After the fall of the Soviet Union, the construction was abandoned and its works of art severely damaged by vandalism.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 today and 49 active reported infections across the province. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says there are now 19 cases associated with a cluster in the northern Newfoundland town of Roddickton, where just 60 per cent of eligible residents have received a first dose of vaccine. She says a cluster identified in the eastern region of the province has been linked to large indoor gatherings wher
The Carcross/Tagish First Nations have turned their community into a world-class mountain bike destination. The Weather Network's Mia Gordon spoke with 'Single Track to Success' about creating jobs, all the while respecting the land around them.
Field notes taken on Mallet Creek in August are in and are beginning to give a picture of how the creek and ecosystem may have managed over the dry, hot summer. A statistical analysis of the data points has yet to be run on the Gabriola Island creek – that will be released in Spring 2022 – along with the other waterways that are part of the Regional District of Nanaimo’s community watershed monitoring network. Gabriola Streamkeepers collects readings on temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivit
Quebec’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs said in an interview he shares Kahnawake’s concerns with the Mercier Bridge and thinks it’s important for the provincial government and Kahnawake to come to an agreement on an overhaul of the span sooner, rather than later, for safety’s sake. “We have to do something about the Mercier Bridge. I’ve spoken to a lot of people in the community about it and a lot of them tell me they send their kids over that bridge every day into Montreal to go to school, so t
Nova Scotia reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the active number of cases to 159. Three of the new cases are in the central zone, including two that are related to travel and one that is under investigation. Two cases are in the northern zone, both of which are close contacts of previously reported cases. One case is in the eastern zone and is related to travel. The number of new cases is a dramatic drop from Tuesday, when 66 new cases were reported, and from Monday, when
SOUTH DUNDAS – Local English Catholic schools received equipment and upgrades as part of a $6.8 million funding inititiative. The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario upgraded 23 of its schools with major HVAC upgrades. This included St. Mary Catholic School in Chesterville, which received air conditioning for the entire school. Five roof-top units and an upgrade to the building automation system was also part of that project. Junior and senior kindergarten classrooms each received
The remains of a hiker who went missing from a southern Alberta campground last spring have been found, the Calgary Police Service said Wednesday. Stanley Stooshinoff, 68, was last seen leaving his home in southeast Calgary on May 19 for a hike in the Turner Valley area. He was reported missing after failing to return home. Calgary police, RCMP, Alberta Parks and Search and Rescue conducted an extensive search. Investigators located Stooshinoff's vehicle — a green Hyundai Tucson — in the Sandy M
The Chicoutimi-Le Fjord riding in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region may be the ultimate swing riding. In the last four federal elections, electors have voted in candidates from four different parties: the Bloc Québécois in 2008, NDP in 2011, Liberals in 2015 and Conservative MP Richard Martel in a 2018 byelection and again in 2019. The riding has also been a bellwether of sorts for Quebec. If the past is anything to go by, Martel, a former hockey coach and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's Q
Shootin’ the Breeze chatted with each of the six federal candidates to discuss what they’re passionate about and what motivates them. They promised to make significant changes to economic and social policy, driven by a sense of frustration for the current government and empathy for universal pandemic problems. Mental health In the past year, John Barlow has seen farming families collapse under the burden of summer drought and struggle economically after illegal rail blockades stopped shipments o
CORNWALL – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit region reached another interim goal last week with 85 per cent of the population age 12 and older having received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. EOHU Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis said that means the region is on its way to 90 per cent, which is considered herd immunity. “We just want to make sure these people who got the first dose get their second dose as well,” he said. “We’re looking at progress though.” He said that 75 per
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The international animal rights group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday it hopes that pressure will build from within the Faeroe Islands to end its traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water, where they are slaughtered for their meat and blubber. A local activist published gruesome video footage of Sunday's slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins on the central Faeroese island of Eysturoy in the North Atlantic archipelago. The number of dolphins was so large — much
The town of Woodstock will observe the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday, and the mayor and deputy mayor urge the province to do the same. Following a committee of the whole session on Tuesday, Sept. 14, Mayor Art Slipp said council’s consensus was to recognize the national holiday on Sept. 30. Slipp described the holiday as one of the essential recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Report. Deputy Mayor Amy Anderson echoed Slipp’s view to take the recommen
The United States has facilitated the departure of at least 36 U.S. citizens and at least 24 lawful permanent residents from Afghanistan since Aug. 31 via charter flights and overland routes, the State Department said on Wednesday. After two decades in Afghanistan, the United States pulled out its troops at the end of August in a chaotic withdrawal that left at least around 100 American citizens and thousands of at-risk Afghans behind. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that one U.S. citizen and two lawful permanent residents departed Afghanistan on Tuesday utilizing an overland route and "a couple" of charter flights left Kabul International Airport last week with U.S. citizens on board.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One Texas woman traveled nearly 1,000 miles to Colorado for an abortion. Others are driving four hours to New Mexico. And in Houston, clinics that typically perform more than 100 abortions in a week are are down to a few a day. Two weeks after the nation's strictest abortion law took effect in Texas, new court filings show the deepening impact a near-total ban on abortion is already having, as the Biden administration late Tuesday asked a federal court in Austin for an emerg
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden "has complete confidence" in Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Sept. 15)
It's the one time of year where all local politicians in B.C. gather together — but for the second year in a row, it's happening virtually. The annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention is taking place this week, allowing mayors and councillors to lobby the provincial government and trade best practices on local government. Like last year, it takes place with an election campaign underway — federal this year, instead of provincial — and continued uncertainty during a pandemic, but or
Kahnawake Fire Chief Arnold Lazare was honoured for excellence in his field this week by the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs by being named the Canadian Volunteer Fire Chief of The Year. The longtime member of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade -- 42 years – said the impact of winning the award hasn’t yet sunk in, but that is an exciting day for his, the community and the Indigenous fire safety community as a whole. “Well, I’m still in disbelief,” Lazare said yesterday. “I was honoured to be nominat
Tammy Faye Bakker wore a lot of makeup. It was armor — a way for a person who didn’t consider herself beautiful to simply exist in the world. So it's a particularly a cruel irony that the mascara was also the thing that made her a target and a joke long before she and her ex-husband were brought down by brazen theft and misuse of ministry funds. Women have never been afforded the luxury of simply existing in the world, especially when they dare to live in public as Tammy did. Who cares what she
OTTAWA — The question of who would make life more affordable for Canadians hit the campaign trail Wednesday with party leaders defending why their spending plans would ease pressures as inflation hit a near two-decade high. On Wednesday morning, Statistics Canada reported prices increased by 4.1 per cent in August compared with the same month one year earlier, fuelled by rising consumer demand and supply-chain constraints for many goods. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Erin O'To
Officials with Cree public health in northern Quebec say the spread and severity of recent COVID-19 cases in the population show how important getting vaccinated is. In mid-August, there was an uptick in cases among the Cree population, first with an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Waswanipi Chiefs hockey team and then with a series of cases affecting Cree patients staying in Montreal. As well, there have been isolated cases in other Cree communities. "We have seen a much higher risk of getting the
