Harm reduction workers say they will open an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Parkdale on Monday, just weeks after the province announced it would “pause” funding for future sites across the province.
Tag: freezes
Niagara Falls ‘freezes’ as big chill grips Eastern US (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Published time: 30 Dec, 2017 19:07 North America is currently experiencing a particularly severe and protracted cold snap resulting in major car accidents, a state of emergency, sharks freezing to death and even now Niagara Falls is experiencing the Arctic blast. The waters of the majestic falls themselves has yet to succumb to the polar […]
Hell Freezes Over As Terry Gilliam Nears Completion of ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
It’s hard to believe, but director Terry Gilliam has been working on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote for almost 20 years. After one setback after another, with bad luck compounding bad luck, it looks as if Gilliam might buck the odds and finally release the film for the world to see. The filmmaker recently revealed […]
Code mistake freezes up to $280 million in digital currency
Imagine if one person’s code error deprived you of a pile of money, and there was no guarantee you’d get your funds back. Wouldn’t you be hopping mad? That’s how many cryptocurrency owners are feeling right now. The digital wallet company Parity is warning users that a large volume of Ethereum funds have effectively been […]
Singapore freezes private car ownership to fight congestion
Enlarge (credit: Marco Verch) Singapore is capping the number of private passenger cars allowed on its streets, the city’s transportation regulator announced on Monday. Singapore is a city of 5.6 million people packed into an area smaller than New York City. Like any big city it has to worry about traffic congestion, but as a sovereign city-state it is […]
Russian court freezes assets of Sistema conglomerate over Rosneft row
Published time: 27 Jun, 2017 03:00 A court has frozen some assets belonging to Russian businessman Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s Sistema conglomerate, including shares in Russia’s largest mobile operator MTS and two other companies over a dispute with state-run oil giant Rosneft. An enforcement action was received Monday, according to a statement issued by the investment conglomerate […]
Russia freezes €11mn Council of Europe fee payment over lingering PACE spat
Published time: 6 Jun, 2017 09:38 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has told reporters that Russia will withhold one-third of its 2018 fee to the Council of Europe, due to the CE’s Parliamentary Assembly still barring the Russian delegation from participation in its sessions. Read more “We have blocked the payment. The financing is organized […]
