Flags have been lowered in the Canadian province of Manitoba and relatives are bracing for bad news after 15 mainly elderly people died in one of the country’s worst recent road crashes. Police have not identified any of the victims of the collision between a truck and a bus near the town of Carberry in … [Read more…]
The state legislature—which officially ended its session last week, though the Assembly is expected to return briefly before the end of the month—has so far failed to pass major legislation that advocates say would have a direct impact on the state’s growing immigrant communities. Jeff Reed/NYC Council Advocates and elected officials at a rally for … [Read more…]
By Timothy Neal Date posted: June 16, 2023 Government funding for the second Bathurst track to be built alongside the existing Mount Panorama circuit has been withdrawn. The Bathurst council today received a notification from the federal government that the $12.5 million dollar funding would be withdrawn after plans were first drawn up in 2018, … [Read more…]
Local trainer Neil Dellar will lock horns with Peter Fernie and rising star Nick Thomas in Sunday’s $22,000 City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mayoral Cup (1100m) at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club. The Dellar-trained Double Spice on Friday emerged as a $3.50 favourite on TABtouch from barrier two after the gelding ran second to the Luke Fernie-trained Man Crush … [Read more…]
Hydrogen hype meets hard realities for Tasmania’s global ambitions: Russell – Reuters Column. Hydrogen has been hyped as offering perhaps the greatest hope of a renewable energy to replace fossil fuels, and Australia’s island state of Tasmania is lauded as one of the best places to develop the new industry. Both statements are still valid, … [Read more…]
Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown’s brief and chaotic tenure as a National Arena League owner appears to be over after the league terminated the Albany Empire’s membership over a failure to make its monthly payments. The NAL on Thursday announced its board of owners unanimously reached the decision after “exhausting all avenues” over the Empire’s … [Read more…]
Melbourne’s biggest university and an apartment village designed in-part by its residents were the big winners of this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards. But a few of the more unexpected winners included a cemetery bridge, the Queen Victoria Market sheds and the Warnambool Library, which was named the regional prize winner after a heritage-sensitive overhaul by … [Read more…]
People have been leaving heart-felt messages after the death of a popular horse who lived in a field at a beauty spot near Cheltenham. Charlie horse was well-known to families who would walk and cycle down Chargrove Lane, Shurdington. A note at the gate to the field where Charlie was a well-loved sight says she … [Read more…]
Anthony Albanese has labelled the Liberal Party a “doomsday cult”, ridiculing their opposition to the federal government’s attempts to deal with the cost of living crisis. In an address to the Victorian Labor Conference on Saturday, the Prime Minister calls out the Opposition for their claim his government’s reforms are “somehow signs of the apocalypse”. … [Read more…]
Former Albany Academy basketball player Marcus Filien is transferring home to play for the University at Albany. The Great Danes announced Friday the signing of Filien, a Rensselaer native who spent the past four years at Cornell. He is the son of the late Patrick Filien, a Saint Rose graduate who worked as an assistant coach … [Read more…]