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The Ontario government is introducing legislation that will temporarily lower gas and fuel taxes. On Monday, Premier Doug Ford announced the proposed legislation. If passed, the gas tax will be cut by 5.7 cents a litre and fuel by 5.3 cents a litre for at least six months, starting July 1. The gas tax rate would […]
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, made a surprise appearance at this year’s Grammy Awards. The country’s leader shared a video message with the American people, before a performance by John Legend and talent from Ukraine like poet Lyuba Yakimchuk. During his speech, Zelensky asked “what’s more opposite to music,” as he compared “swooping rockets” and “shooting stars,” while sharing […]
A rowdy college party led to a number of medical emergencies in Santa Barbara County, California. The New York Post reports that the beach party in Isla Vista, called Deltopia, takes place every year during the first weekend when students come back from spring break. Thousands attend the illegal soirée, which first reportedly began in […]
Doug Kammerer isn’t just an award-winning reporter, he’s also a protective dad. While delivering a live weather report on NBC Washington, the network’s chief meteorologist received word that the National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the DC suburbs. Kammerer began to share details with the audience, before quickly realizing the tornado was on a […]
Authorities have arrested a third suspect in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Texas officer. According to KHOU11, 17-year-old Fredrick Tardy was taken into custody Friday on a capital murder charge. Police say the shooting took place Thursday night just outside of Houston, as Darren Almendarez—a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office—was shopping for groceries with his […]
Sarah Palin is running for Congress. The former Vice Presidential candidate took to Facebook on Friday to announce that she’s running for Alaska’s at-large seat vacated by the late Republican Congressman Don Young. “Today I’m announcing my candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Alaska,” Palin wrote. “Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to […]
Amazon workers on Staten Island have voted to unionize, thus making company history as the first such union in the U.S. Per a report from the Associated Press, more than 8,300 eligible Amazon workers in the borough cast ballots for the vote. By Friday afternoon, the report points out, “votes were still being tabulated” but supporters […]
Joe Biden has announced a historic plan to bring down the rising costs of fuel. On Thursday, the President confirmed the United States is expected to release up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from America’s strategic reserves. CNN reports the move will mark the largest withdrawal from the reserve since it was created in 1974. According […]
The Metropolitan Police has announced that they will be issuing 20 fines for the people who attended parties held at No. 10 Downing Street and Whitehall during the COVID-19 restrictions. Confirming the fixed penalty notices in a statement today, the Met stated that “the investigations into allegations of breaches of COVID-19 regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street […]
A Durham, Ontario region police officer is now facing disciplinary charges for a video she posted online in support of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ while dressed in uniform. Constable Erin Howard is charged under the Police Service Act with two counts of discreditable conduct, two counts of insubordination, and two counts of breach of confidence. She is due to make her […]
