A look at the revelry in New Orleans The Krewe of Endymion rolls in New Orleans on Feb. 10. This parade was dedicated to Endymion founder and captain, the late Ed Muniz, who helmed the krewe or social club for 57 years, the longest-serving captain in Mardi Gras history. ScottContinue Reading
World Families and tourists lined major streets in New Orleans on Tuesday to watch Mardi Gras festivities, which included parades giving away hand-decorated coconuts, costumes and this year’s King Zulu. Fat Tuesday a major highlight of the city’s Carnival seasonThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 5:14 PM ESTContinue Reading
MLB Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California. Cavnar will become the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history. Veteran broadcaster has covered baseball for 17 of 20 years in media businessThe AssociatedContinue Reading
British Columbia People living in the region can expect more extreme heat, poorer air quality because of wildfire smoke, more storms and flooding and longer periods of drought, according to a new Vancouver Coastal Health report. Vancouver Coastal Health residents can expect to experience more extreme heat, flooding, drought: reportCBCContinue Reading
NFL The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. Record 202.4 million watched at leastContinue Reading
Toronto·Updated Toronto police say they are increasing their presence along hospital row after a pro-Palestinian protest downtown on Monday night, including outside Mount Sinai Hospital. Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing groups deny hospital targeted Desmond Brown · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 4:27 PM ESTContinue Reading
Calgary An Alberta RCMP officer is accused of leaking protected policing information to the Rwandan government. Const. Eli Ndatuje faces 3 charges, including breach of trust under the Security of Information Act Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 3:52 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hoursContinue Reading
As It Happens Some people might have been taken aback to receive a cookie tin full of penises in the mail, but not Dale Wells. British gallery offers ‘penis amnesty’ as it searches for a statue’s pilfered peckers Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 3:14 PMContinue Reading
Politics New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to have Canada formally recognize Palestine as a state, saying it would help advance peace in the Middle East. NDP foreign affairs critic tabling motion in House of CommonsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 3:11 PM EST | LastContinue Reading
