Opportunity, a rover sent to explore the surface of Mars, has completed its mission, NASA announced on February 13. The rover is a motorized vehicle about the size of a golf cart. It had explored the surface of Mars for […]
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2019 Baby-Name Trends: Global, Nonbinary, Gems
Do you know anyone named Aroha, Laken or Frost? By the end of the year, you might. Those names follow some of the biggest baby-name trends for 2019, according to nameberry, a website that is all about names for babies […]
Patriots win 2019 Super Bowl
This year’s Super Bowl was between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. In a fairly uneventful game, the Patriots won, 13 to 3. The Patriots led the Rams 3-0 at half-time. In the second half, the Rams […]
Food Groups Are Out, Plants Are In: New Health Canada Guidelines
Eat more fruits, vegetables and proteins that come from plants. That’s the advice from Health Canada, which introduced a new Canada’s Food Guide last week. You should also limit “processed” foods and try to eat out less often. Processed foods […]
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, Welcomed into Canada as a Refugee
By Monique Conrod A teenager from Saudi Arabia has been welcomed into Canada as a refugee, after fleeing from her family and country. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, ran away from her family on January 6. She planned to fly […]
Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Send Pizza To Unpaid Colleagues In US
Canadian air traffic controllers sent hundreds of pizzas to air traffic controllers in the United States. They have been working without pay since December 22. That is when the US government “shutdown” began. (A government shutdown is when a government […]
News Quiz: What Do You Remember About 2018?
It’s our annual quiz! How much do you remember about the events of 2018. Test yourself!
Yellow Vest Protests Continue in France
For the past five Saturdays, people in France have taken to the streets to protest against their government. They wear bright yellow vests; the demonstrations are known as the “yellow vest protests.”
The protesters want the government to lower the tax on gasoline so fuel will cost less, and they want a better cost-of-living. They also want to be “heard” by the government, to be listened to.
Huge Australian Steer Goes Viral (But Pssst … There’s A Bigger One In Canada!)
Knickers the steer has caught people’s interest, around the world.
The 6’4″ steer is so much bigger than the cattle he lives with that he has become an Internet sensation. Knickers lives in Australia and weighs 1,400 kilograms. An average bull weighs about 1,100 kgs.
Tyne Logan, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) told reporter Jacqueline Lynch about an enormous Holstein Friesian steer he had seen. She went along to see for herself just how big Knickers is. On the ABC website, she says Knickers was “pretty intimidating when all of his 1,4000 kilograms first came lumbering through the gate towards me.”
Former US President George Bush Dead at 94
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The body of former US president George Bush will “lie in state” in Washington, DC, and then return to Texas for burial.
George Bush was the 41st president of the United States. (He is not to be confused with his son, George W. Bush, who was also a US president, from 2001 to 2009.)
George Bush was president from 1989 to 1993.
