Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found....
The use of flame retardants in auto interior seats pollutes the air in car cabins with the highly toxic chemicals, putting those who spend significant time in cars at the most risk, peer-reviewed research in the US has found....
A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud....
Canada Post wants the federal government to consider changing the legislation that requires it to deliver letter mail daily— a mandate the Crown corporation says no longer reflects modern realities and is causing it to lose money....
Unlike some other Crown corporations, Canada Post isn’t funded by taxpayers. It needs to sustain itself through profits.
That’s a load of horseshit. The postal service should be funded by Canadians, if for no other reason than Canada is a BIG country so many locations don’t have access to other forms of delivery.
The feds need to stop funding big oil and start funding services that are important to the people instead.
Protesters occupying a camp established by a First Nation in northern Alberta to defy drilling operations on its traditional lands have been ordered to vacate....
“Nobody seems interested” in helping Rudy Giuliani meet accounting obligations in his ongoing bankruptcy case, lawyers for the former New York mayor, presidential hopeful and Trump attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday....
The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday after she came under a blizzard of criticism for saying that Black children in the Bronx did not know the word “computer”....
A former Florida police captain with a long history of civilian complaints, including false arrests and harassment, has joined the state’s state guard under governor Ron DeSantis....
The remains of a Newfoundland trucker who went missing in Ontario two weeks ago were found in the back of his truck’s trailer in his home province, even though his rig was a key piece of evidence in the search and the place where he was last seen....
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs....
Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found....
Flame retardants in auto seats pose multiple health risks, research shows (www.theguardian.com)
The use of flame retardants in auto interior seats pollutes the air in car cabins with the highly toxic chemicals, putting those who spend significant time in cars at the most risk, peer-reviewed research in the US has found....
Malawians who abandoned Israeli farms deported (www.bbc.com)
Twelve Malawians have been deported from Israel after leaving the farms where they were working, to get higher salaries elsewhere....
Israel-Gaza live: Israel shells Rafah as Biden warns against major ground offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Heavy shelling is reported in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, as US President Joe Biden warns Israel against a major offensive there...
Neom: Forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....
Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects' - whistleblower (www.bbc.com)
Fuselages made by Boeing’s largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm....
Republican clerk charged in Michigan voting-system breach (www.reuters.com)
A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud....
Should your mail be delivered daily? Canada Post wants Ottawa to rethink its mandate (www.cbc.ca)
Canada Post wants the federal government to consider changing the legislation that requires it to deliver letter mail daily— a mandate the Crown corporation says no longer reflects modern realities and is causing it to lose money....
First Nation protest camp in northern Alberta served with court injunction (www.cbc.ca)
Protesters occupying a camp established by a First Nation in northern Alberta to defy drilling operations on its traditional lands have been ordered to vacate....
Cruise ship sails into New York with dead endangered whale across its bow (www.cbc.ca)
A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 13-metre dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said....
YouTube accused of censoring Macklemore's "Hind's Hall" (www.newsweek.com)
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner resigns amid suspended-cases scandal (houstonlanding.org)
New Orleans man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme (www.theguardian.com)
‘Red’ Harris and Jovanna Gardne allegedly involved in murder of person cooperating in inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents...
Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Nobody seems interested” in helping Rudy Giuliani meet accounting obligations in his ongoing bankruptcy case, lawyers for the former New York mayor, presidential hopeful and Trump attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday....
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’ (www.theguardian.com)
The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday after she came under a blizzard of criticism for saying that Black children in the Bronx did not know the word “computer”....
Florida ex-cop with ‘patterns of abuse and bias’ joins DeSantis’s state guard (www.theguardian.com)
A former Florida police captain with a long history of civilian complaints, including false arrests and harassment, has joined the state’s state guard under governor Ron DeSantis....
Missing trucker's body found in rig in N.L., after remains missed during Ontario police search (www.cbc.ca)
The remains of a Newfoundland trucker who went missing in Ontario two weeks ago were found in the back of his truck’s trailer in his home province, even though his rig was a key piece of evidence in the search and the place where he was last seen....
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for carbon that was never captured, report finds (www.cbc.ca)
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
Pierre Poilievre called lobbyists 'utterly useless,' but they're still attending his fundraisers (www.cbc.ca)
As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs....