A Winnipeg School Division (WSD) trustee says significant cutbacks are possible for next school year, and limited funding from the Manitoba government is to blame. On Thursday, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen said the province will be boosting funding to public elementary and high schools by just half a percentage point, or $6.6 million, and capping school property tax increases at two […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States will return the first group of migrants seeking asylum in the United States to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a spokesman for Mexico’s president said on Thursday. In a major policy change, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Dec. 20 it would send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. […]

The United States was expected to send a first group of 20 Central American asylum seekers back to Mexico through the border city of Tijuana on Friday as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardening of longstanding U.S. immigration policy. Under a policy dubbed the Migrant Protection Protocols, announced on Dec. 20, the United States will return non-Mexican migrants who […]

While transit ridership goes up, perhaps surprisingly, the number of assaults against TransLink staff has been going down. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say it’s been a priority to get the number of assaults trending downward across the city. Now they’re beginning to see results. In 2016, there were 157 assaults against TransLink staff; 132 in 2017, and last year, 125. […]

CHESTERFIELD, England (Reuters) – As Britain grapples with whether to leave the European Union, some voters in an ancient English town have a message for the politicians in London: Do not betray Brexit. The United Kingdom’s labyrinthine crisis over EU membership is approaching its finale with an extraordinary array of options including no-deal Brexit, a last-minute deal, a snap election, […]

The Rock and Roll legend died on August 16, 1977, aged 42, after ballooning in weight and suffering a heart attack on the toilet. But a section of online superfans and armchair sleuths reckon The King is still alive. And one bizarre theory claims an iconic photo taken of Elvis in his open coffin proves his death was a hoax. […]

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Migrant shelters in Mexico’s northern border city of Tijuana are filled to overflowing with Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence and unable to cope with an expected influx of U.S. asylum seekers due to be dispatched to the city from the United States, activists and local shelter officials said on Friday. The policy dubbed the Migrant […]

Police have arrested a Burlington man on fraud charges. Halton Regional Police say it relates to an investigation into an alleged investment fraud. Police say they received reports from alleged victims who were presented with an investment opportunity with promises of large financial returns in a short period of time. Investigators say the victims received little or no returns. ID […]

Millions of illegal and fake cigarettes ‘containing human excrement, arsenic and dead flies’ are flooding the UK and undermining efforts to cut smoking rates Fake cigarettes containing asbesto, arsenic, rat dropping are flooding the UK  Local Government Authority has called for bigger fines on illegal cigarettes  Authority says UK economy suffers a hit of £2 billion a year from unpaid […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Friday signaled it was working to tighten the financial noose on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as it steps up efforts to transfer control of government assets to opposition leader Juan Guaido. The Treasury Department statement stopped short of announcing a freeze on Venezuela’s U.S. assets and accounts, however. On Wednesday, Washington recognized National […]