As what was once ordinary becomes strange, and what was once outlandish takes on the appearance of the everyday, we may struggle to recall what normal has always been, and why it has ever mattered, and in what ways it may matter still. We must ask questions like this, for instance: Is it normal for a politician to live mostly in one country while campaigning to lead a political party of another? The short answer: no.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets the Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Prime Minister Netanyahu is on a four-day visit to Australia, the first official visit by an Israeli Prime Minister.
San Francisco's best-paid janitor earned more than a quarter-million dollars cleaning stations for Bay Area Rapid Transit in 2015, according to a recent investigation by Oakland's KTVU. Liang Zhao Zhang cleared almost $58,000 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and other benefits ran his total income to $271,243.
San Francisco's best-paid janitor earned more than a quarter-million dollars cleaning stations for Bay Area Rapid Transit in 2015, according to a recent investigation by Oakland's KTVU. Liang Zhao Zhang cleared almost $58,000 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and other benefits ran his total income to $271,243.
San Francisco's best-paid janitor earned more than a quarter-million dollars cleaning stations for Bay Area Rapid Transit in 2015, according to a recent investigation by Oakland's KTVU. Liang Zhao Zhang cleared almost $58,000 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and other benefits ran his total income to $271,243.
In the days following Gladys Berejiklian's statement that she wanted to ensure "every average hardworking person in this state can aspire to own their own home", the Premier's actions have served only to undermine that goal. If she was serious about helping, she would not have doubled down on her support for tax breaks that both hurt first home buyers and help investors to buy their sixth, seventh and eighth properties.
Urban Planner is your weekly curated guide to what's on in Toronto-things that are local, affordable, and exceptional. If you see an odd glow over the Distillery District for the next two months, don't worry-President Trump hasn't started a nuclear war.
A group home operated by Queens County Residential Services is shown in Charlottetown in an April, 2016 photo.The family of an autistic woman whose father was wrongly accused of sexually assaulting has served notice it will sue the P.E.I. government for how it handled the bizarre case. In a notice of litigation addressed to the provincial Justice Department, the parents say they intend to file a statement of claim in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island after 90 days.
A group home operated by Queens County Residential Services is shown in Charlottetown in an April, 2016 photo.The family of an autistic woman whose father was wrongly accused of sexually assaulting has served notice it will sue the P.E.I. government for how it handled the bizarre case. In a notice of litigation addressed to the provincial Justice Department, the parents say they intend to file a statement of claim in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island after 90 days.
A group home operated by Queens County Residential Services is shown in Charlottetown in an April, 2016 photo.The family of an autistic woman whose father was wrongly accused of sexually assaulting has served notice it will sue the P.E.I. government for how it handled the bizarre case. In a notice of litigation addressed to the provincial Justice Department, the parents say they intend to file a statement of claim in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island after 90 days.
On January 15, shortly before 8 p.m., OPP officers were called to a snowmobile trail off Nobel Road in McDougall Township just north of Parry Sound. Upon arrival at the scene, the officers found human remains which were taken to the Office of the Chief Coroner in Toronto where a forensic post mortem examination was completed.
Xiu Jin Teng used a ligature to strangle her husband Dong Huang, the Crown alleged. A woman representing herself at her trial for the first-degree murder of her husband has been found guilty of first-degree murder after the jury deliberated for six hours.
Jyoti, right, and Kiran Matharoo, the two Canadian sisters detained in Nigeria, deliver a scripted statement in video posted online Thursday. Video surfaced online Thursday apparently showing two Toronto sisters, believed to be detained in Nigeria, delivering a scripted apology to a billionaire.
A Canadian man punched a cougar in the face to stop it from attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food chain in Whitecourt, central Alberta, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Wednesday. William Gibb, 31, from Red Deer, Alberta, had stopped at a Tim Hortons outlet, a popular Canadian restaurant chain on his 600-kilometer drive to Grand Prairie on the evening of Dec. 26 and let his dog out for a walk, Whitecourt RCMP Sergeant Tom Kalis said.
... throughout - Nova Scotia saw it all in 2016. "It's not your grandparent's weather anymore. It's a new weather and weird, wild and wacky," Environment Canada's David Phillips told the Chronicle Herald earlier in the year. It appears he was right. ...
... to report and track hail events, due to technological improvements. The fall season ushered in another few months of weird weather. A wet and cold October was sandwiched between a notably warm September and November. The eleventh month finished as ...
Yes, dear optimists, the days will now grow longer, bringing more solar energy each day, warming us steadily until we reach glorious summer, right? Dead wrong. The weather will keep on growing colder even as the sun pumps more energy into our lives, and David Phillips can prove it to you two ways.