Despite a number of studies questioning the usefulness of very low-salt diets in the last few years, most major medical organizations continue to recommend them. We would assume that they do so from a strong base of evidence. But with respect to heart failure, there is a shockingly small amount of evidence. Heart failure occurs […]
Green Party of Prince Edward Island Leader Peter Bevan-Baker has made quite a political turnaround. “I’d run in numerous elections, with spectacular lack of success, for 25 years,” said the Scottish-born former dentist, who became the PEI Green Party’s first-ever MLA, 3 years go. He’s since been joined by a second Green MLA, Hannah Bell. […]
David Berry Jr, from Missouri, will have to watch the film at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence, according to local newspaper, the Springfield News-Leader. Conservation agents have called the case one of the largest related to deer poaching in the state’s history. Prosecutors said the animals were killed for their heads […]
After years of construction, three lanes on Highway 20 eastbound are now open to traffic for a three-kilometre span between the Angrignon Boulevard exit and the middle of the Turcot Interchange. The changes, which came into effect on Monday, should make the drive into downtown a lot easier. “I think it will encourage more people […]
A young boy who was locked in a ‘Harry Potter’ cupboard for months while being beaten and starved was rescued by his siblings when he was hours from death. Tiny Jordan Bleimeyer, five, was severely malnourished when he was freed from the abuse by his evil stepmother Tammi Bleimeyer and dad Bradley Bleimeyer. Now Jordan’s […]
OTTAWA – The number of irregular asylum seekers who crossed into Canada dropped in November to the lowest levels in over a year. Newly published federal data shows 1,019 irregular migrants were apprehended by the RCMP crossing into Canada between official border crossings last month. That was 375 fewer irregular migrants than the previous month […]
If your holiday plans include downloading an audiobook of Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale from a public library collection, or unwinding with an electronic copy of Justin Trudeau’s Common Ground, you could be out of luck. Libraries across Canada are running into barriers in accessing both ebooks and digital audiobooks for their patrons. Sharon Day, […]
Damage is estimated at $250,000 after a house fire in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department said they received a 911 call early Saturday morning reporting smoke in the area of 22nd Street West and Avenue W. Crews confirmed smoke was coming from a single family home at 216 Ave. W South. Firefighters said when forced […]
Althea Guiboche spent months living without a home, and that’s one of the things that motivated her to begin serving hundreds of hot meals to Winnipeg’s homeless. “You get to make a difference in someone’s life, and let them know that someone else cares about them,” Six years ago, Guiboche started a charity called Got […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – A report prepared for the US Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect President Donald Trump – and worked even […]