Allegations that four black 12-year-old girls were strip searched at a school should be investigated at state level, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says. He said the allegations were “deeply disturbing” and raised “serious issues of racial and gender bias”. The girls and their parents say the school nurse and assistant principal searched them believing […]
A handful of seasonal workers occupied Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Montreal offices on Wednesday to demand changes in employment insurance. “We did a lot of rallies, we did a lot of meetings but nobody wants to listen to us,” said Fernand Thibodeau, a spokesman for the Action Committee on Employment Insurance for Seasonal Workers. Thibodeau […]
A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it ring for the first time since the 1960s. Moose Jaw’s Heritage Advisory Committee told city councillors on Monday that the bronze bell needs a new […]
A number of Quebec towns are denouncing a provincial long-gun registry and calling for it to be scrapped entirely. Gun-owners across the province were given a year to register their weapons and the deadline passed this week with 75 per cent of the long guns believed to be in the province not being registered. Philip […]
Governor apologises for an accidental imminent attack warning sent out by Hawaii to every mobile phone in the island. Hawaii’s Governor David Ige has apologised for an accidental message sent out by the state to every mobile phone in the island, warning of an imminent missile attack. Ige said on Sunday that the government would investigate the […]
Senator Rand Paul has been awarded more than $580,000 (£441,000) after his neighbour attacked him and broke six of his ribs in a gardening dispute. Rene Boucher, 60, pleaded guilty to attacking the senator in November 2017. The argument arose over the Republican’s habit of leaving garden waste on the border of their properties in […]
As Ottawa limps across the finish line of its snowiest January on record, cherry blossoms are blooming at the legislature in coastal Victoria, B.C. Millions of Canadians were hiding out this week under extreme cold warnings stretching across the map, even as some East Coast cities enjoyed moderate temperatures. According to experts, these co-existing extremes […]
SAN FRANSCISCO (REUTERS) – A herd of elephant seals took over a popular California beach while it was closed during the federal government shutdown and the animals show no sign of wanting to leave. A storm and high tides inundated the seals’ usual habitat about 51 kilometres northwest of San Francisco, encouraging them to seek […]
Victims’ relatives try to prove Saudi involvement in first hearing after Congress removed aspects of sovereign immunity. New York, United States – Saudi Arabia has again defended its government against allegations of providing support to the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York, as the kingdom’s lawyers faced family members of victims […]
CHICAGO (DPA) – Armed with steaming hot coffee and hand warmers, multiple socks and layer upon layer of thermal gear, residents across the Chicago area steeled themselves against an arctic surge that gripped the upper Midwest on Wednesday (Jan 30) as dangerously cold conditions brought the city and suburbs to a near-standstill. The now-infamous polar […]