Month: July 2022

How Fostering Animals Benefits Kids

I’ve always been an animal lover. Eventually, when I became a stay-at-home mom and a homeschooling parent, I felt it was the perfect time to put out the welcome mat for some needy four-legged friends. Fostering animals is always a win-win experience—the animals get the extra TLC they need, and your kids get the experience…


Barbara Kay: Femicide Can Be Added to Criminal Code, But Only if Sex-Selection Abortion Is Also Included

Commentary Last month, the jury of a special coroner’s inquest into three women’s deaths in 2015, all related to intimate partner violence (IPV), made a recommendation that “femicide” be added to the Criminal Code as a distinct offence. The justice system already differentiates between the killing of an adult and infanticide, so the idea is worthy…


Creative Ways for Kids to Make Their Thank You Notes Special

One of the greatest joys in life is receiving a thank you note, especially when it was written or made especially for you by a child. There’s just something truly special about a child who is grateful and who takes the time and makes the effort to create and send a note of thanks. As…


Global Gasoline Cracks Collapse, Blow to Refiners’ Profits

A sudden crash in global gasoline prices in the past two weeks has dented refiners’ profits, pushing up inventories in key trading hubs around the world while looming exports from China and India also add to pressure on growing stockpiles. Refiners will be forced to cut gasoline output to safeguard themselves against losses and switch…


German Union Calls 1-day Strike by Lufthansa Ground Staff

BERLIN—A German union has called on Lufthansa ground staff to walk out on a one-day strike Wednesday in a dispute over pay. The ver.di service workers’ union said Monday that the call applies to all Lufthansa locations in Germany. It comes amid negotiations on pay for about 20,000 employees of logistical, technical and cargo subsidiaries…


Intel to Produce Taiwanese Company MediaTek’s Chips

OAKLAND, Calif—U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. said on Monday it will produce chips for Taiwan’s MediaTek Inc., one of the world’s largest chip design firms. The manufacturing arrangement is one of the most significant deals Intel has announced since it launched its so-called foundry business early last year. A foundry business builds chips that other companies…


Japan Slashes Fiscal Year GDP Growth F’cast to 2.0 percent on Global Demand Slump

TOKYO—Japan’s government slashed its economic growth forecast for this fiscal year largely due to slowing overseas demand, highlighting the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns, and a weakening global economy. The forecast, which serves as a basis for compiling the state budget and the government’s fiscal policy, included much higher wholesale…


Mississippi Schools Board Updates Policy, Clearing Way for Some Staff to Have Guns on Campus

Education officials in Mississippi voted on Thursday to remove a requirement that blocked guns in public schools. The move allows school districts in the state to determine their own rules on school security, including to potentially allow some staff to carry guns on campus. The vote by the Mississippi Board of Education updates an internal policy…


Hidden Greece: Porto Heli and the Peloponnese Peninsula

Those familiar with traveling across continents, hopping oceans, and skipping over time zones know that jet lag is tough. And that first day in a new destination, after a less-than-stellar night trying to sleep upright? The toughest. Which is how I found myself dozing rather heavily as my taxi wound through some of the most…


Varroa Mite Detected Near Coffs Harbour in NSW, Biosecurity Zone Established

A new biosecurity zone has been set up northwest of Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales (NSW) mid-north coast after the latest detection of the destructive varroa mite. The infested bee hives were found at a property in Nana Glen, located outside the existing biosecurity zones, bringing the total number of infested premises (IPs)…