Victims and survivors of cancer will be commemorated during an annual event to raise money for cancer research and programs in Stoney Creek. The Canadian Cancer Society’s (CCS) Relay For Life is taking place at F.H. Sherman Recreation and Learning Centre, formerly known as Dofasco Park, at 7 p.m. on Friday. This year’s fundraising goal […]
The New Brunswick government introduced legislative amendments on Friday, requiring students and staff to provide either proof of immunization or a medical exemption on a form signed by a medical professional. The amendments would remove the current non-medical exemptions from the mandatory immunization requirements for public school and licensed early learning and child care admissions. […]
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has reversed his stance on abortion funding amid mounting criticism from his fellow 2020 Democratic rivals. At a Democratic gala on Thursday, Mr Biden denounced a law which restricts federal abortion funding, saying he believed all healthcare was a right. The party’s current front-runner added that he made “no apologies” […]
A farm in Aberdeen, Sask., that houses individuals with developmental disabilities is expanding. A second residence at Farm in the Dell opened on Thursday. The second group home will house five people and has an attached independent living suite for two additional residents, bringing the total occupancy at the facility to 17. Related ‘Its hard […]
It’s impossible to say with certainty exactly what triggered the fatal heart attack Abdirahman Abdi suffered on July 24, 2016, but Abdi’s strained body could have reached that “point of no return” before his interaction with two Ottawa police officers outside his home, a top forensic pathologist testified on Thursday in Const. Daniel Montsion’s criminal […]
In the span of a week, the city’s police service has announced its new line-up of top brass. The latest news was made public on Friday with the London Police Services Board (LPSB) announcing Stuart Betts has been appointed as the department’s newest deputy chief. Betts is currently superintendent of the York Regional Police Service […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Nasa said on Friday (June 7) it will open up the International Space Station (ISS) for tourism and other business ventures as of next year, as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. “Nasa is opening the International Space Station to commercial opportunities and marketing these opportunities as […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Friday. Weather: An ideal summer Friday (even though it is still spring), with plenty of sun and a high near 78. Expect similar conditions over the weekend. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Sunday, then suspended through Monday (Shavuot). It’s a chance for the […]
This week, Bill de Blasio’s presidential campaign, a project that has generated all the promise and enthusiasm of an afternoon in small-claims court, announced that its candidate had received his first endorsements. You might assume that those endorsements came from local elected officials, because that is so often the way of things. They did not. […]
A two-year-old girl died after climbing into a clothes dryer, authorities in the US have revealed. It is thought the young child got trapped in the machine as her mother slept at a home in Brantley County, Georgia. The devastated parent discovered her daughter's lifeless body on Sunday morning. An autopsy has found that the […]