BUENOS AIRES (AFP) – The corruption trial of former Argentina president Cristina Kirchner, set to begin next week, has been postponed until May, authorities said on Monday (Feb 18). It is one of several corruption trials facing the center-left Peronist politician, who turns 66 on Tuesday. In this case, she is accused of having favoured […]
It seems blaming the innocent family pooch for not being able to hand in your homework is so passé. In 2019, schoolchildren are citing more in-depth reasons as to why their schoolwork hasn’t been completed. Take 14-year-old Edward Cortez, for example. The young lad recently found himself in hot water for not doing his homework […]
Getting your child to embrace new foods and shed any fussy eating habits can become a battle of the wills. Unfortunately, it’s often the kids who emerge victorious. Sound familiar? But if you’re a frazzled parent who’s run out of tricks, bribes and threats then help is at hand. TV chef Curtis Stone is father […]
Tiny Prince Edward Island has a chance to send a big message to the rest of the country about electoral reform when voters are asked to consider proportional representation in a referendum as early as this spring. Voters in British Columbia rejected making such a change in December, and while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised […]
A new documentary, Weiner, looks at the failed New York City mayoral candidacy of former congressman Anthony Weiner. But his wife, Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton’s closest aides, steals the show. Before the release of their new documentary, Weiner, filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg told me that they’d asked their husband and wife […]
Incoming Dear Diary: I took the subway home to the Upper East Side after having dinner with some friends. I got off at 86th Street. There is a bank on one of the corners there that is immediately visible when you come up out of the station. As I got to the top step, I […]
Since the day 13 people were killed at Columbine High School in 1999, a carpenter from Illinois has hopped in his pickup truck to deliver 26,274 handmade wooden memorials — mostly crosses, and sometimes Stars of David or crescent moons — across the country, unifying grieving communities after mass shootings, natural disasters and other tragedies. […]
A boy injured after snowboarding into a tree at Lake Louise on Sunday was airlifted to a Calgary hospital by STARS. The helicopter took the boy, who is under 10 years old, to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in stable condition. STARS couldn’t provide further details about the injuries or circumstances. Related Calgary girl who died […]
Mark Hennessy has lived in LaSalle for about 40 years. He says like all Montrealers, every year he has to deal with lots of snow and snow removal — but he says this year is the worst he’s ever seen it. “It’s a kind of yo-yo game that they’re doing with the snow removal here,” he […]
As the Sabbath entered the early morning hours on Saturday, about 15 people remained at the Chabad of Bushwick. Rabbi Menachem Heller, seated at the long dinner table, was talking to some of the congregants. His wife was feeding one of their children, as five others played in the storefront synagogue. Then, around 2 a.m., […]