[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] One day in seventh grade, Rasheda Herndon walked up to Clyde Edwards, a tall, skinny, supernice guy in her class, and told him, “You’re going to be my boyfriend.” Mr. Edwards was down with that. But Ms. Herndon wasn’t […]
With Family Day fast approaching, many residents will be looking for fun activities to do with their families to celebrate. Global News has rounded up a list of family-friendly events happening in the Barrie area this weekend: Family Day Winter Adventure On Monday, Feb. 18, the City of Barrie will be hosting its fifth annual Family […]
TORONTO – An association of behaviour analysts says Ontario’s minister in charge of the autism program told them it would be a long four years for them if they did not publicly support recent changes. The Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis says in a note to members today that Children, Community and Social Services Minister […]
A pastry shop in Montreal is making trekking in the snow a little sweeter — but with a catch. CRémy Pâtisserie is giving out a free donut to those who show up in skis or snow shoes. According to the shop, a couple of dozen people have braved the more than 40 centimetres of snow on […]
This year Kingston’s snow plow operators have been out long before the sun comes up to clear the roads. After these last few weeks, plowing the city’s streets seems to be a around the clock job. What many don’t know, is that a lot of work is done before the snow even starts to fall. “So […]
On Tuesday, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug kingpin known as El Chapo, was convicted on drug conspiracy charges in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. This followed an exhaustive three-month trial in which the prosecution dissected almost every detail of Mr. Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel. After more than a week of deliberations, jurors found Mr. Guzmán […]
NASA’s longest-running rover on Mars, Opportunity, has been pronounced dead. It is 15 years after the rover landed on the red planet, with the vehicle only built to operate for three months. But it is reported a ferocious dust storm eight months ago critically injured the device. Opportunity, which is roughly the size of a […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The conviction this week of the Mexican crime lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera was one of the most visible victories for American law enforcement since the war on drugs began in the 1970s, a triumph over a cartel leader who […]
Alexandra Suda, a curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, has been named as the next director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Suda’s appointment on Wednesday. “Through her exceptional talent, she will lead the National Gallery of Canada with the highest standards, making Canadians proud of their […]
Saskatchewan’s reference case on the federal government’s price on pollution began Wednesday, with lawyers representing the government of Saskatchewan and their interveners making their cases against the carbon tax. Representing the Attorney General of Saskatchewan, Mitch McAdam argued the federal backstop on carbon pricing goes against Canada’s Constitution. McAdam opened his statements saying this case […]