#peoples-lives

#peoples-lives

Ontario's top fire official is taking a new step to prevent fire-related deaths as the province faces the highest number of such fatalities in 20 years.On Wednesday, Ontario Fire Marshal Jon Pegg announced Sept. 28 will be the province's first Test Your Smoke Alarm Day.The designation comes after 133 people died as a result of residential fires in 2022.

Jonathan and his twin brother were born in Sierra Leone with club feet.His twin died as a baby and his parents were told he may never walk like other children.His father turned to prayer and his mother to an herbal healer, but none of it worked and the family gave in to hopelessness.That is, until a relative heard about a special clinic on the radio, leading the family to travel across the country to get treatment for Jonathan.

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Margaret Ring, often called "The Mayor of Prospect Park," has retired after 26 years of service to Brooklyn's Backyard.The Prospect Park Alliance, which manages the sprawling greenspace, unveiled a plaque at the local Carousel on June 2 to honor Ring for her extraordinary efforts and unquestioned legacy in the park.

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Three people's lives were cut short this weekend in the latest carnage on the city's streets.Around noon on Friday, police found a man lying unconscious and unresponsive on the sidewalk near the Tremont Wash & Lube car wash in West Farms, the Bronx.

When Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, the world recoiled in horror, but big oil saw an opportunity to raise prices.The result is that the net income for the world's oil and natural gas producers is set to double in 2022 from 2021, to a new high of $4 trillion, according to the International Energy Agency.

In Bustle's Quick Question, we ask women leaders all about advice - from the best guidance they've ever gotten to what they're still figuring out.Here, PepsiCo chief marketing offer and chief growth officer Jane Wakely shares her best career advice, favorite college courses, and why she always peeks into her friends' cabinets.

Many key progressives and even moderate Democrats had very publicly pushed the White House to reject any GOP demands to expand work requirements during the negotiations.Few, however, have weighed in on the deal's language extending work requirements for a certain age group of people receiving food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - which anti-hunger groups say would increase poverty and hunger in the country.

Almost 300,000 New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity fed for a day and 2,306 metric tonnes of carbon sequestered from the atmosphere through the restoration of mangrove forests and seagrass meadows.That's just some of the social and environmental impact purpose-led ad platform Good-Loop has had - just by getting people to watch online ads.

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Vladimir Putin mocked the Church of England this week over its decision to explore possible gender-neutral terms for God, RadarOnline.comhas learned.The Russian leader's shocking remarks came on Tuesday morning as Putin gave a state of the union address to a room full of tired Kremlin officials.

Photo by Austin Transit Partnership.Conceptual rendering of Guadalupe Street at Republic Square.Tuesday, May 2, 2023 by Kali Bramble
With the June deadline for a final proposal fast approaching, Austin's long-awaited light rail system is beginning to take shape.Austin Transit Partnership, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority and city staff all joined City Council's Housing and Planning Committee last week to discuss the five designs for the first phase of the multibillion-dollar infrastructure project, each prioritizing different service areas north and southeast of downtown.

On Tuesday Facebook parent Meta ( META) announced that it will lay off another 10,000 employees.The move is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's so-called "Year of Efficiency" during which the company is cutting back on spending amid falling digital advertising revenue and rising interest rates.But buried in Zuckerberg's statement about the layoffs was a clear message to both Silicon Valley and Wall Street: Artificial Intelligence is now as important to the company as the metaverse.

Women holding high-level positions in the world of sports are no longer as infrequent as in years past.In fact, finding women executives is more common than not, and Brooke Copper of the Worcester Red Sox is a perfect example.Cooper was named Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Red Sox's Triple-A affiliate last year after working her way up from being an intern in 2015.

ShowHeroes Group has announced that it is launching a new podcast under The Digital Distillery Podcast Network, entitled Women Lead.The female-led podcast focuses on topics and issues relevant to women covering such bases as leadership, career-building advice, empathy, empowerment, and more.Listen to the first two episodes of Women Lead.

