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‘This is the last chance to get the Green Line built,’ says Devin Dreeshen, Premier Smith’s main man on the Green Line file Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen answers questions from media alongside Premier Danielle Smith during a press conference announcing a master plan for passenger rail in Alberta at Heritage Park in … Read more

University of California police officers face pro-Palestinian protesters outside Dodd Hall at UCLA on June 10. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images) UCLA police, who were called on to handle some of the nation’s largest campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war last spring, are asking for approval to double their stockpile of pepper balls … Read more

Optimism can be a useful coping mechanism for cancer patients, specialists say, or unwelcome pressure to smile the disease away A breast cancer survivor poses for a photo during the ninth edition of the project “Una pincelada por la vida” (A brushstroke for life), in Zapopan, Jalisco state Mexico, on September 8, 2024.Photo by ULISES … Read more

‘It’s really sad’: River dries up abruptly in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish Over the last three weeks, ecologist Rae McNeish and her students have watched as a flowing river has abruptly dwindled to a dry riverbed. While conducting biological surveys along the Kern River in Bakersfield, they have seen water retreat into stagnant … Read more

While there were no injuries in the blaze, damage to the dwelling was severe. A Montreal fire truck navigates a street under construction.Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette Montreal police arson squad investigators have been assigned to examine the circumstances of a suspicious fire that broke out a little after midnight Thursday in a residence … Read more

“Will such issues as crumbling infrastructure, deteriorating health care and the lack of teachers be solved if the word “Hi” is eliminated?” A screenshot from the Quebec government’s new TV ad campaign promoting the French language.Photo: Facebook With a provincial deficit of $11 billion, it is interesting that the Legault government has been able to … Read more

Multiple Trump supporters claim they suffered a mysterious eye injury and were forced to seek medical attention over the “unbearable” pain after sitting behind the former president during his rally in Arizona. Mayra Rodriguez was among Trump’s most loyal backers seated in a confined portion of the right side of the stage behind the former … Read more

The continuing spike in violent robberies, such as muggings and carjackings, can’t be blamed on COVID anymore, says one of the report’s authors Murder was up in five of Canada’s nine biggest cities in 2023, with Winnipeg leading with the highest murder rate.Photo by Chris Procaylo/Postmedia/File The Macdonald Laurier Institute’s Urban Violent Crime Report sheds … Read more

Cities need a strong voice when consequential decisions are being made that affect their citizens. Yet they often lack the means to deal with issues that are global in scale but local in impact. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal in December 2022. … Read more

Demi Moore played Erin Grant in the 1996 film, Striptease (Picture: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock) In 1996, Demi Moore became the world’s highest-paid actress, but despite her impressive title, she has now revealed there was an overwhelming sense of shame that came along with it. Demi, 61, who was married to Bruce Willis at the time, was everywhere … Read more