York Region District School Board (YRDSB) and the York Region Catholic District School (YRCDSB) board chose to keep their schools open, while most other boards in Toronto and the surrounding GTA shuttered their doors as the region was struck by a winter storm. “We take decisions around closing schools very seriously,” said manager of corporate […]
Saskatchewan’s attorney general says he has no doubt the constitutional challenge against Ottawa’s imposition of carbon tax will end up in the Supreme Court of Canada. Don Morgan says his government will respect the ruling from the provincial Appeal Court, which will hear two days of arguments starting Wednesday. But he says other provinces will […]
Capt Zoe Kotnik, who became the first female pilot to lead the US F-16 Viper demonstration team just last month, has been relieved of duty. The Air Force said she had been removed on Tuesday by Col Derek O’Malley due to a “loss of confidence in her ability to lead and command”. Officials have not […]
A growing rabbit population has led to a rabbit control pilot program in the City of Regina, which has some residents raising concerns and speaking out. “The temperature, it’s way too cold to be doing trapping. There could be other animals that get caught in there — cats, dogs,” said Harbour Landing resident Karen Roberts. Roberts […]
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned his US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (Feb 12) against any American interference, including using force, in Venezuela which is facing a major leadership crisis. “Lavrov has warned against all interference in Venezuela’s domestic affairs including the use of force threatened by Washington and which is […]
OTTAWA (REUTERS) – Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould quit on Tuesday (Feb 12) amid news reports that she was pressured to go easy on a major firm last year when she was justice minister, a development that deepened a political crisis for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just months ahead of an election. Wilson-Raybould, who did […]
Alberta’s police watchdog said it’ll likely be at least another month until the initial investigation into an incident involving a Lethbridge police officer who ran over a deer with his truck is complete. Related Dozens protest Lethbridge police officer who ran over injured deer multiple times The lead investigator from the Alberta Serious Incident Response […]
Surveillance video from a Kelowna home caught a bobcat taking a stroll along the sidewalk early Monday morning. “We live on the edge of Woodhaven Regional Park in the Lower Mission and capture animals regularly on the camera: normally just deer, raccoons and the neighborhood cats,” Kelowna resident Jeff Ingram said. “This is the first […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here's the sign-up.] It’s Tuesday. Alternate-side parking: Suspended today for Lincoln’s Birthday, back in effect tomorrow. We apologize in advance for your commute this morning — and this evening, too. Today will feature snow, sleet, freezing rain, regular rain — everything but locusts and boils. Snowflakes started […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to run a global drug empire and amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday (Feb 12) of drug trafficking. Jurors in federal court in Brooklyn found Guzman, 61, […]