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'Magical thinking': Environment groups say Canada's new emissions plan will fall short of UN goals
A new United Nations climate change report warns emissions need to peak by 2025, and be slashed nearly in half by 2030 to keep global warming from reaching limits set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Environmental groups in Canada say the Liberals’ latest emissions plan will fall short of those goals. “Our pledge is weaker …
Man wanted for exposing himself arrested for breaking car window with stolen hammer: Guelph police
KITCHENER — A man, who was already wanted for a reported indecent act, has been arrested after police say he was seen smashing a vehicle’s window with a hammer. The man was reportedly seen breaking the driver’s side window of a vehicle parked on Woolwich Street around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. He was found a …
Potentially record-breaking snowfall in store for Montreal as temperatures fall below average
MONTREAL — History is in the making in Montreal as Wednesday’s forecast brought potentially record-breaking snowfall to the city. According to Environment Canada, the record for snowfall on this day was back in 1963, when Montrealers endured just 0.8 centimetres of snow. According to the Wednesday (2021) forecast, Montrealers can expect 2 centimetres of powder. …
Artist highlights sights of Waterloo Region with technology
KITCHENER — Pia Braza is using technology to draw up fan favourites from the big screen as well as locations in Waterloo Region. “I only got started three years ago,” she said. “I was an artist as a child but I took a 20-year break to raise my family.” She adds that she found her …
Couche-Tard to bring contactless payment technology to Circle K stores
MONTREAL — Quebec giant Alimentation Couche-Tard will soon be bringing automated, contactless payment technology to a Circle K store in Arizona. The technology will allow clients to pay for their items without scanning them at a cash register. Alimentation Couche-Tard mandated American company Standard Cognition to use artificial intelligence so its Circle K branch in …
Breaking the law (firm); seven charged
LONDON, ONT. — Police have charged seven people after they broke into a law firm on Centre Street in St. Thomas earlier this month. Police say the office had been ransacked over several days with many items missing including high end electronics and blank business cheques. Five of the suspects were caught stealing inside the …
London’s airport takes steps to ease travellers’ minds heading into March Break
LONDON, ON — London International Airport is trying to do its part to put the minds of March Break travellers at ease. It’s a two pronged approach; cleanliness and clear information. Anything travellers might come in contact with is getting more thorough and more frequent wipe-downs. “We’ve stepped up our efforts in having the building …