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New York City residents agree that there’s “no room at the inn” for more migrants seeking sanctuary in the five boroughs and support a proposal to relocate them upstate, a new poll shows.  A majority of city voters — 63% — don’t think the Big Apple has the ability to accommodate the asylum-seekers, while 31% believe the city has enough space, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday.  The survey also found that voters approve — by a 65% to 26% margin — a proposal by Adams to send some of the migrants to areas in upstate New York with…

A B.C. doctor is aiming to make visits to the emergency room less scary for kids, with the help of a big colourful bird named “Magrau.” Magrau is a ventriloquist puppet, and the star of six videos for children aiming to take the mystery out of common procedures they might encounter at the hospital.“So far the feedback has been great. It doesn’t take much effort to provide a better experience for kids,” Dr. Amir Behboudi, an ER physician at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital told Global News.“The way we interact with kids can have long-lasting effects, either positive or negative.…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday slammed College Board CEO David Coleman as a “puppet of Ron DeSantis” after the Board revised an AP African American studies course by removing much of the content the Republican governor had criticized. In response to a New York Times report on the College Board stripping down its Advancement Placement Curriculum for African American studies, Newsom mocked Coleman’s comments to The Times that the Board’s decision did not come from the statements of political leaders.  “I call bulls—,” Newsom tweeted. “You are merely a puppet of Ron DeSantis.” Fox News Digital reached out to the offices…

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said that he learned “everything” about being a “good father” from President Biden.Klain made the comments during a transition event with incoming White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and Biden on Wednesday evening.”As the president mentioned, I joined Joe Biden’s Senate staff 36 years ago. And over those 36 years, I’ve picked up three kids, got engaged, paid for six college advanced degrees. And so I just want to say this one thing,” Klain said. “Today, I learned everything I know about how to be a good father from Joe Biden. He…

Crime’s taken a bite out of him! Mayor Eric Adams’ approval rating has dropped to just 37% as New Yorkers continue to express dissatisfaction with how he is handling crime in the Big Apple, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows. Overall, slightly more than a third of voters gave Adams positive marks compared to 43% who disapprove of the job he’s done. One in five opted not to respond. The survey of roughly 1,300 registered voters shows that crime remains the leading issue in all five boroughs — with 59% of respondents in the Bronx saying it is their biggest…

The offer comes after Haitian government appealed for international support to help with the country’s gang violence.Jamaica’s prime minister has said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. The announcement comes a week after the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, Helen La Lime, said she hoped the UN Security Council would deal “positively” with the pending request from Haiti’s government for international armed forces, despite Canada and the United States showing no interest. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told the island’s House of Representatives on…

Two people were sent to hospital following a hazardous materials spill in Winnipeg Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to the spill at an industrial building on Scurfield Boulevard around 10:45 a.m., the city said in a media release later in the day.The city hasn’t said what type of hazardous materials were spilled or what type of facility the spill happened at.Specially-trained members of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service’s HazMat unit were able to mitigate the spill using what the city describes as specialized equipment. Two people injured in the spill were assessed by paramedics at the scene before being taken…

Assistant Trade and Manufacturing Minister Tim Ayres say there have been several ministerial-level meetings between Australia and China over the past three or four months.“We’ve said we’ll take a calm and consistent approach advocating the national interest,” Mr Ayres told Sky News Australia. “That’s happened at every ministerial engagement, including the engagement between the Prime Minister and President Xi.” Source: Sky News

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to extend and expand a tax break for film and TV productions as part of the record-smashing $227 billion budget she proposed Wednesday — months after taking big Hollywood money while running for a full term in office. “It’s just atrocious and abysmally bad public policy,” John Kaehny, executive director of the good government group Reinvent Albany, told The Post. “It’s a very public display of how pay-to-play and special interest politics completely warp how government works here and how our tax dollars are spent.” The newly-elected governor is proposing to increase the controversial tax break…