For the first time in Colombia, the murder of a transgender woman has been punished as a gender-based hate crime, three years after the passage of a law that imposes tough sentences for hate crimes against women. The woman, Anyela Ramos Claros, was killed last year in the municipality of Garzón after being shot in […]
Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft could soon arrive in Saskatoon after city council approved regulations surrounding the service. Related Saskatoon reviewing proposal to require criminal record checks for taxi, ride-hailing drivers Insurance pit stops still exist on road to Sask. ride sharing Council voted 8-2 in favour of the bylaw, which includes requirements like […]
Nova Scotia’s roads, highways and bridges will get $300 million in upgrades in 2019-20 – a $15 million increase over last year. Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Lloyd Hines says much of the additional funding will go toward twinning portions of the province’s 100 series highways, including the 101, 103, 104 and the 107 Sackville-Burnside […]
The Salvation Army of Hamilton is looking to last-minute shoppers to help lift the Christmas Kettle campaign to its goal of $410,000. With less than a week of fundraising left, the local Salvation Army is still short $188,000 of its goal. The organization relies on the Kettle Campaign to fund its Christmas and year-round assistance […]
A father walked into a police station and confessed to drowning his daughter in a pond after feeling "stressed" about Christmas, according to a police report. Officers in Northwestern Missouri, America, found a six-month-old girl alive in a pond floating on her back just minutes after Jonathon Zicarelli apparently confessed. The 28-year-old father told officers […]
A deadly bus crash that united a hockey-mad country in grief and spurred people to leave sticks on porches from coast to coast has been selected as Canada’s News Story of the Year. The Canadian Press annual survey of newsrooms across the country saw 53 out of 129 editors cast their votes for the Humboldt […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Though the Charleston Rifle Club was founded in 1855 to promote good marksmanship, it is better known today for a more prosaic pastime, bowling. And though the sign out front, with its lion-flanked escutcheon and Gothic lettering, gives off a whiff of high society, the club’s membership spans classes, embracing socialites and […]
A judge has suggested US President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser sold out his country when he lied to the FBI about Russia contacts. Michael Flynn was due to be sentenced, but his lawyers requested a delay after the judge’s blistering comments. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying about his contacts with […]
He may not have arrived by sleigh, but Santa Claus still made a special flight across parts of B.C. on Tuesday to spread some Christmas cheer. Saint Nick touched down in an air ambulance at five hospitals in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, including BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, to deliver toys and visit […]
The debate over how to manage Saskatoon’s trash will continue into the new year. City councillors voted 6-5 on Monday night in favour of cancelling implementation of a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) garbage system, which would have been funded as a utility. Related Saskatoon’s garbage utility fees a ‘step in the right direction’: researcher Saskatoon to charge […]