Under current Toronto rules, staff at homeless shelters and other gathering spaces must wear an N95 respirator when exposed to people with Covid-19 or during suspected cases. As part of the policy, staff must be “clean shaven” to ensure masks fit the property. But for Sikh workers, whose facial hair is a key expression of their faith, the rules have put them in a seemingly impossible situation. “I feel very humiliated,” Birkawal Singh Anand told CBC News....

According to Toronto Animal Services (TAS), 709 pets, including cats, dogs and others, were given to city shelters from January 1 to June 23 this year, compared to 404 during the same time period last year. The pets surrendered so far this year include 327 cats, up from 260 a year ago ,151 dogs, compared to 103 last year, and 231 other animals, compared to 41 last year. TAS says the surge in pet surrenders is due to a number of reasons, including many people returning to work as COVID-19 conditions improve....

Die Obduktion des im März 2022 in einer Wohnung in Wien-Hietzing gefundenen toten Paares ergab einen Doppelselbstmord. ©APA/GEORG HOCHMUTH Bei dem mutmaßlichen Frauenmord Ende März 2022 in Wien-Hietzing könnte es sich laut Obduktion um einen Doppelselbstmord gehandelt haben. Am 22. März dieses Jahres wurde ein Ehepaar – eine 48-jährige Frau und ein 20-jähriger Mann – tot in einer Wohnung in Hietzing aufgefunden. Waren die Ermittler zunächst davon ausgegangen, dass der Mann seine Partnerin mit einem Messer getötet und Selbstmord begangen hatte, ergaben die Obduktion und weitere Ermittlungen ein anderes Bild....

Publié à 17h03 Simon Drouin La Presse Troisième au départ, Guillaume Boivin a dû composer avec une difficulté supplémentaire : il ne faisait pas tourner son chronomètre. Le cycliste israélien-Premier Tech a dû emprunter la base d’un coéquipier car il n’avait pas récupéré sa valise et ses trois vélos après son arrivée au Danemark mercredi. « J’ai l’impression que je les aurai après le Tour parce qu’on part d’ici dans deux jours », a fulminé l’athlète de Longueuil après son effort....

Vicki Amirault, councilor for the area, posted on her Facebook page Tuesday night that the permit was revoked “based on legal advice received from the township’s legal counsel.” He said in the post that he could not comment further “as this is now a legal matter.” Peter Leslie, who grew up near the beach and still lives nearby, says residents are “cautiously optimistic” about the news of the license being revoked....

At a committee hearing Tuesday, Jan. 6, MP Liz Cheney showed a handwritten note that Hutchinson testified she wrote when Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Mendows, gave her a note card and pen to take his dictation. . Sources familiar with the matter said that Herschmann had previously told the committee that he had written the note. “The handwritten note submitted by Cassidy Hutchinson was actually written by Eric Hersman on January 6, 2021,” a spokeswoman for Hersman told ABC News on Tuesday night....

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, one in 30 people in England had coronavirus in the week ending June 24, as cases continue to rise from Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants. That equates to 2.3 million infections – a 32% increase from 1.7 million the previous week. It’s the highest estimate for weekly infections since late April, but still well below the record high of 4....

The European gas crisis has intensified after one of Norway’s biggest operators was forced to shut down three oil and gas fields following a workers’ strike. UK gas prices hit three-month highs on Tuesday as energy company Equinor said fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, producing the equivalent of 89,000 barrels of oil a day, would suspend production. Norway’s oil workers’ union Lederne said the strike would extend to three more sites, affecting 333,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, including 264,000 in natural gas....

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced his resignation in a statement, saying he “can no longer in good conscience continue”. Moments later, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak also announced his resignation. The resignations came as Johnson apologized for what he said was a mistake in not realizing former whip Chris Pincher was unfit for a government job following sexual harassment allegations against him. “In hindsight, it was a mistake. I apologize to everyone who has been greatly affected by this,” Johnson told broadcasters....

