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In a furious letter to Ontario’s civil service board, the mayor of Peterborough, Ontario, asks for a 30% pay cut after being informed that his personal appearance should have nothing to do with health…
This isn’t how I would have drawn it up. I would have had a wooden elf with paper legs. (Or maybe some femma gorillas?) But a giant T. Rex skull? A made-for-cable animated Christmas…
Image copyright Graphic Enlarge Image Image caption A river is running dry in Gambia but is being diverted to raise a dam to aid drought-hit farmers. So far this year four river systems have…
Tens of thousands of protesters packed the streets of California on Wednesday to force the state’s housing and construction industry to reckon with the state’s rising housing shortage. All-night vigils and flash mobs had…
(CNN) – Down the line you might see them flying at 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour). Some of the fastest trains in the world are out of this world, breaking the…
Written by By Dana Kaplan, CNN How does a virus acquire the ability to survive in the body? Sometimes, we lose it. Sometimes, it takes a lot longer than we thought. The coronavirus that…
The average US temperature has increased about 1.8C since the start of the 20th century. That temperature rise has disproportionately impacted low-lying populations of south-east Asia, South America and the Caribbean. Satellite imagery of…
This article is over 1 month old Six Indians killed by crashes of foreign military helicopters in the past year to be honoured with military honours The Indian government has announced military honours for…
This, get ready, is a very old fire. According to its authors, it has been burning continuously since 4,000 B.C. and is “probably the most extensive fire in the world,” with no sign of…
Tracy Redies says she was cornered and attacked outside parliamentary chamber, RCMP in Victoria say British Columbia’s finance minister was assaulted on the grounds of the legislature in Victoria and police are investigating, police…