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Reptile remains found dumped on the side of a road in suburban Adelaide have been confirmed to be from a saltwater crocodile, but how they came to be there remains a mystery. In a statement, a Department for Environment and Water spokesperson said staff collected the remains which were found among other litter at Coleman…
A Halifax woman says she has no place to live after returning home from work last week to find crews demolishing her apartment building. Shailagh Benteau, who says she was awaiting a decision from the Residential Tenancies Program when demolition began, stood outside her apartment of seven years on Tuesday afternoon and watched the destruction…
Interest-free loans and cash subsidies are being offered by the New South Wales government to encourage the uptake of renewable energy measures like solar panels and household batteries. From today, home owners with a combined household income of $210,000 or less can apply for a 10-year loan of up to $15,000 at zero interest. The…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Infectious disease experts are hoping the Alberta government will fully adopt federal COVID-19 vaccine guidance as it plans its immunization rollout…
A B-52 bomber aircraft that crashed at a US Air Force base in California, killing eight people aboard, made a sharp right and then nearly completed a 180-degree turn before plunging to the ground at more than a kilometre per minute, according to initial tracking data. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was taking part in a…
No, the government is not dropping boxes of ticks onto farms. But that conspiracy theory has spread in both the U.S. and Canada. Here are the facts.
The sister of five children who died in a “devastating” crash in rural Ontario Friday evening is appealing to the community for support. Nancy Doerksen has said her family’s “heartbreak and grief is beyond words.” She shared the sentiment on a crowdfunding page following the collision. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday at the…
It took three attempts and thousands of dollars in legal fees before Andrew Bretherton was finally granted access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Mr Bretherton lives with a complex biological illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which he developed after catching glandular fever as a 26-year-old. Now,…
Peter Stevenson has gone from living in a one-room converted shipping container in Victoria’s Yarra Valley to an air-conditioned two-bedroom home on Phuket Island. Mr Stevenson has found he can afford to live well in Thailand on his age pension. But it was a different story five years ago when he was spending half of…
Raeleigh Kemp can’t help but laugh after school drop-off some mornings because it is such a far cry from how it used to be. Her 11-year-old Zane Kemp, who is autistic, now runs to The Sycamore School gates and even cries when he is too sick to go. Years ago, Ms Kemp could not have…