C’est un employé du restaurant qui a découvert les dommages causés à la vitrine à l’ouverture de l’établissement. Des douilles ont notamment été retrouvées dans le restaurant, laissant présager que la vitre aurait explosé suite à des impacts de balles. Des enquêteurs de la Régie intermunicipale de police Thérèse-De Blainville ont été dépêchés sur les lieux et un périmètre de sécurité a été érigé. L’équipe d’identité judiciaire s’est aussi rendue au restaurant pour y expertiser la scène....

Calling for short- and long-term reforms – including an urgent lifting of the embargo on 25 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain trapped by a Russian blockade – Patrick Beasley said the current food affordability crisis was likely to turn into an even more dangerous food availability crisis next year unless solutions are found. The number of people labeled as “acutely food insecure” by the UN before the Covid crisis was 130 million, but after Covid this number has increased to 276 million....

“Le scénario le plus probable est un ralentissement de l’économie, pas une récession”, a-t-il tenté de rassurer M. Girard, qui évalue les chances d’un ralentissement à 67%, contre 33% pour une récession. Le ministre avait avancé la même prévision à la mi-juin, alors qu’il estimait les chances d’une récession à 25 % plus tôt au printemps. Son chef, le premier ministre François Legault, avait pourtant rapporté pour sa part, même à la mi-juin, que le Québec avait une chance sur deux d’être en récession....

– Rapinoe to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom- Kassouf: Despite USWNT win over Haiti, defense looks shaky- Foudy: Will USWNT’s generational change pay off? Morgan opened the scoring for the USA in the 16th minute with a backheel from Mallory Pugh’s pass past Haitian goalkeeper Lara Larco. Morgan’s second goal came with a header in the 23rd minute. Monday’s win at the Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Mexico, saw the USWNT overcome defensive struggles against the upstart Haitians and secure the first match in the inaugural tournament between the top teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean....

«In Deutschland bekommt er das Bundesverdienstkreuz, in England einen Ritter» – das sagen prominente Redner wie ETH-Präsident Joël Mesot anlässlich der 25-Jahr-Feier der Venture Foundation für Stiftungsgründer Thomas Knecht (71). tritt dieses Jahr zurück. Auch Altbundesrätin Doris Leuthard oder André Hoffmann, Multimilliardär, Grossaktionär und Philanthrop von Roche, sind voll lobender Worte. Tatsächlich schuldet ihm die Schweiz unter anderem unzählige Millionen an Steuern und die Schweizer Bevölkerung tausende Arbeitsplätze – nicht nur wegen der von ihm gegründeten Venture Foundation, die Jungunternehmer beim Aufbau ihrer Start-ups unterstützt, sondern auch dank seine eigenen Firmen....

Thousands of people in Moore County, NC are without power after electrical substations were vandalized. Here’s the latest coverage from The News & Observer. Widespread power outages caused by vandalized power substations in Moore County continued Sunday, with power out to nearly all homes and businesses and estimates for power restoration likely stretching into Thursday, officials say . The outage is the result of intentional gun damage at two substations in the county, according to Moore County and Duke Energy officials....

US Chargé d’Affaires Elizabeth Rudd, who attended Friday’s hearing at the court in Khimki, outside Moscow, told reporters she was able to speak with the WNBA player, who was “as well as you could hope for.” The 31-year-old was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February while traveling to play for a Russian team. Police said he was carrying vapor cans of cannabis oil. The Phoenix Mercury star and two-time U....

By a 6-3 vote, with the Conservatives in the majority, the court said the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broad power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. The court ruling could complicate the government’s plans to fight climate change. Its proposal to regulate the emissions of power plants is expected by the end of the year. President Joe Biden aims to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and have a no-emission electricity sector by 2035....

Many victims of the alleged ‘Tinder Swindler’ have banded together in hopes of finally coming forward. Cecilie Fjellhøy from Norway, Pernilla Sjöholm from Sweden and Ayleen Charlotte from Amsterdam teamed up with Chagit Leviev, CEO of Leviev Diamonds, to launch a bracelet called ‘Stronger Together’. The piece, designed by the women, features two gold rings and two interlocking diamonds. It retails for $169 and all profits will go to the women to recover their financial losses....