Jordan Molina, a hyper-realistic artist, shows off his drawing talents in this incredible time lapse video. Check it out!
P.E.I. is reimposing mask requirements in indoor and public spaces following a recent COVID-19 outbreak at a Charlottetown school. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said at a briefing Wednesday the mandate comes into effect at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 17. The mask mandate will target retail businesses, salons, taxis and public transit, places of worship as well as workplaces open to the public. Personal gatherings will also be now restricted to 20 people, down from 50. "What's happ
KAWARTHA LAKES: The City of Kawartha Lakes is changing course regarding ATVs in Lindsay. At a Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, September 7th, councillors voted not to approve the Lindsay ATV route. Instead the 'Off-Road Vehicle Use of City Roads Task Force' will look at bypass options for an ATV route going around Lindsay. The original recommended route through Lindsay went from the Victoria Rail Trail (VRT) trailhead, at Logie Street to King Street, then King Street to Lindsay Street,
With little time to prepare and no local NDP candidate already in place when Justin Trudeau’s Liberals called a snap federal election last month, several young people in Toronto got a chance to turn their desire for change into a tangible electoral effort. In Eglinton-Lawrence in the northwest of the city, 27-year-old Caleb Senneker hears frustration from voters who feel neither the Liberals (who have held the seat for all but four years in the last four decades) nor the Conservatives are vying
Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP is asking for the public's help finding a wanted man. Jarrett Poitras was supposed to appear in court on Aug. 6 for a trial, but he never showed up. Police issued a new warrant for his arrest. Poitras was already charged with several offences including robbery with firearm, break-and-enter, and vehicle theft. These charges are in relation to an armed robbery on Muscowpetung First Nation on July 23, 2019. He is about five feet eleven inches tall and 250 pounds, with black hai
The IPO comes at a time when athletic gear, especially shoes, has been flying off the shelves at most retailers as COVID-19-led gym closures push people to take up running to keep themselves fit. The company sold 31.1 million shares in its initial public offering (IPO) priced at $24, well above its $20 to $22 target price range, raising $746.4 million. On was founded in 2010 by running enthusiasts Olivier Bernhard, David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti, with Federer investing an undisclosed sum in the company in 2019.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with two presumptive positive cases. There are four cases connected to previously known cases in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region, three travel-related cases in the Central Health region, two in the Eastern Health region for which the source is under investigation, and one in the Western Health region, a previously presumptive positive case. There are now 49 active cases in the province, and one pers
Some of the worst risks of earthquakes are in a zone running from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence River that includes major cities like Toronto, Ottawa and Québec City.
A GOP lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump in his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results and the lawmaker leading Republicans' efforts to win back a Senate majority, are among speakers planned for a South Carolina gathering billed as a must-stop on the road to the state’s first-in-the-South primary. Cleta Mitchell, a longtime Republican lawyer and conservative advocate, and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida — current chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — ar
HALIFAX — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending a large indoor rally he held in Brampton, Ont., saying his party followed public health guidelines. Hundreds of people surrounded the stage Tuesday evening, where he was introduced by former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Supporters mobbed Trudeau at the end of the event, despite organizers asking people to stand in squares taped on the ground. Liberal staffers said there were about 400 people in attendance and the gathering met local COVID-19
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Wednesday that Catholic bishops must minister with “compassion and tenderness,” not condemnation, to politicians who support abortion rights and warned that clerics shouldn’t let politics enter into questions about receiving Communion. Francis was asked en route home from Slovakia about the debate in the U.S. church about whether President Joe Biden and other politicians should be denied Communion because of their stances on abortion. U.S. bishops
Forty-four more people in Windsor-Essex have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the latest daily update from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU). Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health, said Windsor-Essex continues to have the highest proportion of COVID-19 tests coming back positive across Ontario's health units — roughly one of out every 10 tests. "The burden of COVID-19 to the community now is probably greater than it was in the previous wave of COVID," he s
As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday. Nine months in to this year, infections among children and adolescents in the Americas have surpassed 1.9 million cases, and they face significant health risks, the regional branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The COVID pandemic has also disrupted sexual and reproductive health services across more than half of the region's countries, helping to fuel one of the largest jumps in teenage pregnancy seen in a decade, PAHO said.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's president has called a third parliamentary election this year that will be held on Nov. 14 after two previous votes failed to produce a government, authorities said Wednesday. Parliament will be dissolved and a new caretaker government will be appointed in the European Union country of 7 million. Bulgaria already held parliamentary elections in April and July this year, but the country's largest three parties fail to produce a working coalition government. On th
South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed from pending litigation. That's the argument made in recent court filings from Gov. Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of disability rights groups and parents of South Carolina children with disabilities. The plaintiffs are challenging a budget measure passed this summer tha
Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) charged five individuals with offences related to Impaired driving for the week of September 7-10. On Tuesday September 7, Halton police officers charged 63-year old Jasbir Saini after a traffic stop in the Thomas Alton Blvd and Steeplechase Drive area in Burlington. Saini is alleged to have a blood alcohol concentration 80 mgs or more within two hours. On Wednesday September 8, police charged two persons with blood alcohol concentration in the cities of Oak
Serbia kicked off Unity Day with a display of military power and calls for all Serbs in the Balkans to unite under one flag.View on euronews
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington and the regional Fed banks will now require all of their nearly 23,000 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Philadelphia Fed informed its staff of the new mandate in a memo on Wednesday, making it the last of the 12 regional Fed banks to make vaccination a requirement of employment. The Fed Board in Washington will also require its employees to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 30, a spokesperson for the U.S. central bank told Reuters on Wednesday.
The committee tasked with raising funds for a Universally Designed Play Park has reason to celebrate. Last week the members surpassed their goal of raising $450,000 which was established five years ago. “It just blows my mind. I’m so proud of the community,” said Debbie J. Wamboldt, the committee’s chair.“It’s exciting, but I don’t think it has fully set in yet. It’s kind of one of those things that’s surreal after all this time.” The Universally Designed Play Park will be located in Milton near
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the top U.S. military officer, Mark Milley, a day after a new book said he went around civilian leaders to place secret calls to his Chinese counterpart over concerns about then-President Donald Trump. Milley's office pushed back against the report in the book, saying the calls he made as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff were coordinated within the Pentagon and across the U.S. government. According to excerpts of the book, Milley secretly called General Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army twice in the final months of the Trump administration to say the U.S. government was stable.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Half a century ago, four Danish teenagers interviewed John Lennon for their school paper. A cassette tape with a 33-minute audio recording of the chat, which also includes an apparently unpublished song by the late Beatle, will be auctioned in Denmark later this month. The 16-year-olds were not star-struck when they did the interview in northern Denmark on Jan. 5, 1970. At the height of the Vietnam War and the Cold War, Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono had “a message of pe
