Immigration, public opinion and cuts
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Home Office is expected to make further cuts to immigration targets and take decisions about whether to recruit more staff We are seven months out from the…
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Golf Draft Profile: Anna Nordqvist of Sweden
NAME: Anna Nordqvist STATUS: 17 FIVE-HOUR FOUR-AND-A-HALF-MILE TRIP TO INTERNATIONAL GOLF CENTER MAY: Faced veteran Karrie Webb in the second round of the Jennifer Kim Memorial Match Play championship, but was forced to settle…
Hannity Creates First Crowdsourcing Show for Live ‘Academy Awards’-Like Telecast (Video)
Television broadcaster Sean Hannity has broken new ground in the commercial age for using crowdsourcing for a show’s backstory. Hannity acted in several segments of a live, four-hour presentation in New York City on…
Controversy over AltaGas coal-fired power plant
AltaGas and CCIA say collaborative works to reduce impacts on local people, but concerned First Nations deny that Alberta’s largest Indigenous advocacy group claims that the company operating a coal-fired power plant in the…
Landscapers, BBC Two, 19:00 Sunday
BBC Documentaries “Landscapers” Airs Sunday 16 December at 19:00 GMT “Racist violence meets discovery in this unsettling TV documentary. Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in the one-off mini-series based on the disturbing true…
Zion National Park: New restrictions on canyon hiking
Image copyright EUTERS Image caption Once the boat is there, the steps will lead hikers into the rock area. It is perhaps one of the most beautiful places in the US – but Zion…
Report: Database Based on Stanford, Boston University Study Needed to Track Injuries in Death Penalty System
America needs a national database that tracks serious errors in the death penalty system, including wrongful convictions, based on research by experts at Stanford, Boston University and other universities, according to a new National…
Prepare for rough weather ahead in southern Ontario
A dangerous thunderstorm watch remains in effect for parts of northern Ontario and the GTA into Tuesday night. Winds will strengthen throughout Tuesday, increasing visibility and bringing winds gusting as high as 70 km/h…
Car companies don’t want the U.S. to follow Maryland’s lead on ZEV standards
Government mandates that automakers make enough electric and hybrid cars to reach a set annual sales goal by the end of next year are needed as quickly as possible and automakers should honor them,…
Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in prison
Photo During her recent visit to Britain for the start of the winter parliamentary session, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a warm welcome and was praised for refusing to intervene…