Sunday will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. At 5 p.m., communities across Ontario will take part in the Royal Canadian Legion’s Bells of Peace. Cambridge will ring the bells at its hall and they will also ring out at community halls and churches across the country. The initiative […]
Strengthening exports, recruitment priorities for Nova Scotia government in trips to Asia and France
Nova Scotia’s provincial government is about to embark on a pair of overseas trips with recruitment and strengthening exports listed as the main goals. Premier Stephen McNeil will travel to Asia for Atlantic Growth Strategy events in China and Japan between Nov. 10-24. Federal ministers and other premiers from Atlantic Canada will also take part […]
Father Ruskin Piedra, 84, can often be found at the New York City Immigration Court in downtown Manhattan, where the Cuban-American priest defends people facing deportation or seeking asylum in the United States. In 2003, he founded the Juan Neumann Center, a nonprofit that provides affordable immigration legal services to the community of Sunset Park, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Congressional Democrats on Thursday (Nov 8) demanded emergency hearings in the US House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a […]
A tough Texas judge has released all defendants before him, reportedly saying it was what voters wanted, a day after he lost his re-election bid. Republican Judge Glenn Devlin let seven juvenile defendants go on Wednesday – including some charged with violent crimes, according to local media. Witnesses said that before releasing the defendants he […]
Credit scores for young adults are not quite as dismal as headlines decrying an expensive love for avocado toast might have you believe. Canadians between the ages of 18 and 25 bucked national trends, improving their average credit score by 11 points in the last decade, according to a report from Equifax Canada. Credit scores, which […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The night before he was fired, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was in high spirits. He was watching the midterm election results at the Justice Department with his wife and staff members, according to two people present, and enjoying a final, welcome evening of normalcy before President Donald Trump abruptly ended his bumpy tenure […]
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 65-year-old Craig Swayze, last seen in the Alcona area on Wednesday. South Simcoe police say Swayze was last seen leaving his home in the 7th Line and Webster Boulevard area at around 4 p.m., on Wednesday. Police have described Swayze as approximately six feet tall, weighing around […]
Police near Montreal are warning teens and their parents about the danger of sharing explicit images online as they probe an online sexual extortion case related to the popular game Fortnite. The Richelieu-Saint-Laurent police force reports four recent cases with the same characteristics: young males were targeted through Instagram with the perpetrator offering codes to […]
DHX Media Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its Halifax animation studio to IoM Media Ventures. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. DHX says the sale is part of its ongoing strategic shift to focus and streamline its production operations. The children’s entertainment company noted the sale does not include This Hour […]