A tech CEO and his company’s HR manager had a joyful evening turn into a nightmare after they popped up on the big screen at a Coldplay concert in Boston on Wednesday. The viral…
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Jasper points to 'mischaracterization' of wildfire report after Alberta premier calls for apology
OTTAWA — The top administrator in Jasper, Alta., downplayed claims Friday that a report his town commissioned into last summer’s devastating wildfire was about blaming the province for making things worse, after…
Labor Department to operate Education's workforce programs
The Labor Department will operate federal workforce education programs under the supervision of Education Department officials as the Trump administration works to eliminate the latter agency. Source link
Your 1st look at Biidaasige Park in Toronto’s redeveloped Port Lands
Proof that public pressure (sometimes) pays off Take a walk around the new Port Lands park Toronto’s waterfront is home to a new park, now situated at the mouth of the Don…
Man drowns while saving people from rip current in South Carolina
A man who intervened to save people stuck in a rip current off Pawleys Island, South Carolina, died after getting stuck himself. Source link
At least 60 people killed after fire breaks out in eastern Iraq shopping mall
A fire at a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Iraq’s interior ministry said in a statement that…
Border bitterness is devastating cross-border tourism. But one Canadian city is bucking the trend
Those who travel by car between the U.S. and Canada at crossings like the Peace Bridge have grown accustomed to long wait times over the years, but drivers headed in either direction…
U.S.-backed aid group in Gaza says agitators behind stampede that killed 20
A stampede at a U.S.-backed aid distribution center in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 20 people waiting for food. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said 19 of the victims were…
At least 19 killed in stampede at Gaza food distribution site
At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by…
Measles outbreak can be traced to Trudeau politicizing COVID vaccines, Tory MP claims
OTTAWA — An Alberta Conservative MP said she thinks the measles outbreak in her province can be traced back to the COVID pandemic and loss of trust in vaccines due to the…