“While crime rates in the city may not have significantly declined, the overall rise in crime across Canada has influenced (Regina’s) relative position.” Saskatchewan’s crime rate continues to lead the nation.Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post The numbers may not lie, but there are nuances to consider when deciphering crime rates and what they mean … Read more
It could set the stage for an exceptional legal battle House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus is caught in the middle of a dispute over Parliamentary privilege between Government House Leader Karina Gould, left, and Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, right.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/Files OTTAWA — The Liberals say the House of Commons … Read more
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is demanding testimony from the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over the monster jobs report revision it issued in August. Last month, BLS announced that there were actually 818,000 fewer jobs added to the economy during the 12 months ending in March than what it initially reported, marking the … Read more
Kamala Harris is leading Trump in the pivotal blue-wall states, polling shows. REUTERS New polling reveals Democratic momentum in three states pivotal to Kamala Harris’ White House hopes: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday shows the vice president up in all three critical ‘blue wall’ states. Harris leads former President Donald Trump … Read more
Also: Mercier Bridge will be partially closed Friday night into Saturday. The Ile-Aux-Tourtes Bridge connecting Vaudreuil-Dorion to the Island of Montreal on Dec. 16, 2023.Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette files Major planned road closures expected this weekend in and around Montreal: Highway 40 The highway will be closed eastbound at St-Charles Ave. and westbound … Read more
Top-down immigration isn’t working. Sponsorship relies on grassroots knowledge of how many new people communities can absorb Afghan refugees arriving in Vancouver, B.C.Photo by MMIGRATION AND REFUGEE CANADA By Xizi Daigle The current top-down system in which the government decides how many refugees to allow into the country isn’t working. Support for bringing in Afghan … Read more
The summer is officially over, but warm weather isn’t (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock) UK weather has made a U-turn back to summer with a mini-heatwave after temperatures plummeted suddenly last week. Most of us are not ready to bid farewell to the summer – and many were left reaching for their jumpers when the sudden cold … Read more
Five people were treated by medics and seven vehicles were damaged Five people were injured after a children’s football team and their parents had ‘acid thrown on them’ as they got ready to begin a training session. Parents said a group on mopeds drove up to Burghley Road playing fields in Corby, Northamptonshire, and starting … Read more
On this day in 1981, around 150 women marched from Victoria Park to the city centre, demanding freedom from sexual assault and harassment. From the StarPhoenix archives, from The Canadian Press: An estimated 2,000 women, carrying signs and chanting slogans, marched through Montreal streets Friday night in a massive demonstration against rape and sexual abuse. … Read more
Marc Agnifilo, center, attorney for Sean “Diddy” Combs, arrives at Manhattan federal court Tuesday. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) Sean “Diddy” Combs was the only defendant indicted this week in a sweeping sex trafficking and racketeering investigation. But federal prosecutors made clear that they do not believe he was the only one responsible. The 14-page … Read more
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