By Rebecca Taylor, news reporter Donald Trump is to demand money for his wall by saying there is a crisis on the US-Mexico border amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. The US president is said to be poised to use emergency powers to override Congress, who he has been in deadlock with for three weeks […]
If you popped a lot of bottles over the holidays, you may want to think twice before throwing the corks directly into the garbage or recycling. The City of Pointe-Claire, in Montreal’s West Island, has started a program to collect corks and repurpose them in an environmentally-friendly way. “The corks are collected by a North […]
At a general committee meeting Monday evening, Barrie city councillors gave initial approval for allowing bricks-and-mortar cannabis stores within the city’s borders. A staff report to the general committee recommended provincially licensed retail stores be permitted within Barrie, subject to provincial and federal regulations. The province has given municipalities until Jan. 22 to opt out […]
A Saskatoon senior’s complex geared toward connecting its residents is pioneering an unconventional approach to community living for the rest of the country. In 2012, after four years of planning, residents moved into the Wolf Willow co-housing facility. The complex, which is located on Avenue J South, has 21 units, and residents range in age […]
US President Donald Trump is set to argue that an immigration “crisis” requires his long-promised wall along the Mexican border. Mr Trump will make his case in his first speech from the Oval Office at 21:00EST (0200 GMT Wednesday), ahead of a trip to the border on Thursday. A partial government shutdown has been in […]
Seven destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean can now be reached from Hamilton’s airport. Swoop’s inaugural flight from Munro International Airport to Puerto Vallarta takes off at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. That will be followed by the first flight from Hamilton to Cancun on Jan 14. The low-cost Westjet-owned carrier will fly twice a week, […]
President Donald Trump and his officials persist in promoting the discredited notion that suspected terrorists are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico by the thousands. Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding “no credible evidence indicating that international terrorist groups have established […]
Reginald Wallace, 47, is accused of shooting into a crowd during a fight at the bowling alley in Los Angeles. Los Angeles residents Robert Earl Meekins Jr, 28, Astin Kyle Edwards, 28, and Michael Di’Shawn Radford, 20, died and four other were injured. Police said on Monday that Wallace was a parolee, having been released […]
MARIANNA, Fla. — A federal prison here in Florida’s rural Panhandle lost much of its roof and fence during Hurricane Michael in October, forcing hundreds of inmates to relocate to a facility in Yazoo City, Miss., more than 400 miles away. Since then, corrections officers have had to commute there to work, a seven-hour drive, […]
Unlike most death row inmates, Scott Raymond Dozier wanted to die. Convicted of the 2002 killing and dismemberment of a Las Vegas man, Mr. Dozier waited for years while his lawyers appealed his death sentence. But he found the wait more agonizing than the prospect of execution. Two years ago he abandoned their efforts and […]