Note: This article contains graphic descriptions, photos and videos that may be disturbing to some viewers. WASHINGTON – The grieving family of Tire Nichols called for calm across the United States on Friday as a country racked by racial and cultural divisions witnessed for itself visceral new video evidence of another young Black man enduring … Read more
OTTAWA – The Canadian government is seeking a court injunction to prevent a former Saudi intelligence official from disclosing allegedly sensitive security information in a civil proceeding against him. In an application to the Federal Court, government lawyers request an order under the Canada Evidence Act confirming a prohibition on the disclosure of material as … Read more
A report on new drinking guidance from the Canadian Center on Substance Use and Addiction recommends warning labels be affixed to bottles and cans to inform consumers about serious health risks including cancer, the number and potency of drink servings contained and limiting consumption to two drinks a week . The advice updates Canada’s guidelines … Read more
Lee-Anne Richardson is celebrating the three-year anniversary of a support group she founded for people who’ve decided to ditch alcohol or cut back as part of what she considers a movement toward healthier living, especially by younger generations. Richardson, 38, said she spent much of her 20s binge-drinking. She blames alcohol for destroying many of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR — Hard on the heels of this month’s fractious COP27 climate talks in Egypt, exhausted environmentalists are shifting their attention to another upcoming United Nations green summit, known as COP15. At the Dec. 7-19 gathering in Montreal, about 195 countries will be tasked with finalizing a new global biodiversity deal to halt damage … Read more
Few places along the coastlines of North America are as sparsely inhabited and gorgeously picturesque as Canada’s Prince Edward Island. The Maritime province boasts both the highest concentration of lighthouses on the continent—there’s one every 35 miles or so—and the smallest population of any southern Canadian province at 157,000. (Even Wyoming, the least populous US … Read more
Protest banners hanging off Sitong Bridge in Beijing on October 13. China’s online censorship went into overdrive after a rare protest took place on a busy overpass in Beijing which openly criticized Xi Jinping’s uncompromising zero-Covid policy and authoritarian rule, stoking pent-up tensions among the Chinese public. Photos circulated on Twitter on Thursday showing two … Read more
Alabokazo — The Second International Coconut Festival, Ghana, was launched on Friday at Alabokazo in the Ellembele District of the Western Region. Organized by African Coconut Group and Ghana Export Development Authority (GEPA) on the theme “Repositioning Ghana’s coconut sector for accelerated industrialization agenda”, it heralded the main event slated for Accra from September 20-23 … Read more
Canadian philosopher Jordan Peterson asks if people are aware nearly every university professor in North America is a Marxist? I watched an interview with him over the weekend and concluded his question about him was rhetorical. We can safely say we know the answer because professors would be proud to admit their revolutionary affiliation. The … Read more
A group representing Canadian ranchers says their industry has been unfairly singled out by proposed new regulations that if enacted, would require packaged ground beef to be sold with a health warning label.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press A group representing Canadian ranchers says their industry has been unfairly singled out by proposed new regulations that would … Read more
