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Month: February 2020
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Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Three Baptist Churches in St. Landry Parish
Holden Matthews, 22, pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Louisiana to intentionally setting fire to three Baptist churches because of the religious character of those buildings. Specifically, Matthews pleaded guilty to three counts […]
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Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud for Hacking into Credit Reporting Agency Equifax
A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned an indictment last week charging four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with hacking into the computer systems of the credit reporting agency Equifax and stealing […]
Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are going to look awfully foolish if LNG Canada plant is cancelled
… establishing the existence of Aboriginal title in Canada. And it… private-sector infrastructure project in Canadian history. Yet this week, … gas-spewing LNG project. Canada had the highest utility-scale … of Supreme Court of Canada […]
Florida education news: Teacher pay, scholarship support and one school’s fancy new kitchen
STUDENT DISCIPLINE: Lake County school district officials say their move to positive alternatives to suspension is yielding strong results, the Daily Commercial reports. TOP BRASS: Indian River County …
First Nation protests force VIA Rail to cancel trains from Ottawa to Toronto
OTTAWA — Via Rail service from Ottawa to Toronto has been cancelled for the third day in a row. FEBRUARY 9: Due to the protesters currently blocking tracks near Belleville, Ontario, train service between Montreal […]
Connecticut School Board Reinstates Mascot Native Americans Called Demeaning
are the Redmen again. That name – and “Redgals,” the nickname for the school’s girls’ teams — was replaced last year at the urging of students and local Native Americans. But now, at a time […]
Canada’s Nick Taylor goes wire-to-wire to win at Pebble Beach
Golf·Breaking Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., led wire-to-wire to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, for his second career victory on the PGA Tour. Abbotsford, B.C. native earns his 2nd career victory on PGA Tour […]
The Indian school where Indigenous children are ‘never outsiders’
Another factor is the cost of schooling. According to a 2015 report by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development, the annual secondary school drop-out rate among Indigenous children in India …
Canadiens Notebook: Jeff Petry wins hardest shot at skills competition
… shot title at the Canadiens’ annual skills competition … .com/6HDKzEbSAG— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) February 9, 2020 … pure excitement,” the Toronto native said about getting back … killing penalties with the Canadiens compared with […]