Unpublished Newswire
A GREAT THINNING of the skies is underway. There are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than half a century ago. Five hundred million fewer in Europe. Seventy-three million fewer in Britain. Worldwide, almost 50 percent of bird species are in decline. What was once called “common” is becoming rare: the “common eider” is now in the same global conservation category as the jaguar.
Dawns and springs are quieter, the air emptier. An ancient avian orchestra is falling silent. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost.
In August 1861, the American naturalist A. S. Packard...
April 17, 2026 - 06:30 | Jackie Morris | Walrus
After Global News revealed jails in Ontario had accidentally released more than 150 inmates over the past five years, the government vowed to 'get to the bottom' of the issue.
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
After Global News revealed jails in Ontario had accidentally released more than 150 inmates over the past five years, the government vowed to 'get to the bottom' of the issue.
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
A B.C. woman who used more than $5.1 million of her wealthy, terminally ill boss’s money to purchase homes for herself and her family must now transfer most of the properties back to him.
Douglas Alfred Beckman, who suffers from Huntington’s disease, fired Karen May Vinci as his personal assistant in 2022 and then sued her, alleging the millions he provided her through “handshake” agreements were meant to be loans.
Vinci, meanwhile, filed a countersuit against her former employer, alleging that Beckman intended the vast sums as gifts and accusing him of both wrongful dismissal for...
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
Friends, citizens, fellow taxpayers, folks. Meet the new 10-year plan to end homelessness. It’s just like the old 10-year plan but more confusing. Also? Weren’t we already in the middle of the previous plan? What do all these changes mean, beyond “haha, try to hold us accountable for anything now, joke’s on you”? Let’s find out. Read More
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Veteran operative Stephen Carter wants to change the small party into a big referendum advertiser. He may change its name, too.
April 17, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
