A high-school writer I mentored a few years ago was the star sprinter for his school’s track team, and one day, out of curiosity, I asked about the sliver of time between a runner getting into the starting block and the starter’s pistol going off. One of the things I enjoy most in watching almost … Read more
Postmedia has started the process of taking over those parts of the insolvent SaltWire Network that it plans to keep running. Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain has been under court protection since March, when its largest creditor forced the company into insolvency. SaltWire publishes newspapers in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Halifax … Read more
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow both criticized a Republican plan for a second Donald Trump presidency during primetime speeches at the Democratic National Convention this week, while U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse praised Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous support for education. Oh, and Polis cracked a Taylor Swift reference, continuing his emerging … Read more
Cataract Canyon doesn’t have the scale or reputation of its sister gorge, the Grand Canyon, but this sky-reaching ravine should top any river trip list. Remote and little-known, you’ll likely only share the water with a passing canoe at the junction of the Green and Colorado rivers, the latter of which starts in its namesake’s … Read more
A perfectly preserved burrow of fossilized snakes shows that the reptiles have been social creatures for almost 40 million years, says a new research paper co-authored by a University of Alberta paleontologist. It’s well known that snakes today gather in burrows for all kinds of reasons, including breeding and surviving cold temperatures by piling together … Read more
State Rep. Jennifer Parenti, an Erie Democrat running in one of the tightest Colorado House races this November, announced Friday that she’s dropping out of a race that may decide the extent of Democrats’ control in the Capitol next year. Parenti, a freshman member of the House’s Democratic supermajority, is not resigning her seat and … Read more
JAKARTA/ SINGAPORE: Newly graduated from high school and waiting for an entrance test to join the police in September, Jakarta teenager Wahyu Wicaksono found a way to make some money from his love of running. He became a “Strava jockey”, clocking up running achievements for others on the popular exercise tracking app for a fee. … Read more
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that a trend of dropping inflation was back on track in the United States, and drawing the Federal Reserve another step closer to cutting interest rates. The consumer price index dipped 0.1 per cent last month after being unchanged in May, the U.S. Labour Department’s … Read more
The Libertarian Party and its Colorado affiliate are poised to submit competing presidential tickets for the state’s ballot in November as quarreling among party officials turns into an unprecedented tug-of-war over who gets to pick a party’s candidate. The dispute pits Colorado party officials, who announced last week that they would swap out the Libertarian-nominated … Read more
The central committee of the Colorado Democratic Party on Monday night rejected a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war that called “for a return of hostages, a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and (an) initiation of negotiations for a lasting peace.” Fifty-five percent of the more than 250 members of the committee who participated voted against the … Read more
