Police are investigating reports that a group of teenagers took a Pride flag from Eastwood Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ont., then stepped on it and burned it on Thursday afternoon. Waterloo Region District School Board says it's 'saddened and concerned' about incident Police are investigating after a group of teenagers …
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Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton leaving government for private sector
Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the private sector, Premier Doug Ford said Friday. McNaughton is 3rd cabinet minister to vacate post in as many weeks Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to …
Read More »Ontario labour minister leaving government for private sector, Ford shuffles cabinet
Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the private sector, Premier Doug Ford said Friday. McNaughton is 3rd cabinet minister to vacate post in as many weeks Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to …
Read More »‘The Exorcist’ returns to cinemas for 50th anniversary
MANILA, Philippines — Get your rosaries, crucifixes and holy water ready for the return of Regan MacNeil. William Friedkin's "The Exorcist," considered by many to be the best horror film ever made, will be coming back to cinemas in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Warner Bros. Pictures Philippines announced that …
Read More »Singapore is top destination for Filipinos in 1st half of 2023 — Agoda
MANILA, Philippines — Fellow Southeast Asian country Singapore is the top international destination for Filipinos during the first half of 2023, according to data collected by online booking website Agoda. Following Singapore were Hong Kong and the Thai capital Bangkok, which was also the top international overall for Agoda users, …
Read More »Retiree out $300K after Canada Post loses inheritance cheque sent by registered mail
A $300,000 certified cheque is missing after it was sent through Canada Post registered mail from Ontario to Quebec. The only way to get a new one leaves the man who sent it liable if the original is cashed by the wrong person. Certified cheques are 'almost as good as …
Read More »Is Britain broken? Strikes, schools at risk of collapse expose broader challenges facing U.K.
In the U.K., a growing mound of public infrastructure problems — understaffed prisons, schools that are literally crumbling, several public-sector strikes — is feeding a deep sense of gloom across the country that has an election on the horizon. There's a sense country is 'hopping from one crisis to the …
Read More »Zelenskyy comes to Ottawa as Ukraine scrambles to shore up allies’ support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched down in Ottawa late Thursday night — and experts say the political headwinds he'll face in Canada likely will be less chilly than those he experienced in Washington. Support for Ukraine among U.S. Republicans has softened in the past year Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched …
Read More »Sophie Turner sues ex Joe Jonas over ‘wrongful retention’ of their kids
MANILA, Philippines — "Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner has filed a lawsuit against Joe Jonas, demanding that their two young children return to England. The ex-couple officially filed for divorce earlier this month, announcing in a joint statement they "mutually decided to amicably end our marriage" in what was …
Read More »NCR suspends classes amid smog blanket; not vog, says Phivolcs
Local government units in Metro Manila suspended classes at all levels yesterday due to heavy smog, which most mistook for volcanic smog or vog from Taal Volcano. By the afternoon of Friday, classes in all 16 cities and the lone municipality of Pateros had been suspended. Marikina City suspended classes …
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