A surge in the number of flu and Covid admissions to hospitals in England is adding to a “storm of pressure” facing the health service, NHS leaders have said. Figures released on Friday showed that in Christmas week, there were on average 3,631 patients with Covid in hospital, up 57% from the same week in … Read more
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s armed forces said Friday an unknown airborne object entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine and subsequently vanished off radars. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that the unidentified airborne object was observed by radars of Poland’s air … Read more
THE COLOR PURPLE: 4 STARS The glitzy new musical version of “The Color Purple” maintains the talking points of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film adaptation, but adds in a touch of old-Hollywood glamor and rousing gospel, blues and jazz songs. Set in Jim Crow-era rural Georgia, … Read more
It was about 9:30 p.m. when a young man came racing to her yard in his socks, a T-shirt and shorts. No coat. No phone. Dripping wet. “He was yelling he needed help because his friend had fallen through the ice,” says Carly Roome. She called the police right away, and she … Read more
Warning: This article includes details, video and images that some might find disturbing. Adam Melanson, the man arrested at a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this month, is speaking out for the first time through a statement released by his lawyer. On Dec. 10, at the Human Rights Include Palestinian Rights rally, Melanson’s arrest was caught on … Read more
A 14-year-old has died after the sit-down lawnmower he was driving crashed on Vancouver Island, according to authorities. First responders were called to the intersection of Lindsey and White roads in Cedar at around noon Thursday, the Nanaimo RCMP says. “The sit-down lawn mower he was operating failed to stop at an … Read more
The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There’s no one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket … Read more
A union representing 40 per cent of Quebec teachers has reached a deal in principle with the government and is ending a strike that has shut around 800 schools since Nov. 23. Fédération autonome de l’enseignement — or FAE — said Thursday night on social media that it spent the day analyzing a … Read more
A mother moose and her two calves spent much of Thursday hanging out outside a north Edmonton residence. Personnel from Alberta Fish and Wildlife and Edmonton Transit Service, and City of Edmonton peace officers, removed the trio Thursday afternoon from the front lawn of a home on 137 Avenue at 58 Street. … Read more
Police in Ottawa say a second body has been found by divers after four teens fell through ice into the Rideau River. One teenager had been confirmed dead on Thursday morning. Police say emergency crews were called late Wednesday about a group of teens falling through ice. Nearby residents say one … Read more
