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The hits just keep on coming for Central Texas. Now a number of Texas counties contend that the company behind the planned 236-mile, Houston-to-Dallas highspeed rail line is behind on property taxes. The allegation comes as both sides of the debate over whether or not to run a bullet train line through a swathe of … Read more
An Adelaide family is holding on to one another more tightly after an out-of-control car crashed through the front of their home this morning. “[A] big Bang. At first I thought it was the trees, then all [of] a sudden I smell smoke,” resident Ngun Zathang told 9News. Security cameras captured the Honda Sedan turning … Read more
Todd Payten’s explosive post-match press conference after Saturday night’s loss to the Roosters has given voice to an unspoken NRL belief. Cowboys coach Todd Payten has opened a “can of worms” after a wild press conference where he accused the NRL of bias towards the top teams and players in the competition. It came after … Read more
Sky News contributor Leisa Goddard says surely the best mascot Queensland can put forward for the 2032 Olympic Games “isn’t an Ibis”. The Courier-Mail reports Queensland Sports Minister Stirling Hinchliffe suggested the bin chicken would be a good contender to represent the River City during the sporting spectacular. “Is it really so hard when we … Read more
Police hold serious concerns for the welfare of keen local fisherman Terry Jennings after a full-scale sea search began on Monday for the man — who had not been seen by friends or family since Thursday. Mr Jennings, 73, was last seen parking his car and trailer at the Gnarabup boat ramp carpark on Thursday. … Read more
Sky News contributor Leisa Goddard says surely the best mascot Queensland can put forward for the 2032 Olympic Games “isn’t an Ibis”. The Courier-Mail reports Queensland Sports Minister Stirling Hinchliffe suggested the bin chicken would be a good contender to represent the River City during the sporting spectacular. “Is it really so hard when we … Read more
Sky News contributor Leisa Goddard says surely the best mascot Queensland can put forward for the 2032 Olympic Games “isn’t an Ibis”. The Courier-Mail reports Queensland Sports Minister Stirling Hinchliffe suggested the bin chicken would be a good contender to represent the River City during the sporting spectacular. “Is it really so hard when we … Read more
A Montreal businessman will join the first fully private space crew set to launch in just a few days. Mark Pathy, entrepreneur and CEO of the investing and financing company MAVRIK, will serve as a mission specialist for Axiom Space, which on April 6 at 12:05 pm EDT will launch members of its Ax-1 crew … Read more
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It may come as a pleasant surprise to know that, according to Statistics Canada, the official bilingualism rate has never been higher. The proportion of people who can conduct a conversation in English and French – Statscan’s definition – hit 17.9 per cent in the 2016 census. It was the “highest proportion ever for English-French … Read more
While the City of Vancouver has existed for over 135 years, there was plenty here before. These eight maps capture some of that, though purely from a settler/colonial perspective as they were created by explorers and governments. The earliest, which was made by Captain GH Richardson and the officers of HMS Plumper over 1859 and … Read more