Nunavut government shelves infrastructure, housing projects over construction costs
A number of infrastructure and housing projects in Nunavut have been cancelled or put on hold, and government ministers say rising construction costs are to blame. The Legislative Assembly heard Wednesday the territory had not awarded contracts for the construction of public housing in Taloyoak, staff housing in Gjoa Haven and Kugluktuk, a new hamlet office in […]
Trinidad and Tobago airports made more accessible to disabled
News vishannap 3 Hrs Ago Caribbean Airlines planes at Piarco Airport. – FILE PHOTO/ROGER JACOB The Airports Authority of TT has said facilities have been expanded to cater for autistic and disabled people at the Piarco and ANR Robinson International Airports, in a release on Wednesday. The Piarco International Airport will now have 14 parking […]
Police encounter people with pellet guns ‘with regularity across Canada,’ criminologist says
Investigators probing the fatal police shooting of a man in Toronto Thursday will not only have to factor in the recent mass murder at a school in Texas, but also encounters Canadian police officers have with people carrying pellet guns, a criminologist says. Encounters with weapons that appear lethal but aren’t “occur with regularity across Canada,” although they are rare, Michael […]
Measures in place to stop return of guns to criminals
News Shane Superville 34 Minutes Ago McDonald Jacob – Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob has responded to concerns that guns seized by the police were being returned to criminals, describing it as a “long-time thought” as newer measures were in place to prevent this. A report from the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) laid in the […]
Price of natural gas could climb higher still after cresting multi-year highs
The rising price of oil may grab most of the headlines, but another commodity — natural gas — is on an even wilder ride and expected to hit fresh highs this summer. The war in Ukraine and resulting concerns about global energy security have driven up commodity prices world-wide. But where the price of oil […]
Wrecking in Port of Spain to resume from June 21
News Elizabeth Gonzales 8 Minutes Ago A police officer looks on as a wrecker assistant prepares to tow an Amalgamated truck after it shut down on Frederick Street, Port of Spain. – AYANNA KINSALE Wrecking in Port of Spain will resume from June 21. At the Port of Spain monthly statutory meeting, on Friday at […]
Judge denies bail for protester charged in southern Alberta border blockade
A judge has denied bail for a man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta. Chris Carbert, who is 45, appeared by video in Court of Queen’s Bench in Lethbridge on Friday to hear the decision after a bail hearing last week. Reasons for Justice Johnna Kubik’s ruling are […]
Hackett keen to make Les Coteaux youths more employable
Tobago Kinnesha George 11 Minutes Ago Zorisha Hackett Betehsda/Les Coteaux electoral representative Zorisha Hackett said she is committed to transforming youths in her area through self-development and other positive activity. Hackett was responding to a report from ACP William Nurse, the outgoing head of Tobago police, that there are 20 gangs spread across Tobago with […]
Emergency alert system not good enough, says Bill Blair
Canada’s emergency alert system is not working well enough when disaster strikes, the minister of Emergency Preparedness said Friday. Speaking to reporters while at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bali, Indonesia, Bill Blair conceded that information alerts sent out ahead of a sudden, severe storm that hit southern Ontario and Quebec weren’t as […]
Tobago has 465 active covid19 cases
Tobago Corey Connelly 12 Minutes Ago An aerial view of the Scarborough Esplanade at Milford Road, Scarborough, Tobago. Photo by Jeff Mayers. Tobago now has 465 active covid19 cases after nine new cases were confirmed overnight. The covid19 death toll remains at 268. On Friday, the THA Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection said […]
Calls grow for Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism
Two prominent Indigenous voices say they support calls for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick, but action is what’s really needed. Pam Palmater, the chair in Indigenous governance in the department of politics and public administration at Toronto Metropolitan University, and David Perley, a Wolastoqi scholar, spoke at a fundraiser for Dialogue […]
BPTT’s Joe Douglas rig returns, begins drilling in September
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 6 Hrs Ago The head offfice of bpTT at Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. – Angelo Marcelle The Joe Douglas jack-up rig will arrive in TT in September 2022 to begin drilling operations of small pools of gas in the fourth quarter of the year. The rig’s return was announced by […]