Lights, Camera, Action: How the future is bright for films in WNY
Inside the 2024 NYS budget is a 67% increase for film tax credits, which members of the industry say will bring an economic boost to Western New York.
Inside the 2024 NYS budget is a 67% increase for film tax credits, which members of the industry say will bring an economic boost to Western New York.
Border Patrol agents for now can cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border under a judge's ruling that also took President Joe Biden's administration to task for its handling of immigration enforcement. The ruling is at least a temporary defeat for Texas officials who say Border Patrol agents have repeatedly cut, damaged and moved some of the roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) of concertina wire the state installed near the border city of Eagle Pass, where large numbers of migrant have crossed in recent months. U.S. District Judge Alia Moses, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, initially issued an emergency order in October that prevented agents from cutting razor wire in Eagle Pass, except in emergencies.
Former health secretary Steve Barclay blocked plans to allow schools to impose vegetarian diets on pupils, he has revealed.
Penultimate round of games could send multiple teams through
Hamas has handed over six more hostages to the Red Cross, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has said.
The singers reunited nearly two months after Beyoncé supported Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour concert film premiere in L.A.
Saskatchewan leads the nation in retail trade. The province ranked first for month-over-month growth, making five times the national average to more than $2.1 billion in September as compared to August, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday. “Retail trade growth is a key element to ensuring the province’s economy continues to thrive,” said Jeremy Harrison, Trade and Export Development Minister in a news release. The figures include e-commerce sales, and are collected by a month
Climate Justice Victoria wants to put fossil fuels on ice The environmental group, Climate Justice Victoria (CJV) brought a large ice sculpture to the lawn of the BC legislature today, said organizer and spokesperson Mike Hudema “as a symbol of the limited time that we have to act on the climate crisis and to demand the BC government freeze their LNG and fracking expansion plans.” Hudema acknowledges that “we should have acted 30 or 40 years ago.” But, he said, “this is a situation that we're in
I am a competitive distance runner and this massage gun is worth its weight in gold.
We seem to have avoided a recession in 2023. Is a downturn in the cards for 2024? Read on to see why one expert insists that consumers need to prepare.
While many companies have implemented return-to-office mandates, there are still a good number of employers who are hiring for work-from-home positions -- and well-paying ones at that. FlexJobs...
What happened to Florida's newly created teen health survey? That's a question we've been asking for months.
TORONTO — The Art Gallery of Ontario says it will review some of its governance policies and work on "rebuilding of trust" as it faces intense criticism over the departure of its celebrated Indigenous curator Wanda Nanibush earlier this month. The AGO's response comes after dozens of people from Indigenous arts communities in Canada and other countries signed a letter this week calling on the gallery to publicly acknowledge and explain Nanibush’s quiet exit from a role she's held for years. Citi
The death of the contentious former US secretary of state draws nostalgia and compliments in China.
Several businesses in The Blue Mountains getting upgrades have received assistance in the form of grant money from the municipality. The grants are part of the town's community improvement plan (CIP), which includes funding for specific projects that revitalize the town's commercial areas. At its committee of the whole meeting on Nov. 29, The Blue Mountains council approved the awarding of $68,800.14 in grant funding to five local businesses through the CIP. The following five local business wil
A cake shop in the Chinese province of Shandong experienced a huge rush of customers at the beginning of the week. Free birthday cake to mark the store's anniversary triggered the incident. An unrestrained mob overran the festivities as soon as the cake was cut - the entire cake was gone in less than two minutes.
Nuclear waste should be used to heat homes as part of the drive for net zero, ministers have been told.
The Government has stepped into the controversial prospective takeover of The Telegraph by an Abu Dhabi-backed media company by issuing a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN) that will halt the process until at least January. It means the regulators Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will carry out an investigation into the potential takeover by Redbird IMI, which is lending the Barclay family money to pay off its debts to Lloyds Banking Group.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators will propose requiring that new planes be capable of recording 25 hours of sounds in the cockpit, up from the current two hours, to prevent valuable information from being lost after close calls. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that it will publish its proposal in the Federal Register on Monday and give the public — and segments of the airline industry — 60 days to comment before issuing a final rule. The proposal, which the FAA first hinted at
MSCI'S global stock index rose on Thursday while the Dow closed at its highest level since mid-January 2022, and bond yields and the dollar gained after Federal Reserve officials sounded caution about interest rate cuts. The U.S. Commerce Department said consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased 0.2% last month in line with economists' expectations. The annual inflation increase was the smallest in more than 2-1/2 years, signaling cooling demand.
You can still create holiday magic on a budget.