The Senate adjourned early on Tuesday afternoon after a foul smell in the building caused headaches in the chamber and disrupted proceedings. “I’m not quite sure how to approach this, but we have a very, very difficult odour in this chamber, as we have had in the entire building most of the morning,” said Opposition Senate Leader Don Plett. “As an old plumber, I used to work with this odour quite a bit. As a senator, I haven’t quite as often.” “I’m certainly not at this point moving the adjournment of the Senate but I would at least ask you for your opinion and maybe the opinion of other ..read more

A historical and ecologically rich swath of land in El Paso was designated a national monument by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The announcement making Castner Range, an almost 7,000-acre landscape located along the Rio Grande, a national monument was lauded by residents and groups who have been advocating for its preservation for over a half-century. “After 52 years, and so many letters of support — a lot of work has been put into all this — from community members [to] staff volunteers,” Moses Borjas, a local pastor, told NBC News. Borjas is a member of Por La Creación Faith-Based Allia ..read more

Shylah Nokusis says she didn’t know skilled trades were an option for her when she was growing up.  “I tried shop [class]. I loved it,” she said. “But I was always told that, as a woman, you gotta go to university.”  Now Nokusis, from Peepeekisis Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, is a Red Seal carpenter and owns Osihcikewin Trades Training, where she helps other Indigenous people learn a trade.  She’s passionate about encouraging other Indigenous people, especially women and girls, to get their own Red Seal qualification — proof that a tradesperson has ..read more

MADISON, Wis. — In the only debate of the closely watched race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz hammered her conservative opponent, Daniel Kelly, as a “true threat to democracy” over his ties to a scheme to overturn the 2020 election. “I am running against probably one of the most extreme partisan characters in the history of the state,” Protasiewicz said of Kelly during their debate Tuesday. The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is of deep importance to both liberals and conservatives. A win by Kelly would retain conservat ..read more

Article content OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation cooled in February as it posted its largest deceleration since April 2020. Article content Statistics Canada said Tuesday its consumer price index in February was up 5.2 per cent compared with a year earlier. Article content Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the annual rate to fall to 5.4 per cent. The reading compared with an annual inflation rate of 5.9 per cent in January and was the lowest annual inflation rate since January 2022 when it was 5.1 per cent. Article content Statistics Canada noted that the decline was due to a st ..read more

Info In this episode I chat to psychologist, author and scientist Dr Meg Arroll. Meg and I use her new book “Tiny Traumas” as a starting point for a fascinating and enlightening chat about the things that we face in our everday lives that can affect us and leave us with a certain amount of trauma that we often just push aside. Meg tells us how we can deal with this trauma and talks about the importance of taking the time to understand how things affect us and how we can work to make our lives easier by dealing with the little things that build up. Whilst this episode is not directly beauty re ..read more

A group of researchers seeking answers to the mystery of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic have had their access to an international archive sharing raw data on the coronavirus suspended following a complaint from the Chinese Center for Disease Control that they were “scooping” the Chinese research. On Tuesday, the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) emailed members of an international group of scientists informing them of their suspension, a day after those scientists had posted online a report titled: “Genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive ..read more

Liberal MP Han Dong said Wednesday he has reached out to Canada’s security intelligence agency for more information on allegations he was part of a Chinese foreign interference network during the 2019 federal election. But he also said he has not made a similar request to the prime minister’s office — despite Global News reporting that senior aides to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were briefed by national security officials about the allegations against Dong three weeks before voters headed to the polls. Asked why he has not reached out to senior PMO staff to verify the allegations, in ..read more

If you have even a small interest in skin care, you’ve likely heard about the benefits of retinol. Research indicates that it has the ability to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles, fight acne and fade dark spots. Because of this, it’s often used in night creams, serums and more. But just because it may help with various skin concerns, retinol (a form of vitamin A) is not necessarily for everyone. “Those with sensitive or rosacea-prone skin may want to avoid retinol products because there is a potential risk of irritation,” said Dr. Marisa Garshick, a board-certified dermatologist. T ..read more

The first day of Nordstrom’s liquidation sale began on Tuesday, but some shoppers walked away underwhelmed by the discounts. Many locations saw shoppers lining up outside of stores, anticipating deep discounts, only to find that most items were only marked down a measly five per cent off. A Nordstrom spokesperson told CTV News Toronto “select categories and products” have also been marked down up to 20 per cent. Nordstrom announced earlier this month it would be exiting the Canadian market, closing all six of its Canadian department stores and seven Nordstrom Rack locations. The upscale ..read more