Plans to build an in-ground pool and cabana came to a standstill last fall, after an archeological assessment of the site unearthed bone fragments. The ghost of Clarabelle the cow could soon be roaming the pool deck of a Vaughan-area golf club. A grizzly discovery made last year on the …
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Widower on a mission to take Trans Canada Trail off-road
Edmund Aunger, whose wife was killed cycling the Trans Canada Trail, is calling on the federal and provincial governments to take the trail off roadways and highways entirely. Elizabeth Sovis was vacationing with her husband on Prince Edward Island in 2012, looking forward to retirement, when a drunk driver hit …
Read More »Cancer survivor says ex-employer’s erratic pay has left her on the brink
Slow, late and erratic pay is the hidden face of wage theft, critics say. It started with a sinking sensation, a premonition that something wasn’t right. When 55-year-old single mother Nora Cumming started working as a Peterborough family’s nanny, she said she took it on good faith that “everything was …
Read More »Pork pie problem: UK food traditions to lose EU support
BUILTH WELLS, Wales (AP) – Welsh farmers like Rees Roberts, who has 1,000 acres with sheep, cattle and crops, can expect to earn a premium on their meats thanks to a certificate of regional authenticity. But that marker of distinction – the same kind that ensures Champagne can only come …
Read More »Tropical Storm Javier churns near tip of Mexico’s Baja
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Mexican authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas around the resort city Cabo San Lucas as a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Javier churned near the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Slowing its forward movement to 5 mph (7 kph), Javier promised an extended battering …
Read More »Former CM of Arunachal Pradesh Kalikho Pul found dead at his official residence
Itanagar: In a shocking incident, former CM of Arunachal Pradesh Kalikho Pul was found dead on Tuesday. Reportedly, he allegedly hanged himself at his official residence in Itanagar on Tuesday morning. He was yet to vacate the bungalow. Pul was suffering from depression, media reports said. It is yet to …
Read More »Bulandshahr gang-rape case cracked: Here is how Bawaria gang kingpin Salim was arrested
Lucknow: After nearly a week-long chase, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested the main accused in the Bulandshahr gang-rape case and the kingpin of the notorious Bawaria gang on Tuesday evening. According to reports, Salim, who was on the run since the horrific gang-rape of a Noida-based woman and her teenage …
Read More »Hunt on to nab the person who applied for CRPF job using PM Narendra Modi’s name and photo
New Delhi: It’s really shocking how a miscreant used PM Narendra Modi’s name to get a job in CRPF! A probe has been initiated into a case about faking of an online application form in the name of PM Narendra Modi in a recruitment test by CRPF. A candidate had …
Read More »Post attack on RSS leader, PMO kept Punjab top brass on its toes
The peace-vitiating bid to kill Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retd), the key person of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Punjab, also set the alarms bells ringing in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Top functionaries in the PMO kept the Punjab governments’ civil and police authorities on their toes all-through the …
Read More »Remember Abhinav Bindra for what he has given to sport, says his first coach
Shooter Abhinav Bindra’s first coach Lt Col JS Dhillon (retd), under whom the Olympic champion took his lessons as a rookie in 1995, said that he was satisfied with his ward’s performance over the last two decade of his shooting career. “I am disheartened that Abhinav could not win his …
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