Month: January 2020

Future action hero Hamilton undergoes firearm training!

Lewis Hamilton may be preparing for his next big thing: a career on the silver screen as an intrepid sharp-shooting action hero! In the past, Hamilton has never denied his interest in acting, a natural extension of his passion for music and show business in general. However, any on-camera endeavor for the six-time world champion…

By EveAim January 13, 2020 Off

Ontario Elementary Teachers To Start Rotating Strikes

TORONTO — Elementary teachers in Ontario are planning rotating strikes starting Jan. 20 unless there is significant progress with the government in what has been a difficult round of contract talks. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario said Thursday that “if the government refuses to address critical issues” by Jan. 17, its members will start…

By EveAim January 13, 2020 Off

Iranians Have Grappled With A Shot-Down Passenger Plane Before

OTTAWA — Two days before a Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed near Tehran, killing everyone on board, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invoked the memory of another doomed flight taken out of the sky by a missile. Part of Rouhani’s Jan. 6 tweet read “remember the number 290” — a reference to all those aboard Iran…

By EveAim January 13, 2020 Off

Canada Sends More Aid To Fight Australian Bushfires

OTTAWA — Nearly 100 Canadian fire experts have been sent to Australia to help battle one of the worst wildfire seasons the country has ever seen, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his Australian counterpart Wednesday the country is ready to do more. In a phone conversation with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Trudeau “expressed…

By EveAim January 13, 2020 Off

Emergency Alert About Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Sent 'In Error'

TORONTO — The unintended release of an Ontario-wide alert about an “incident” at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station on Sunday has sparked a provincial investigation into how such an error could happen and how such future mistakes can be avoided.  The province’s solicitor general said the error occurred during a routine training exercise being conducted by…

By EveAim January 13, 2020 Off