Monthly Archives: April 2019

American troops killed in Syria bomb attack claimed by Isil

Click:Car Shelters   American troops have been killed in a bomb attack in Syria claimed by Isil, just weeks after Donald Trump said the terror group had been defeated and announced he would pull out US forces.  The attack took place in the northern town of Manbij, where US troops were on patrol.  The exact […]

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Bombardier Is Cutting Thousands Of Jobs

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. says it’s cutting about 5,000 jobs across the organization over the next 12 to 18 months as part of a new restructuring plan. The cuts are expected to lead to about US$250 million in annualized savings by 2021. The company also announced the sale of what it called a number of […]

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Zimbabwe security forces fire on protesters amid anger over fuel price hikes

Zimbabwean security forces on Tuesday fired on hundreds of protesters who barricaded roads and burned tyres over fuel price rises of 150 per cent. Protesters in the capital Harare and the second city of Bulawayo chanted slogans against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who introduced the price rises on Sunday in the face of the country’s worst economic […]

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Doug Ford’s Minimum Wage Halt Will Increase Kids’ Exhaustion, Anxiety: Teachers

Daniel “killed himself” juggling two jobs at both the local school board and a shoe store this summer, trying to save as much money as possible before classes started in September. The 18-year-old feared that Doug Ford’s election as Ontario premier meant the minimum wage would go down. The previous Liberal government, booted from power […]

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Daughter of Italy’s murderous mafia godfather names new Paris bistro Corleone

It is not your average Parisian dining experience, but it may add a little extra frisson to the fettucine. The daughter of a notorious mafia killer nicknamed The Beast has opened a restaurant in Paris – and she has called it Corleone after her hometown, the infamous lair of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra. Corleone, in the […]

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Walmart Canada Is Launching 1-Hour Grocery Delivery In Greater Toronto, Winnipeg

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Walmart Canada says it is starting to roll out one-hour grocery delivery today for customers in parts of the Greater Toronto Area. The discount grocer says it’s partnered with Instacart, a California-based company, to provide the service. Shoppers use the Instacart website or app to place their order, which is then picked […]

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Rubens authenticated in Netherlands is first discovered in 19 years

The first undiscovered work by Peter Paul Rubens to be found in 19 years has been authenticated in The Netherlands. The sketch in oils, called The Secular Hierarchy in Worship, was found by an art dealer in the Hague, who obtained it from a Belgian owner.   Art historian Emilie den Tonkelaar, of the of […]

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More Than 1 In 5 Canadian Professionals Have Precarious Jobs: Study

If you think getting a higher education and joining a profession will help you avoid precarious work, you may be in for a rude awakening. A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found that more than a fifth of Canada’s professionals — 22 per cent — are in precarious work […]

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Words And Symbols Matter, Whether It's Ice Cream Or A Political 'Values Test'

Recently across Canada, hundreds of thousands of Christians attended church, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus, while our Jewish friends observed Passover. Both traditions are filled with sacred texts, symbolism and prayer. Words and symbols matter in our society, whether they belong to ice cream products or the imposed values on a government form. […]

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12 Anthem tips, tricks and things to know for launch day

Anthem is finally out – properly, fully, actually out for everyone who’s bought it like normal – this weekend, and in the past days and weeks of launches left-right-and-centre we’ve gathered a nice handful of handy tips and good-to-know tricks – and expanded on them not once, but twice, with a few more that we […]

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