Politics

‘The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and any other Iranian-supported terrorist groups,’ said Biden on Saturday Smoke rises above Beirut’s southern suburbs during an Israeli strike on Sept. 27, 2024. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike.Photo by – /AFP via Getty Images (Sep. … Read more

More than 15,000 people have died from toxic drugs since the declaration of a public health emergency in B.C. in 2016. A man sits on a sidewalk along East Hastings Street in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.Photo by JONATHAN HAYWARD /THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — When NDP leader David Eby announced this month … Read more

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance spoke Saturday at an event hosted by a self-described Christian “apostle” who believes former President Donald Trump is destined to save America from Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who was sent by the devil to “take Trump out.” Vance walked onto the stage at a town … Read more

Here are the experts’ answers to some of the questions you may have concerning the variant XEC. File photo of people wearing masks.Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG It’s that time of year again when we start to think about respiratory illness, like flu and COVID-19, and what we can do to protect ourselves and our … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Tia Mowry is speaking out after a clip of her discussing her relationship with her twin sister, fellow actor Tamera Mowry-Housley, sparked a lot of chatter on social media last weekend. In an Us Weekly article published online Tuesday, the “Family Reunion” actor suggested that her prior comments about wishing she was “still … Read more

They were destined to become a major player in our understanding of numerous aspects of life, ranging from diseases and their treatment to the production of plastics. These days we are more likely to connect free radicals to biological effects and to diets that feature antioxidants, substances that neutralize them, writes columnist Joe Schwarcz. Blueberries … Read more

On Saturday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi approved battle plans for ‘Northern Arrows,’ the military’s name for the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon People and first responders stand on the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on Sept. 27, 2024. Israel carried out the strikes targeting … Read more

The country has an auto theft problem so severe the Insurance Bureau of Canada has called it a ‘national crisis’ A York Regional Police patch is shown Dec, 19, 2022 in Aurora, Ontario.Photo by Arlyn McAdorey /The Canadian Press TORONTO — Scott Cresswell was behind the wheel of an unmarked white police truck as he … Read more

Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday packing winds of 225 km/hour, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks David Hester asses damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2024. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA /AFP via Getty Images … Read more

Kaylee Byers, who recently presented at an urban rat summit in NYC, says mental health of those exposed is as serious a problem as disease The Vancouver Rat Project has spent over a decade researching management of urban populations and the implications for human and wildlife health.Photo by Lindsay Elliott After the COVID years, with … Read more