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Taxi meters sealed in accordance with bylaw updates
The city of P.A. hopes to seal the meters of all 36 taxis in the city this week. The seal prevents the meters from being opened and tampered with to adjust rates.Mayor Greg Dionne told paNOW there has...
Dec 11, 2019 Before meters were fitted with a new red seal this week, taxis drove a short distance to check the meter was calibrated correctly. A camera, another mandatory part of the bylaw updates, can be seen on the left. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'
NEW YORK - Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday. Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large c...
Dec 11, 2019
Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
SHELBY, N.C. - Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the C...
Dec 11, 2019
Thunberg accuses leaders of 'creative PR' at climate talks
MADRID - Activist Greta Thunberg accused the business and political leaders of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world's "cl...
Dec 11, 2019
Too much of a Greta thing? Activist urges focus on others
MADRID - With dozens of cameras pointing at her across a room full of reporters, celebrity teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg had an unexpected message: Look the other way. "Our stories have been to...
Dec 11, 2019
Sarajevo officials: Nobel winner Handke not welcome in city
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non grata in the Bosnian capital for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during the war in th...
Dec 11, 2019
Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals survived Tuesday their first test of confidence in the House of Commons but got a pointed reminder of how opposition parties can still make life complicated for...
Dec 11, 2019
Kosovo, Albania to boycott Nobel Literature award ceremony
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the Nobel Literature Prize ceremony Tuesday to protest the award being given to Austrian writer Peter Handke who both countries link to the ...
Dec 11, 2019
Andreescu, Leonard top trending list in Google's annual Year in Search
TORONTO - Canadians got on board with their sports champions this year, and data collected by Google suggests the nation became curious to learn more about thos...
Dec 11, 2019
Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athlet...
Dec 11, 2019