After Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill was closed to traffic beginning in late January 2022 due to the Freedom Convoy protests, the city’s Transportation Committee on Jan. 26 voted to reopen the road on March 1 or thereafter. Large concrete barriers were installed soon after the largest protest in Canadian history descended upon the…
Ottawa City Committee Votes to Reopen Wellington Street in Front of Parliament, One Year After Convoy Protest
Why Does This Surreal ‘Desert’ Fill With Endless Balmy Swimming Pools and Living Fish Every Year?
These endless sand dunes stretching to the horizon might make you think you’ve wandered into the Sahara. Yet with countless blue-turquoise lagoons weaving like emerald ribbons between each valley of sand, farther than eyes can see, the sight is quite extraterrestrial. But it’s a reality in one spot on our planet Earth. Highly unique, Lençóis…
Hazel McCallion, Former Longtime Mayor of Mississauga, Ont, Dies at 101
Hazel McCallion, who led one of Canada’s largest cities into her 90s, died Sunday morning, leaving behind a legacy of feisty advocacy and more than three decades of nearly unchallenged leadership. Known affectionately as “Hurricane Hazel,” the longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., may have been diminutive, but was an outspoken political powerhouse. Word of McCallion’s…
DOJ is ‘Boxed In’ in Handling of Biden, Trump Document Probes: Experts
The Department of Justice and the FBI may have little room to move in their handling of the Biden classified documents case, according to experts and GOP figures, who were skeptical of the agencies’ ability to recapture the confidence of a sizeable segment of the population who had lost trust in them. With the appointment…
‘Share Your Spare’: Woman’s Ad for Kidney Donation Inspires Fellow Saskatoon Resident
A Saskatoon woman who advertised for a kidney donation has received one from a stranger in the same city. Although the surgery has yet to be performed, Debbie Onishenko believes the donation will save her life. She said she has needed a new kidney for years. “I’ve been a diabetic my whole life, and diabetes…
6 Dead After Small Bus, Box Truck Crash in Upstate New York
LOUISVILLE, N.Y.—Federal and state authorities are investigating a crash involving a small bus and box truck in snowy conditions that killed six people in upstate New York near the Canadian border. The accident happened around 6 a.m. Saturday on Highway 37 in Louisville, about 150 miles north of Syracuse along the St. Lawrence River. State…
Top Lawmaker Responds to General’s Memo on 2025 War With China: ‘I Think He’s Right’
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said that he believes a prediction made by four-star Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan that the United States will go to war with China in 2025 is correct. A memo issued by the general, according to NBC News, said that “I hope I am wrong .. my gut tells me we will fight…
Scottish Government Orders ‘Urgent Review’ of Movement of Transgender Prisoners
The Scottish government has ordered an “urgent review” of the management of transgender prisoners after lawmakers voiced anger at reports that a transgender prisoner’s request to move to a female jail had been rubber-stamped. Andrew Burns, who now uses the name “Tiffany Scott,” reportedly requested a transfer to a women’s prison. The Daily Record newspaper…
Laura E. Richards’s ‘The Golden Windows’: Finding What’s Truly Important
When we journey out to discover something, we do not always find what we wish or think we need. When the little boy in Laura E. Richards’s short story “The Golden Windows” sets out to find gold and diamonds, he learns that one’s perspective and wonder for life is what is true and worthy. The…
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Filmmaker Sees China Before Communism in Shen Yun: ‘It Gave Me Hope’
WASHINGTON—Filmmaker Jason Jones watched Shen Yun Performing Arts with his two daughters at The Kennedy Center Opera House on the evening of Jan. 28. “It was breathtaking,” said Mr. Jones. “It was magical and I was so grateful. My daughters are half-Chinese, and I was so grateful that they got to be here.” Mr. Jones…