A storm approaching the Louisiana coast has strengthened into a category one hurricane, US officials say. Hurricane Barry is nearing landfall with sustained wind speeds of 75mph (120km/h) with higher gusts. The system is crawling north-west at a speed of just 6 mph, dumping heavy rainfall as it tracks inland. The storm is set to […]
People’s Party of Canada (PPC) Leader Maxime Bernier continued his 10-day tour of Alberta Friday, with a stop in Medicine Hat followed by an evening rally in Cardston. Along with him were the PPC candidates for Lethbridge and Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Grant Hepworth will take on Conservative incumbent Rachael Harder in Lethbridge, while Andrew Nelson will […]
Eight people trapped in an elevator at the Calgary Tower were rescued by Calgary fire crews Friday night. It happened around 10:30 p.m. When fire crews arrived on scene, the Technical Rescue Team was called in to perform what’s called a high-angle rescue, the fire department said. According to CFD, the stuck elevator was secured, […]
NEW ORLEANS (REUTERS) – City officials warned New Orleans residents on Friday (July 12) to secure their homes, stock up on supplies and prepare to huddle indoors with Tropical Storm Barry poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019. Barry’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 65 miles per hour (100 kph) […]
The Saskatoon zoo’s newest members have arrived from Australia. Two dingo pups are getting ready to settle into their new permanent home in the Bridge City. Related New accessible playground opens at Saskatoon zoo The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo partnered up with the Australian Dingo Foundation and the Oakvale Wildlife Park to bring […]
Half a million people have signed up to “storm” a US military base that conspiracy theorists say holds alien technology. The event is called Storm Area 51: They Can’t Stop All Of Us and says: “We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. “If we naruto […]
It’s unlike anything Kelowna has seen before, but council will decide on Monday whether or not a pop-up washroom will find a temporary home in downtown Kelowna. “We’re pretty excited about a proposal that council is going to get to look at on Monday which is going to be providing additional washroom services to the […]
Commercial aviation is responsible for about two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that share is expected to grow. The idea of ‘flight-shaming’ — where, instead of boasting about your travels on Instagram, you hide it for fear of being called out on your carbon footprint — may grow along with it. But […]
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — He waited 19 days for an appointment to apply for asylum in the United States, hoping to stay safe until his number came up. It was a daunting challenge: He had to wait here in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, a place where kidnappings, extortion, robbery and murder are […]
Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in New York, tried to influence possible witnesses against him, prosecutors said on Friday, wiring $350,000 to two people who might testify against him at trial. Mr. Epstein sent the money to the potential witnesses in late November and early December, 2018, shortly after the Miami Herald began […]