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Kevin Campbell died aged 54 on June 15 this year (Picture: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images) Serious concerns have been raised over the hospital care given to former Arsenal and Everton footballer Kevin Campbell, an inquest heard. The 54-year-old died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on June 15 after he had been admitted there one … Read more

Plane contrails have fuelled online conspiracy theories (Picture: Getty) Let’s face it, June was pretty rubbish – weather-wise. Temperatures were below average, rainfall was higher than average in some places, and it felt as if the whole country was trapped under an immovable blanket of grey cloud. Even the solitary week of sun as the … Read more

A ‘security incident’ is ongoing at the Palace of Versailles (Picture: Getty Images) Armed forces have burst into the Palace of Versailles in France following a ‘security incident’. France’s GIGN elite police unit were seen storming the major tourist attraction near Paris and visitors have been evacuated this afternoon. People have been told to avoid … Read more

Rebecca Joynes, 30, was convicted of six sex offences earlier this year (Picture: PA) A maths teacher who had sex with two of her teenage pupils, becoming pregnant by one of them, has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Rebecca Joynes, 30, exchanged flirty Snapchat messages with the boys before having sex with them separately at … Read more

Readers offer their opinions on high school courses offered by the oil industry in Saskatchewan and the renaming of a Saskatoon street. The province of Saskatchewan has announced a partnership with an oil company to offer high school courses to help prepare students for a career in the oil and gas industry.Photo by Tony Caldwell … Read more

Trees along Stephen Avenue Mall get some maintenance.Photo by Gavin Young /Postmedia Network Throughout the inner city, parks and public spaces are in a shameful state of neglect. Weeds fill the planting beds. Garbage bins overflow. Dead trees and shrubs remain for years as a testament to the lack of maintenance. From Century Gardens to … Read more

While those who are married or have a common-law partner could get up to $680. Here’s what to know about the non-taxable credit set to hit Canadians’ bank accounts on July 5 Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) national headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, June 28, 2024.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /THE CANADIAN PRESS The first of four … Read more

Andrew Yule and Bev Sandalack, with Nose Creek in the background near Coventry Hills on Thursday, Dec. 8, are hoping to generate interest in turning all of the Nose Creek natural areas into one large park. Photo by Gavin Young /Postmedia In the 1970s, Calgary had politicians bold enough to use their political will to … Read more

A dining room by designer Martha Franco also functions as a home office, with delineated space for both uses. Photo by PHOTO COURTESY OF MARTHA FRANCO  Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Doing more with less – … Read more

On this day in 1957, the first Eucharistic Congress in western Canada brought dignitaries from across Canada to Saskatoon en route to P.A. From the StarPhoenix archives: A wish that Catholics in the Prince Albert diocese, regardless of racial origin, might be made “one heart and one soul” by breaking bread together often at the … Read more