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Michigan’s new Fab Five threw style points out the door and brought home a prize not even the school’s most famous team could capture. The five fabulous transfers who make up coach Dusty May’s starting lineup got down and dirty with the rest of the Wolverines, coming out with the …
Read More »Canada gains a surprise 67,000 jobs in October, beating economists’ expectations
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Canadian economy added a surprising 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, beating economists’ …
Read More »Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal
Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis. Global solar generation grew by a record 31 per cent in the first half of the year, while wind …
Read More »Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Not likely
By anyone’s measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence. While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords. Or …
Read More »3 ex-Memphis police officers found not guilty of state charges in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of all state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran from a traffic stop in January 2023. His death sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.S. An out-of-town jury from a majority-white …
Read More »Bodycam video shows officers beating handcuffed man before his death at N.Y. prison
Warning: This story and video contain details of violence. Newly released video of a fatal New York prison beating shows correctional officers repeatedly pummelling a handcuffed man, striking him in the chest with a shoe, and lifting him by the neck and dropping him. Body camera footage of the Dec. …
Read More »Dollarama security guard charged after beating caught on camera
A security guard has been charged with assault, Toronto police say, after he was recorded on video beating a man in a downtown Dollarama store. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon at 149 Sherbourne St., near Queen Street E. In a 17-second video, recorded by witness Ricky Gamez, a man …
Read More »Murder trial begins for Ontario man accused of beating girlfriend to death
Carland Walker and Nabila Aminzadah had been dating for two years when paramedics were called to the basement apartment where Walker lived with his brother to find Aminzadah lying on her back in Walker’s bedroom, her eyes swollen shut, with marks all over her body including cuts and puncture wounds …
Read More »Canadian economy grew in Q2 — beating Bank of Canada’s forecast – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 30, 2024 9:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.1 per cent in the second quarter — beating the Bank of Canada’s forecast — but continued to shrink on …
Read More »Roughriders’ defence pivotal in beating Winnipeg Blue Bombers – Winnipeg
The Saskatchewan Roughriders returned to the win column with a 19-9 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. The Riders were coming off their first loss of the CFL season, a 35-20 defeat at the hands of the host B.C. Lions on July 13. The victory improved Saskatchewan’s record to …
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