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The National Drowning Prevention Alliance gives some water safety tips to help parents keep their kids safe.
The National Drowning Prevention Alliance gives some water safety tips to help parents keep their kids safe.
Sycamore Gap, thought to be around 300 years old, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner
The West End performer and his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin had the judges on their feet during Saturday's live show.
It’s unclear what was wrong with the animal.
Companies want customers to pay up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.
Euro zone manufacturing activity remained mired in a deep and broad-based downturn last month, according to a survey which showed on Monday that demand kept shrinking at a pace rarely surpassed since the data was first collected in 1997. "The output PMI was well under 50 for the entire third quarter, so we are feeling pretty certain that the recession in manufacturing continued during this period," said Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank.
Ukraine's top diplomat said on Monday Washington's support for Kyiv was not weakening, and played down the significance of a stopgap funding bill passed by U.S. Congress that omitted aid to Ukraine. U.S. and other Western military assistance has been vital for Ukraine to fight back against the full-scale invasion launched by Russia in February 2022. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv was in talks with Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress, and that the drama around the stopgap bill that averted a government shutdown on Saturday was an "incident" rather than something systemic.
One chef has made it his mission never to compost
A ‘fangirl’’s fragmented study of the great US author has a disparate and magpie approach that never coheres into a satisfying whole
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante ran on a promise to involve citizens more in city planning, but her recent decision to close Camillien-Houde Way to traffic has critics questioning her commitment to that promise.The opposition claims ignoring the findings of one of the most contentious, heavily attended public consultations in the city's history is just one example of Plante making decisions against the will of the people.And this isn't the only example of the mayor going against popular opinion, a
Eunice Chan claims her longtime friend, Peggy Chan, took out two mortgages on her Markham, Ont., home without her knowledge. Although Peggy Chan faces criminal charges, Eunice Chan is still on the hook for what she calls the fraudulent mortgages and could potentially lose her home.
QUEBEC — Residents of the hotly contested Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon are voting in a byelection today. Coalition Avenir Québec's Joelle Boutin triggered the byelection when she quit politics this summer. Premier François Legault went door knocking in the riding one week ago with his candidate, Marie-Anik Shoiry. Shoiry is facing off against Pascal Paradis of the Parti Québécois, whose party is polling second to the CAQ provincewide. Leftist Québec solidaire is represented by Olivier Bolduc
Archeologists, historians and divers are trying to digitally capture more than 1,000 shipwrecks at the bottom of the Great Lakes before they become unrecognizable after a combination of invasive mussels and climate change have accelerated their deterioration at an alarming rate.The Great Lakes region is known among diving circles as one of the best places in the world to explore shipwrecks because the cold, fresh water offers ideal conditions for their preservation, even in shallow water. Now, t
Helen Mirren has used it, too.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's provincial election is to take place Tuesday. Here's a look at the leaders of the province's three parties that have seats in the legislature. Heather Stefanson, Progressive Conservative Leader Age: 53. Born May 11, 1970. Pre-Politics: Political science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Worked as a special assistant in the Office of the Prime Minister under Brian Mulroney before returning to Manitoba in 1993 as an assistant to then-agriculture minister Charlie
A Juno-nominated musician from Attawapiskat, Ont., is leaning into his Cree culture and language in some new music and an upcoming book.Adrian Sutherland, an Omushkegowuk Cree singer-songwriter, released a new song on Aug 11, called Notawe, meaning, "father." The term is also often used to describe "Creator."Sutherland wants in his work to focus on what makes him unique."This was actually the first time I wrote a full song in Cree," said Sutherland in an interview with Dorothy Stewart on CBC Nor
WINNIPEG — Manitobans go to the polls on Tuesday. Here's a look at some of the promises announced by the province's three major parties over the past month: Progressive Conservatives — Stand firm in the government's decision not to search the Prairie Green landfill for the remains of slain First Nations women Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, citing safety concerns. — Cut in half the rate applied to the bottom personal income-tax bracket, saving the average person earning $50,000 in annual incom
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba election is scheduled for Tuesday. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years: New Democrats, 2003 The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a second consecutive term with a larger majority, capturing 35 of the 57 legislature seats. The New Democrats secure longtime Progressive Conservative strongholds in suburban Winnipeg. Party leader Stuart Murray steps down two years later after lukewarm support in a party leadership review. He is replac
EDMONTON — Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface, alarming area First Nations and triggering three investigations. "They knew there was seepage to groundwater," said Mandy Olsgard, an environmental toxicologist who has consulted for area First Nations. "The (Alberta Energy Regulator) and Imperial decided not to not
People in the Quebec City-area riding of Jean-Talon will head to the polls on Monday, the second byelection since the last provincial election.The byelection was triggered in July when Joëlle Boutin quit politics. She had been elected in Jean-Talon during a provincial byelection in 2019 and the 2022 provincial general election as a member of Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).Prior to 2019, Jean-Talon was known as a Liberal stronghold, having never elected an MNA from another party. The CAQ currently
Ontario's minimum wage rose $1.05 on Sunday to $16.55 an hour. Some Windsorites say the raise is a good start but more is needed — and others think it'll only make business more challenging. "I think it'll be good especially for people living in more rural areas and places that are kind of less expensive to live in," said Nick Bhumgara. "But especially in … major cities I think it's a little harder for people to even function with $16.55 an hour with prices of living going up"I think it is a goo