A biology teacher made headlines in the United States after he fed a living puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students. Mr Robert Crosland, who teaches at Preston Junior High School in Idaho, was acquitted of one count of misdemeanour animal cruelty on Friday (Jan 4), according to US media. His attorney […]
Mick Mulvaney has indicated the US president may accept a “steel fence” in order to break the continuing stalemate in Washington DC. Mr Trump is trying to convince the Democrats to approve around $5bn (£3.95bn) to build the wall, which he says is vital to stop illegal immigrants and criminals entering the US. The stalemate […]
A new exhibition in Edmonton is raising awareness about the issue of orphaned oil and gas wells and creating an interactive, tongue-in-cheek opportunity for people to “adopt” an orphan well. Orphan wells are oil and gas sites where there is no longer anyone legally responsibility for it. As of Sept. 13, 2018, there were 2,061 […]
These are the first pictures of the three men who were gunned down in a Californian bowling alley. The victims – Astin Edwards, 28, Robert ‘Tank’ Meekins, 28, and Michael Radford, 20 – have been identified by family members. At about 11.54pm on Friday shots were fired after a fight between patrons at the Gable […]
A man in his 50s has died after his kayak capsized on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal. Benoit Martel, chief of operations with the Montreal fire department, said the man was kayaking with five other people when his kayak flipped over just after 2 p.m. on Saturday. “We were called by the Coast Guard […]
That Dutchman’s Cheese Farm has been in business for 30 years. With a store in Denmark, N.S., and a set up at the Halifax Seaport market, it’s become a well-known name in Nova Scotia and even across the country. One of their best sellers is their own creation: Dragon’s Breath Blue Cheese. “It’s quite a […]
A teacher who fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his terrified students has been found not guilty of animal cruelty. Robert Crosland, a science teacher at Preston Junior High School in the US state of Idaho, had been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty back in June. The puppy had deformities […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials played down concerns the government shutdown poses a threat to safety at major airports, but warned that the second half of next week could be crucial if workers do not get paid. Hundreds of TSA screeners continued to call in sick from work as the closure entered […]
Ma Poule Mouillée, a popular Portuguese rotisserie on Rachel Street in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, sustained significant damage after a fire Friday night. Ian Ritchie, chief of operations with the Montreal Fire Department, said the one-alarm blaze started inside a kitchen hood. Ritchie said the fire spread to the chimney and then the roof, forcing firefighters […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Vice-President Mike Pence and other senior Trump administration officials met on Saturday (Jan 5) with Democratic congressional staffers to try to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump is demanding US$5.6 billion (S$6.8 billion) to build a wall along the […]