Cascade Falls Regional Park is closed after a two-year-old boy was attacked by a cougar on Monday afternoon. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the young boy was injured while an adult was taking some young children for a walk along the trail near Mission, B.C., around 4 p.m. The boy suffered minor injuries, including […]
Interior Health is offering a new program for expectant moms through text message. SmartMom is a free prenatal education program that will offer information timed to a woman’s pregnancy to ensure she gets the right information at the right time, according to a news release from Interior Health. Related Same-sex couple carries the same baby, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Trump administration on Tuesday (Dec 18) banned the high-power gun attachments of the type used in last year’s Las Vegas shooting massacre of 58 people, giving the owners of “bump stocks” 90 days to turn in or destroy the devices and blocking owners from being able to register them. President Donald […]
Two months after a call out for bone marrow donors, one has finally been found for six-year-old Hampstead resident Ellie White. Ellie was diagnosed in early December 2017 with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare and severe form of cancer. After months of isolation in the hospital while receiving intense treatments, doctors cleared Ellie in May […]
Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already receive California Today by email.) Last week, news that the Trump administration was moving to deport certain Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for decades sparked fear and anger in a community that has deep roots in California — and one that includes strong […]
Saint Nick isn’t the only white-bearded man gearing up for the holidays. Across Canada, hundreds of professional Santas don the big red suit at malls, parties and private houses – inhabiting not only the clothes but the mystique of the magical man who delivers gifts to many millions of children around the world in a […]
A man has been sentenced to watch Disney’s ‘Bambi’ "at least" once a month for a whole year, after being caught illegally hunting hundreds of deer. 29-year-old David Berry Jr, from Brookline, Missouri, has been ordered to watch the animated film every month during his year-long incarceration. Berry Jr, alongside his father and brothers, was […]
Premier Scott Moe has announced that the long-promised 60s Scoop apology will take place Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. The apology will be informed on a series of sharing circles that were conducted by the group Sixties Scoop Indigenous Survivors of Saskatchewan (SSISS). The province and SSISS agreed that compensation will not be part of the […]
US authorities say nearly 3,000 people have now crossed in illegally and are being held in custody. Only half of the asylum seekers who were part of a caravan travelling to the United States have managed to enter the country. The rest are waiting to cross into the US at the Mexican border town of […]
Canada’s new impaired driving laws kick in Tuesday, giving law enforcement new powers when it comes to interacting with drivers. Alcohol-related impaired driving laws will be updated in the Criminal Code of Canada as of Dec. 18, in order to become comparable with drug-impaired driving laws that were reformed earlier this year. Changes to both […]