Kenya has an affordable housing problem, with the World Bank estimating the housing deficit at 2 million units. The government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, but experts say construction and financing need to change and speed up for the deficit to be met. Some are exploring the emerging technology of 3-D printing for home construction as a solution. (AP video/Desmond Tiro)
Environmental groups are calling on the federal government to avoid getting into a trade war with China over electric vehicles.They say they fear that trade sanctions could make EVs more expensive, delaying Canada's transition to a low-carbon economy.Less than a week after the federal government announced it was considering imposing trade restrictions on cheaper Chinese-made EVs, groups like Environmental Defence are urging Ottawa to consider the ramifications of such a move.Nate Wallace, Enviro
One of the homes was occupied at the time of the attack, police say.
Physicians and researchers who specialize in dementia care and prevention say a new $30-million donation to seven Toronto hospitals and organizations will significantly bolster their programming.And they say the money is coming at a crucial time — as the health-care system faces a rapidly aging population and growing needs.The Slaight Family Foundation, a charity founded by media magnate Allan Straight, announced the large gift Tuesday. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the Nati
Several roads in Windsor's downtown core will be closed for a few hours on Monday when the city's Canada Day Parade passes through for the first time since 2019.The theme of this year's festivities is "Canada Day in Downtown Windsor" to celebrate the parade's return to downtown. This year's parade is expected to feature at least 63 entries which will include floats as well as giant inflatables, marching bands and more.The parade, which runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be staging between Giles an
The last time Kelly Russell and her family saw their golden retriever, Hudson, was at a campground on P.E.I.'s North Shore on Canada Day in 2023.Russell, who's from Miramichi, N.B., had just settled in at Twin Shores Campground with her daughter, her partner, and Hudson, who was nine months old at the time. It's an annual tradition for the family — a few days of rest, relaxation and fun, all beginning with the campground's annual July 1 fireworks display. "We went to the fireworks along with a l
The Central Bank of Myanmar "expressed our strong objection to the U.N. Special Rapporteur’s report", it said in a statement published in a junta newspaper on Saturday. "The U.N. report severely harms the interests of Myanmar civilians and the relationship between Myanmar and other countries."
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Taiwanese singer and activist Panai reminded the audience at a prestigious awards ceremony not to forget China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square on Saturday. The Taiwanese indigenous singer told the audience that the crackdown shared its anniversary with the Golden Melody Awards, known as the Grammys of the Mandarin pop world.
Gov. Jim Justice has made his English bulldog, Babydog, a minor celebrity in West Virginia where she often joins him on gubernatorial trips. Now she's enshrined in a new mural under the golden dome of the state Capitol.
Martha Unger and her daughters Madilynn and Haylie were found safe days after they were last seen
MONTREAL — It’s moving day in Quebec, and Mario Lortie is leaving his apartment of 27 years. It’s not by choice. His new landlords, who recently bought the Montreal duplex where he lives, want to convert the building into a single home, so Lortie got the boot. The problem is he has nowhere to go. The 62-year-old former social worker lives on welfare due to health problems, and was paying just $535 a month in rent. After a fruitless search for another apartment he could afford, Lortie turned to a
A man accused of operating an alleged Ponzi scheme has drowned in a B.C. river, seven months before his criminal fraud trial was set to start in Edmonton.Curtis Quigley, 56, and his former common-law spouse Kathleen Treadgold, were jointly charged last summer with 80 counts of fraud over $5,000.The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) alleged that the $7.8-million scheme was ongoing for 12 years, with hundreds of victims in Alberta, B.C., the U.S. and Australia.The allegations against Quigley and Tread
KULA, Hawaii (AP) — Two men arrested last month on a public road within Oprah Winfrey 's property on the Hawaiian island of Maui are suspected of illegal night hunting, state officials said Monday.
More than two years after a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde left 19 children and 2 teachers dead, a grand jury indicted on Thursday two former Uvalde school police officers in the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting.
Mark Alan Partain was killed by the dog in March. The dog had attacked someone else months before
Kaylon Kirkwood must also pay a $5,000 fine for killing the K-9, plus $38,379.98 in restitution, which includes the cost of a new police dog, training, and Bane’s necropsy and cremation.
Neil Foden, 66, was convicted in May.
Justin Arteaga was found guilty of a violent crime in aid of racketeering tied to the fatal shooting of Evan Campbell.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial spiritual leader in Nepal known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term Monday for sexually assaulting a minor, court officials said.
Tyler Roenz, who was 17 at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to murder in connection with the 2022 death of his 49-year-old mother Michelle Roenz
