, following backlash over its original program. Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod says an advisory panel made up of parents, autistic adults and experts will review the consultation results and provide recommendations. MacLeod says additional needs-based supports […]
A second woman has accused former US vice president Joe Biden of acting inappropriately towards women, heightening tensions over the 76-year-old’s potential 2020 presidential run. Former Democratic congressional aide Amy Lappos has described how she thought Mr Biden was going to try to kiss her at a private fundraising event in 2009, but “rubbed noses” […]