The City of Kitchener is providing residents an opportunity to celebrate their loved ones during the holiday season at the Williamsburg Cemetery. The annual event at the Williamsburg Dedication Centre features a “breathtaking 18-foot Christmas tree”, and holiday treats on Dec, 15 between 2 and 4 p.m. “The holidays can bring up a range of […]
A plan to rebuild the Brock Mission men’s shelter in Peterborough received unanimous support from the new city council Monday night. Sitting as Committee of the Whole, council threw its support behind the redesign, despite the fact the project is still coming in $1.75 million over budget. Council voted to transfer the property from Peterborough […]
MIAMI — With sexual abuse allegations from dozens of girls in Florida back in the national spotlight more than a decade after they first surfaced, Jeffrey E. Epstein, a wealthy New York financier, unexpectedly settled a civil case against him on Tuesday, a last-minute development to avoid a trial that could have brought some of […]
At the end of a trip to South Florida on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence posed for photos with a group of local SWAT team members who had protected him during the visit. They were shared on Twitter, where among the officers’ green uniforms, a red and black patch on Sgt. Matt Patten’s tactical vest […]
Waterloo region announced Monday that the recent rotating strike at Canada Post had delayed the delivery of some Ontario Works cheques. As of Friday, the region said that 400 people had yet to receive cheques for December. That number declined Monday as some people reported receiving their cheques. The region is asking that anyone who […]
A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which he grapples with the concept of religion is being auctioned in New York on Tuesday. The so-called “God letter” was written in 1954 and is expected to fetch up to $1.5 million (£1.2m). The Nobel Prize-winning scientist, then 74, wrote the one-and-a-half page note to German philosopher […]
Over 500 educators in Chicago began the nation’s first strike at a charter school network on Tuesday, shutting down 15 schools serving more than 7,000 children. Teachers for the Acero Schools network rallied at local schools to call for higher pay and smaller class sizes, among other demands. The action is the latest mass teacher […]
Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) About a week after the Camp Fire was fully contained, many who were displaced are now beginning long and frightening journeys. Alexandra S. Levine, a Metro reporter, was covering the aftermath. Here’s our conversation about what’s left, edited and condensed for space. Jill […]
The US secretary of state blamed Iran and China for instability in the world at a NATO meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels. “In the finest traditions of our great democracy, we are rallying the noble nations to build a new liberal order that prevents war and achieves greater prosperity,” he said. “Under President Trump, […]
Liberal MP Scott Brison and ambassador David MacNaughton will join former prime minister Brian Mulroney in representing Canada at Wednesday’s state funeral for former U.S. president George H.W. Bush. MacNaughton and Brison, the president of the Treasury Board, will round out the contingent along with Mulroney, a close friend of Bush who is scheduled to […]