For a second day in a row, Nova Scotian children had another snow day after a strong winter storm battered the region with cold winds. This has prompted several cancellations or closures in many communities on Tuesday. Schools All HRCE Schools closed, offices delayed by 2 hours Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education closed South […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states. The so-called “good neighbor” rule is one of dozens of regulations that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has targeted for reconsideration or repeal. The Supreme Court ruled […]
The provincial government says it has completed work validating people on the registry of those in need of a family doctor, and plans to offer more full-some monthly reports moving forward. In an update on Monday afternoon, Health Minister Michelle Thompson announced the registry has become a “dynamic patient management tool” that will support connecting […]
WINNIPEG — A post-secondary institute in Manitoba is winding down operations, with the provincial government blaming a federal cap on international student visas as the reason for the closure. The Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology announced Wednesday in a memo on its website that rapid and ongoing changes to the international student program “have […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Africa’s soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal’s coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month that involved a walk-off protest, fans trying to storm the field and fights among journalists. The sanctions announced by the […]
China banned 73 persons from soccer for life on Thursday and deducted points from nine top-tier clubs in its latest anti-corruption campaign over alleged match-fixing. Former national team coach and Everton player Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan, former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), were among those banned. “For 73 industry personnel, including Chen […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union appeared poised Thursday to sanction Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard over Tehran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as it worries over a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to potentially launch a military strike against it. America has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln and several […]
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that found Homeland […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi dispatchers are fielding desperate calls for medication or oxygen from people stuck in their homes. Troopers in Tennessee are fanning out for welfare checks on those who haven’t been heard from in days. And in at least one rural area, officials have resorted to using trucks typically used for battling […]
Solana climbed back above $125 after weeks of selling pressure, and traders treated the move as more than a quick bounce. Since then, SOL has been moving in a narrow band between $125 and $128, with buyers and sellers testing each other’s confidence. This is happening while the wider crypto market looks calm and steady […]