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A member of the most threatened turtle species in the Hamilton-Burlington region has a new home in Cootes Paradise. Biologists with the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) released Niigaani, a two-year-old Blanding’s turtle, into the wetland on Friday. It’s the first Blanding’s turtle to be released into Cootes since 2015. The turtle was rescued from the […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Letters Publication date: August 13, 2016 • August 13, 2016 • 5 minutes of reading • join the conversation Photo by Leah Hennel /Calgary Herald . Helmets can’t stop reckless cycling Re: “Bicycle Helmets Save Adult Lives,” Letter, Aug. 11. Announcement 2 This ad has not been uploaded yet, but its article […]

Pegah Khaki spends every day with her husband. She bathes and shaves him; she brushes his teeth. Throughout his life, Hamid Sarabadani has been what some would call a neat freak. Even now, numb in his hospital bed, his wife knows that he would like to look clean and well groomed. Those aren’t her only […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links columnists An ambulance makes its way to the entrance of the emergency room at Foothills Medical Center on Friday, September 24, 2021. Photo by Azin Ghaffari /post media file . On a weekend trip to a wedding in Spruce Grove, I had the usual semi-anxious fits of overthinking the contents of the […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Laboratory tests following a massive fish kill have found high levels of salinity but no mercury in the waters of Central Europe’s Oder River, Poland’s environment minister said Saturday. Anna Moskwa, the climate and environment minister, said analyzes of river samples taken in both Poland and Germany revealed elevated salt levels. […]

There are two things that our city never lacks: fascinating people and interesting experiences. In this series, Star asks the locals you know (and should know) about their Toronto. Cynthia Appiah, a Toronto-based bobsled runner, only spends half the year in her hometown. That is her time to see her family, enjoy the city, train […]

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” received death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed Friday in the neck and abdomen by a man who took the stage when the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. A bloody 75-year-old Rushdie was airlifted to […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion columnists But by spring wave 6, everyone seemed to be over the whole pandemic thing. Then I remembered why we shouldn’t be. Some people still wear their COVID masks; others are not. jpg . The following is written in response to “COVID-19 was not the mild case I expected,” posted on […]

A Montreal man has become the first person to complete the TransCanada Bike Race, the longest and, according to many, the hardest self-supporting solo cycling race in the world. Henri Do, 35, left the Yukon on June 12, and just after midnight Friday morning, he made it to the eastern tip of Cape Spear, N.L. […]

The Museum of Water started on a London street corner in 2013. An exhibit by British artist Amy Sharrocks, it was a tribute to water and a celebration of its significance. Sharrocks spent years collecting the specimens: vials of floodwater, containers of tears shed in grief and ecstasy, aromatic samples of sewer runoff, droplets that […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Saturday, Aug. 13: On hospital ERs, nursing shortages, public transit and more. You can write to us at [email protected] Publishing date: Aug 13, 2022  •  5 minutes ago  •  10 minute read  •  Join the conversation Photo by Nease /jpg Article content ER closures are not ‘normal,’ minister Advertisement 2 This […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Energy columnists Business CAPP’s new president, Lisa Baiton, in Calgary on Thursday, August 11, 2022. Photo by DARREN MAKOWICHUK/Postmedia . Oil and natural gas prices are soaring this year, concerns about global energy security are rising, and Ottawa is developing a new federal emissions cap for the oil zone. Announcement 2 This […]

Want to dive into more long features? Sign up for the Weekend Long Reads newsletter to get them delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. 1. The Ontario government has given Maggie an ultimatum: the disabled teen can lose her funding or her independence Maggie Hickey doesn’t speak, but to those who know her, she’s […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion columnists There is a growing epidemic of hip and knee replacements and more detours than a Metropolitan Blvd. detour. Author of the article: josh freed • Special to the Montreal Gazette Publication date: August 13, 2022 • 12 minutes ago • 4 minutes of reading • join the conversation Millions of […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links quebec Local news Prime Minister François Legault has until August 29 to formally call the election campaign. If it seems that the political parties have already been campaigning, it is because it is true. Under Quebec’s fixed-date electoral law, the campaign can last as little as 33 days or 36, depending on […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News WEEKEND READ | When René Bernard Laflamme did not return to Ottawa after a trip to Montreal, his family knew something had gone desperately wrong. In those critical early days, they say, overlapping police turf got in the way of a proper investigation. Author of the article: Jesse Feith […]