You might be thinking that since you're a UX designer, you don't have to worry about UI design.You might think that's the job of the visual designer, but that's not entirely true.Both UX and UI are important parts of product design.It's like a puzzle, they fit together to create a complete product.A product that's easy to use but not pleasing to the eye, or vice versa, just won't be as successful.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.Pritzker's comments were made in reference to DeSantis' appearance Monday before the Fraternal Order of Police in Elmhurst.

People observing "Dry January" voluntarily abstain from alcohol during the first month of the year.The practice has grown in popularity, and we suspect more than a few participants are counting down the days until February begins and the calendar becomes clear for resumed tippling.Alas, the latest reports from the Party-Pooper File suggest that Americans would be better off if Dry January gave way to a "FebFast," and so on throughout the year.

"I'm a Charger."After coaching football for 30 years at Servite, Crespi and Westlake high schools while achieving great success, Troy Thomas seems at ease with a new career while being a father, cheering on his children - son Maddox and daughter Harlee - who are attending Huntington Beach Edison and playing sports.

When Danielle Bayard Jackson started a side business as a women's coach five years ago, she didn't know that her content around friendship would lead her down the path of big-name brand deals and a 6-figure yearly income.Drawing on her skills as a high-school teacher and PR agency founder, Bayard Jackson built an audience on TikTok and Instagram.

US health officials have approved a drug that has been shown to slow the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
he drug, Leqembi, can make a modest impact on the progress of the degenerative brain disease, but it also comes with potential safety risks that doctors and patients will have to carefully weigh.

O ne of the biggest challenges in journalism today is the need to confirm and defend what a fact is.If you're a regular reader of The Walrus, you probably know we fact-check to a very high standard.For the past year, our current and former heads of research-or fact-checkers-in-chief-Allison Baker and Viviane Fairbank, developed a fact-checking guide funded by the Michener-L.

I am assuming ( a dangerous pastime, I know) that some of you also had recent uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversations about journalism, journalists and "The Media."Let us all join together in one collective sigh.I'll skip the defensiveness and self-aggrandizing we journalists tend to engage in when confronted with the weight of the entire world's judgment about what we do.

While some fans celebrate Global Beatles Day on June 25, others consider Beatles Day to be January 16, as this was the day the band made their debut at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.But no matter whether you celebrate on January 16 or June 25, one thing is clear: fans honour the love and legacy of the iconic band 365 days a year.

What is the true weight of a lovingly baked loaf of bread?What is the real price of a bouquet of flowers, when it's sold by a florist who questions your humanity?These are some of the questions posed in "A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times," the debut collection of short stories from Ethiopian-American author Meron Hadero.

What are the big relationship problems plaguing couples right now?This might not something you want to find out, a lamp you don't want to rub.But it can be helpful for your marriage to have at least some clue.For one thing, knowing the pain points of other couples can help you and your partner understand that you're not the only ones dealing with a problem, which in turn can make issues easier to discuss.

Local "Really, they just want what everyone else really wants: A safe place to live and a place to call home..."
As Revere made plans to bring vulnerable populations in from the cold and open the city's senior center as an overnight warming station, City Councillor At Large Marc Silvestri offered his full-throated support.

You can't call this an accident.You just can't.The intersection where a woman was killed Tuesday evening.Image: Google maps
A driver hit and killed Wan Mei Tan, a 64-year-old woman, at 16th and Valencia Streets in the Mission neighborhood Tuesday evening.From Mission Local's coverage on the day of the crash:

An elderly woman was struck by a driver in a crosswalk at 16th and Valencia Streets this evening, according to Officer Gian Tozzini, one of numerous police officers at the scene.

Elon who?Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said he doesn't know or care what billionaire Elon Musk has said about him and derided his Twitter as a "cesspool of misinformation.""[Musk] has a big megaphone, but [Twitter] has really gone berserk lately.It's kind of become almost a cesspool of misinformation," Fauci said in an interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC.