Gov. Maura Healey's administration has confirmed that family shelters, which have been at capacity due to an influx of immigrants into the state, could run out of dedicated funding by the end of April despite $250 million in supplemental funds approved in December.
More than a quarter of new parents do not use their right to take time off work to look after their children, new figures show. Parents have been entitled to nine weeks’ absence from work since August 2022, but on average mothers take 6.9 weeks while fathers claim 6.2 weeks. Financial concerns were the main reason for both men and women to forgo their allocation, research by Robidus, a subsidiary of insurance company a.s.r., found. Parents receive 70% of their
An entrepreneur and a budding midwife are some of the students to join 100 Faces campaign
The Canadian federal government has a major debt problem on its hands. Projections included within the 2024 budget released this
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A prisoner is on the run after escaping from custody while attending a family funeral in Edinburgh. Police have urged people not to approach Jamie Ross, 29, who is believed to have connections across Edinburgh, particularly in the south of the city, as well as in Aberdeen. It is understood he was attending a funeral at Mortonhall crematorium at around lunchtime on Tuesday when he managed to escape. A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson said: “We can confirm that this individual is currently...
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schoolsPortugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colonial-era crimes, the country’s president has said, in a rare instance of a European leader seemingly backing the need for reparations.Portugal has long grappled with calls by campaigners to address its legacy as the European country with the longest historical involvement in the slave trade. During the span of...
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding.
CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape. Bruce Lehrmann went back to the lion’s den for his hat, and left with the new titles of “rapist” and “loser” — a privilege that could potentially cost him millions of dollars. So how much will Bruce Lehrmann pay for losing his defamation trial? In a historic end to the defamation case between Lehrmann and Network 10, Justice Michael […]
A fundraiser meant to help Umar Zameer’s family pay their debts following a three-year prosecution has amassed more than $200,000 in donations in the two days since the Brampton accountant was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto police officer. The fundraiser, a GoFundMe organized by Zameer’s wife, Aaida Shaikh, has been active since 2021, but the majority share of donations have come in over the last 48 hours, Nader Hasan, Zameer’s lawyer, told CTV News Toronto. ...