A Canadian soldier killed in battle during the First World War has been identified – more than a century later. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces publicly confirmed the identity of Company Sgt.-Maj. David George Parfitt on Thursday. Parfitt was one of 156 members of the 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion killed…
Canadian Soldier of the First World War Identified Years After Death in France
Leslyn Lewis Joins Pierre Poilievre in Skipping Third Conservative Leadership Debate
Leslyn Lewis has officially decided to skip out on the Conservative party’s next leadership debate. Her campaign says it informed the race’s organizing committee she will not attend the “all-candidate event” set for Aug. 3. The five candidates vying to replace former leader Erin O’Toole have been told by the party they are expected to…
Positives Can Come Out of Rugby League Club’s Jersey Controversy
Manly-Warringah Rugby League captain Daly Cherry-Evans believes his team can take a positive out of what was a controversial week in which the club decided the team would wear a LGBTQ-inspired uniform in Thursday night’s game without consulting players first, a move which led to seven players refusing to play on religious or cultural grounds….
Ancient Bird Species Unearthed More Than a Century After Excavation
Researchers from Flinders University and the South Australian Museum have finally corrected the record on a misclassification that has lasted more than 100 years old after unearthing Australia’s first fossil vulture, the Cryptogyps lacertosus. The fossilizinitiallys originally classified as the eagle, Taphaetus lacertosus, in 1905 by Charles Walter de Vis, an English ornithologist—studier of birds— who thought…
Trump Says LIV Golf Creates ‘Gold Rush’ for Players; Stenson Comments on Losing Ryder Cup Captaincy
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—President Donald Trump played another round at his home course on Thursday, but this one was a little different from others. He was part of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational pro-am, put on by a breakaway league he says is creating a “gold rush” for players. The third LIV Golf event, which starts Friday…
LA County Opts Against Reinstating Indoor Mask Mandate
July 28, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Citing continued downward trends in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County scrubbed plans July 28 to re-impose a universal indoor mask-wearing mandate that would have taken effect the next day. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told reporters in an online briefing that the county’s average daily number of new COVID cases over the…
State of Emergency in San Francisco Declared Over Monkeypox Spread
A state of emergency has been announced in San Francisco on July 28 over the spread of monkeypox, a viral disease that has spread to more than 70 countries since the start of 2022. “San Francisco is declaring a Local Public Health Emergency for monkeypox,” London Breed, the mayor of the city, announced. “This declaration…
California Water Board Official Quits, Says State Isn’t Doing Enough for Climate Change
July 28, 2022
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California state water board’s climate change manager Max Gomberg resigned after a decade of service, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration wasn’t doing enough to curb climate change. Gomberg resigned July 16 after criticizing his colleagues at the State Water Resources Control Board, alleging the board has taken the middle ground between environmental advocates and industry…
Zelenskyy Goes Rogue for Vogue; Man Doesn’t Win ‘Woman of Year;’ ‘Neg. GDP is Good’–Biden.
July 28, 2022
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rose from presidential obscurity to become the Frodo-esque, iconic commander-in-chief against the Russian goliath war machine. But Zelenskyy’s latest foray in modeling for Vogue has us questioning if the fame is going to his head. Transgender athlete Lia Thomas annihilated the competition in the Women’s 500-yard freestyle; but earlier, competing in the…
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