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Australia has been told that it needs to move on from its “fascination with zero cases” of the CCP virus and return to the pre-COVID-19 normality, says a health expert. Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, said the nation had done a good job with the handling […]

For better or for worse, the pandemic has thrust many spouses into spending more time together than in pre-pandemic times. Normal, mundane concerns about money, domestic chores, and child-rearing have taken a backseat to more overwhelming concerns about health and even mortality. Not to mention, remote working, reduced freedoms, and the confines of a shared

Last month, a Kelowna man celebrated four years sober after living the life of a hardcore drug addict who’d plunged headfirst into heroin and fentanyl use. He spent time in prison, saw his friend die on his shoulder from an overdose, and came close to death, himself. Crediting a special recovery program called “Bill’s Place”

A grateful pet owner has thanked the brave pup who saved her life after it alerted her to a fire which would have blown up their house within minutes. Diane Thompson, 51, initially told her 1-year-old Jack Russell, Bella, to come back to bed when she woke up to her barking at 3:30 a.m. on

Rescuers first found the female pit bull with her muzzle bound, beaten, with her legs “hog-tied.” Since then, she spent almost a decade in an animal shelter, though recently, the unfortunate animal’s lot has improved, as she has found the perfect forever home. A good Samaritan named Ernie Moss found the pit bull, now named

The FBI on Tuesday released new footage that allegedly shows the individual suspected of placing two pipe bombs in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, the evening before the breach of the U.S. Capitol building. The discovery of the two devices at the Republican committee headquarters and the Democratic National Committee

Authorities promised Sunday to pursue criminal charges after a massive party near the University of Colorado in Boulder devolved into a violent confrontation with police that left three officers injured. Hundreds of people flooded the streets in an area known as the Hill on Saturday night and when told to leave threw bottles, rocks and

Wages growth needs to be sustainably above three percent before the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) considers raising official interest rates, says RBA governor Philip Lowe. In his speech to The Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) business summit, the governor disagreed with market expectation for a cash rate increase late next year and then again in

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation in both the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. “Organ harvesting is an egregiously barbaric and inhumane act that has no place in our world,” stated Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), the prime sponsor of the House

Hawaii Governor David Ige declared an emergency in the state after heavy rains brought floods, landslides and fear of dam failures, prompting evacuations in at least two counties, while flood advisories stayed in effect for a second day. The move came after a dam overflowed on the island of Maui, forcing evacuations and destroying homes,