When she was in her early 20s, Alanna joined the Meeting House church in Oakville. It was supposed to be different from the ultra-conservative congregation she grew up in. The Meeting House was known for being casual, branded as “a church for people who weren’t into church.” Women were considered equals. Questions were welcome. It […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links local trip Multi-million dollar renovation polishes the golden shine of the grand dame of Georgia Street Publication date: August 13, 2022 • 15 minutes ago • 4 minutes of reading • join the conversation The Hotel Vancouver (right) and the Vancouver Art Gallery, housed in the former Vancouver Justice Court building, are […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians reacted with praise and concern Saturday to the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that called for his death. It is unclear why Rushdie’s attacker, identified by police as Hadi Mattar of Fairview, New Jersey, stabbed the […]

TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Meari unleashed heavy rain on Japan’s main island of Honshu as it headed north toward the capital Tokyo on Saturday, according to Japanese weather officials. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Meari made landfall in Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, in the afternoon, bringing sudden heavy rain and strong winds over […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In the six years since resettling in the United States from Afghanistan, the prime suspect in the murders of four Muslim men in Albuquerque has been arrested multiple times for domestic violence and captured in camera slashing the tires of a woman’s car, according to police and court records. The prolonged […]

British Columbia’s health minister says the province will stay the course on its own COVID-19 policy, as the United States’ top public health agency relaxes its guidelines around the virus. On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its recommendation that people stay six feet away from others and that they quarantine […]

CHAUTAUQUA, NY – Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” received death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen on Friday by a man who came onstage as the author was about to give a speech. conference in western New York. A bloody 75-year-old Rushdie was airlifted to […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Tennis Sports The 32-year-old Briton reached the semi-finals of a Masters 1000 event for the second time in his career. Author of the article: pat hickey • Montreal Gazette Daniel Evans of Great Britain hits a backhand return against Tommy Paul of the United States on Friday night at IGA Stadium. Photo […]

A woman who submitted an essay to Alberta’s ignominious “Her Vision Inspires” essay contest says she’s not necessarily looking for an apology for the results that critics have called racist, sexist, misogynist and fascist. Emelia Kazakawich said she would rather see the current provincial government change its ways. “I believe that a full apology comes […]

TORONTO – Cleveland Guardians right-hander Cal Quantrill allowed one hit in seven innings and was aided by a two-run homer from fellow Canadian Josh Naylor to blank the Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 in their series opener on Friday. The American League Central Division-leading Guardians (60-52) have won eight consecutive games, while the Blue Jays (60-51) […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has intervened in a civil lawsuit against two conservative political operatives accused of using robocalls to dissuade black voters from participating in the 2020 election. The department said Friday that defense attorneys for the two men were misreading the Voting Rights Act, though the department emphasized that […]

There was something unnerving about young Western girls staying in youth hostels in Seoul, researcher Min Joo Lee thought. Unlike their Asian counterparts, whom she saw cramming into as many sights and shops as possible during their stays in the South Korean capital, these women, mostly in their early 20s, seemed uninterested in the usual […]

A new curbside management strategy will be going to Edmonton city councillors later this month that could fundamentally change parking city-wide. The changes could include higher parking fees and less time allowed in certain curbside parking locations. The report says the strategy would be in line with The City Plan which was passed in 2020 […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Criticizing the police, and the RCMP in particular, has become fashionable of late, regardless of the facts. Publication date: August 12, 2022 • 18 minutes ago • 4 minutes of reading • join the conversation The budget for the transition of the proposed police force in Surrey has been quadrupled […]