How a girl named Ellory touches health care heroes' hearts
How a girl named Ellory touches health care heroes' hearts
How a girl named Ellory touches health care heroes' hearts
Port Edward residents have a second chance on April 22 to voice complaints about the noise from a large Prince Rupert Port Authority construction project on nearby Ridley Island when the District of Port Edward holds a town hall featuring officials from the authority. The authority’s $750 million Ridley Island Export Logistics Project (RIELP) has been under construction since October 2023, drawing criticism from residents, who say their quality of life has been severely affected by noise from th
Council has authorized a contract with Court Surface Specialists Ltd. for multi-use court resurfacing and line painting in the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, in the amount of $83,443.20. Council also authorized the reallocation of $33,443.20 from the capital infrastructure contingency fund to cover a funding shortfall. This was unanimously approved by council during the April 8 council meeting in Lansdowne. In 2023, user groups of the multi-use court in Lansdowne identified deficien
Dow Jones futures and S&P 500 futures were little changed after hours, while Nasdaq futures rose slightly. Nvidia chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor reports early Thursday, with huge implications for the chip sector.
TORONTO — A thin bullpen proved costly for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre. With closer Jordan Romano and setup men Yimi Garcia and Chad Green unavailable, the Blue Jays could not line up their usual high-leverage options and the powerful New York offence took advantage. Giancarlo Stanton homered in the ninth inning and Aaron Judge added a go-ahead two-run double as the Yankees scored four times in the frame to prevent a three-game sweep.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives are delaying passage of four bills at the legislature, prompting an angry response from a labour leader. The legislature rules allow the Opposition each year to pick as many as five bills each spring, and push back voting until the fall. This year, the Tories have chosen four, including a bill that would extend the leave for seriously injured or ill workers to 27 weeks from 17 weeks. Tory labour critic Jodie Byram says the change would p
Alex Mackenzie’s life could have turned out very different than it has. Having just finished an apprenticeship as an instrument mechanic in 2019, Mackenzie was set to enter a stable, well-paying career at a Prince George pulp mill and perform small-time comedy shows on the side. But his fear of a monotonous life pushed him to take a life-changing leap of faith, one that has resulted in sold-out shows at arenas around the world and his own Amazon Prime special. “It was scary. As soon as I finishe
The club’s quest for the crown ended in a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out loss to Real Madrid.
Brad Pitt was in talks to star in the project and the film was scheduled to shoot this year, but the director is stepping away.
California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The proposal was unanimously passed by the State Water Resources Control Board, though it needs approval from the Office of Administrative Law to take effect. More than 200 million Americans are estimated to have the chemical compound in their drinking water, according to an analysis of federal water testing data by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization.
Nemat Shafik also defended her handling of Israel-Gaza war protests, during a congressional hearing.
On April 21, a local man will be paddling, not hiking, for the upcoming Prince Rupert Hike for Hospice event. Dallas Allison will be paddleboarding in the Prince Rupert harbour throughout the day, for as long as people continue donating to the cause. “We’re trying to collect donations already and kind of pushing that envelope. We want to see where that gets to and that will tell me what time I start in the morning. I’m looking at 6 a.m. at this point as a potential start time,” Allison said. “Bu
CJ Abrams and the Nationals take on Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers on April 17, 2024
More than 100 pro-Palestinian students Wednesday occupied the main lawn of Columbia University, as college President Minouche Shafik defended before Congress her handling of rising campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. Members of the Republican-led U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce grilled Shafik on the administration’s response to campus protests and controversial ...
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Quentin Tarantino is no longer planning to make “The Movie Critic,” which he had earlier said would be his final film as a director. It was confirmed Wednesday that the director had given the project a thumbs down. Brad Pitt had reportedly been cast in a lead role in the film that Tarantino had said …
Grady County sheriff battles stage four cancer as community rallies in support
TORONTO — A man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer did not intend to kill anyone and behaved reasonably in the face of what he thought was an imminent threat to his family, defence lawyers said Wednesday, while prosecutors argued he deliberately chose to drive dangerously. The two sides made their final pitches to jurors at the trial of Umar Zameer -- who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup -- with lawyers presenting dr
Alaska Airlines said it experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates its weight and balance.
Purcell Marian girls' basketball star Dee Alexander commits to Cincinnati