There is a “concerning” number of coronavirus cases spreading across Canada, the country’s top public health official, Dr. Theresa Tam, said on Tuesday. Speaking at a media conference, Tam said Canada’s uptick in COVID-19 cases will continue to escalate unless both public health and personal preventive measures are strengthened. Because daily reporting of cases only […]
On 23 August, Jacob Blake became another black American man to be shot by police in the United States. The 29-year-old survived but his father revealed his son had been left paralysed from the waist down. Three of Jacob’s sons witnessed the shooting and the family say they have been left traumatised. What will be […]
The Supreme Court of Canada begins hearings today to determine whether the federal carbon tax is constitutional. The court will hear two days of arguments in three separate cases involving Ottawa’s policy to impose a carbon tax in provinces that don’t have an equivalent system of their own. In 2019, appeals courts in Saskatchewan and […]
In the story of American wildfire, no year has proved more pivotal than 1910. That August, what became known as the Big Blowup scorched three million acres and killed 78 firefighters in the Northern Rockies. Hundreds of other large fires erupted in forests from the Pacific Coast to the Great Lakes. Small towns in Idaho […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Early Monday (Sept 21), Tiyanna Jackson, who had quit her job in the spring to care for her 4-year-old daughter, Zuri, was flooded with relief as she arrived at a pre-K centre in the South Bronx. Finally, with Zuri starting school, she could get back to work. In East New York, […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – A New York City police officer was charged by federal prosecutors with aiding the Chinese government’s surveillance of Tibetan nationals living in the city. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, a naturalised US citizen who was born in China, was charged on Monday (Sept 21) with acting as an unregistered foreign agent, along with […]
The family of Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by US officers in front of his children, has told Sky News how the traumatised youngsters scream in fear at the sight of a police car. Jacob Blake Snr said: “It’s burning their little minds. One of them, who’s eight – his question constantly is: […]
Two Amish brothers who raped their 12 year-old sister with their two younger brothers were spared jail over fears they’d be hurt by other inmates. Aaron Schwartz, 22, and Petie Schwartz, 18, were handed 10 year suspended prison terms as part of a plea agreement in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this month. Explaining the brothers’ plea […]
Award show to recognise television’s best was scaled down because of COVID-19, with some stars joining from their sofas. Quirky comedy Schitt’s Creek, media family saga Succession and dystopian drama Watchmen dominated the Emmy Awards on Sunday in a show where the coronavirus pandemic meant most celebrities across the world took part from their sofas […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – As the nation’s coronavirus death toll neared 200,000, top administration health officials on Sunday (Sept 20) delicately sidestepped US President Donald Trump’s ambitious declaration last week that a coronavirus vaccine would be available for every American by April. Instead, Admiral Brett Giroir, who heads up national testing efforts, and Mr Alex Azar, […]