Manitoba’s been blanketed by bitter January temperatures, forcing school closures to sweep the province. Buses are not running in the Lord Selkirk School Division and classes are cancelled for all students, however all LSSD staff are expected to be at work. Pine Creek School Division and Rolling River School Division have announced school cancellations. View Full List of Cancellations Brandon […]

With chilly temperatures in the forecast for Winnipeg, it’s important to keep your car warm. Mark Woods is the manager at Tony’s Academy Auto Service, and he says a lot of issues can pop up with your car if you don’t plug it in. “When it’s cold, [oil] gets almost like molasses and trying to turn an engine over is very […]

Closures and Cancellations Brant Haldimand and Norfolk public and catholic schools and transportation Calvin Christian School (Hamilton) Children’s Aid of Haldimand and Norfolk Childventures Early Learning Academy City of Brantford schools Columbia International College École secondaire catholique Sainte-Trinité Grand Erie District schools Haldimand Norfolk REACH offices and programs, including all childcare centres and EarlyON child and family centres Hamilton Downtown […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack targeted the headquarters of a council that governs the insurgent-held Idlib region of northwestern Syria on Tuesday, killing a number of people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The attack in Idlib city was carried out by a woman, the Observatory said. It targeted the headquarters of the National Salvation Government, which […]

Soccer-loving mother becomes famous in Brazil after she’s seen narrating matches to her blind and autistic son… and admits she doesn’t hold back ‘when I need to curse the referee!’ Silvia Grecco’s son Nickollas is blind and autistic – and loves watching football Mother and son go to games to watch his team Palmerias in Sao Paulo, Brazil She narrates the games […]

A woman became so fed up with Tinder she posted dating applications through strangers’ letterboxes. The 26-year-old, from Melbourne, Australia, wrote she was over the "superficiality of dating apps" and wanted to meet someone the old-fashioned way. The letter, which she posted to random houses in her neighbourhood, begins: "Are you single and between the age of 26 and 34? […]

Leila Gonzalez, 21, was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that left a college student dead in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Saturday. (Redondo Beach Police Department) A California woman was arrested Monday in a fatal hit-and-run that witnesses said involved the victim being dragged for several hundred feet and left to die on Saturday, reports said. Leila Gonzalez, […]

‘5,000 troops to Colombia’: John Bolton’s White House notes raise prospect of US military intervention in Venezuela crisis after Trump freezes Maduro’s access to oil cash and declares ‘all options are on the table’ National Security Advisor John Bolton was holding a notepad that included a handwritten line: 5,000 troops to Colombia He was speaking to White House reporters regarding […]

MANILA (Reuters) – In a rare move, the largest group of Catholic bishops in the Philippines has sought forgiveness for its lengthy silence over “disturbing issues”, such as the president’s bloody war on drugs and his attacks on the church and its doctrines. The church is highly influential and an important source of moral guidance in the Philippines, where about […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Iran on Tuesday dismissed calls from the United States and Europe for curbs on its ballistic missiles, but said it had no plans to increase their range. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal with Iran in May and reimposed sanctions, saying the accord did not address the Islamic republic’s ballistic missiles and what […]