A new study out of London, Ont. lays out the cost of the homelessness crisis on our health-care system. Almost 30,000 Canadians were homeless when admitted to and/or discharged from a hospital, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The report finds that a hospital stay for a person … Read more
CHICAGO – A consultant the Chicago Blackhawks hired to improve relationships with American Indian tribes has filed a lawsuit accusing the team, its charity foundation and its CEO of fraud, breach of contract and sexual harassment. Nina Sanders filed the civil action late Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. She alleges in the … Read more
More than one home has been damaged or lost due to a massive wildfire outside of the B.C. community of Fort Nelson, the mayor confirmed Wednesday. Rob Fraser said that there has been “some structural damage” as a result of the Park Lake blaze. “There’s no damage at all in the town … Read more
NEW YORK – A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez blamed the politician’s wife Wednesday for his legal problems, telling a jury at the start of a corruption trial that the Democrat wasn’t aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen and didn’t know about cash and gold bars hidden in … Read more
In March, Vittorio’s Pizza House competed at the World Pizza Expo in Las Vegas and to Colaiacovo’s surprise, he placed top 20. His white pizza with mozzarella, herb, and ricotta, finished with pecorino Romano and topped with spinach, Kalamata olives, red onions and truffle oil won praise from the judges in the non-traditional pan … Read more
A man from B.C.’s Lower Mainland has been sentenced to four years behind bars after shooting a sex worker in the back during a drug-fuelled 43rd birthday. The violent incident unfolded in May 2021, as Varinder Singh Deo was celebrating his birthday in the garage of his Burnaby home, according to a B.C. … Read more
SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to use COVID-19 tests that were manufactured by a California-based healthcare company. Cue Health, headquartered in San Diego, received emergency use FDA authorization for two COVID-19 tests early in the pandemic to help people detect if they were infected with the … Read more
Red Lobster’s “Endless Shrimp” and “Endless Crab Legs” promotions are being blamed, in part, for its financial challenges as the restaurant chain shutters dozens of U.S. locations. While it’s unclear what these closures might mean for the 27 restaurants in Canada, Red Lobster is expected to file for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. this … Read more
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The fast-growing college is part of a … Read more
Behind a narrow border of trees, a crop duster sprays clouds of agrochemicals onto the vast soy fields stretching out on both sides of the BR-319 highway that cuts deep into Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. As the road’s asphalt wears thin further north, timber trucks zig-zag to avoid the many potholes along the key … Read more
