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A Calgary man has been charged with driving while impaired with cannabis in a single-vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old woman. At around 3:50 p.m. on May 31, 2022, police responded to a serious-injury collision that was initially believed to involve a pedestrian on Barclay Street S.W. (3 Street S.W.) and 7 Avenue S.W. Police shut down the street for a portion of the afternoon.Traffic investigators discovered the pedestrian was a passenger who was thrown from the vehicle during the incident.A black Kia Soul was being driven by a 26-year-old man with a 24-year-old woman in…

Nearly a decade after Connecticut was infamously described as being in a “permanent state of fiscal crisis,” struggling year after year to balance deficit-ridden budgets, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday proposed the state’s first income tax reduction in nearly 30 years and its largest ever.Lamont said the state’s fiscal health is now the strongest it’s been in decades, enabling officials to finally focus on addressing Connecticut’s nagging reputation of being a high-cost state.”For the first time in over a generation, Connecticut has enjoyed strong economic and population growth,” he told a joint session of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. “And…

Blame Canada. Overrun by asylum-seeking migrants sent to the city from southern border states, New York has been offering free bus tickets to the Canadian border for migrants wanting to start a new life up north, but some are turning straight back around. Ilze Thielmann, the director of nonprofit Team TLC — which has been organizing busses to Plattsburgh, where there is an unofficial crossing to Montreal — said the reality isn’t as rosy as people expect. She told CBS: “They think that there are all these jobs up there. They think they’re going to be able to get asylum very easily…

Diana appeared to be enjoying her newfound freedom following her divorce from Prince Charles, writing that ‘lots of nice things have come my way and it’s fun… who’d have thought!’A tragic letter by Princess Diana in which she wrote of her hopes that 1997 “will be an easier year” for her has come to light as part of a collection of her confidential correspondence. The Princess of Wales wrote the poignant note on December 17, 1996 – eight months before she was killed in a car crash in Paris. The sombre tone of the two-page letter reflected the traumatic year…

Surveyors last month reported the most widespread fall in UK house prices since 2009, as surging mortgage rates continued to squeeze buyer demand, according to a closely watched survey.The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ house price balance fell to minus 47 in January, down from minus 42 in the previous month. The index, which tracks the share of surveyors reporting an increase or drop in prices, registered the 10th successive month of declines and hit the lowest level since April 2009, when the financial crisis had pushed the economy into recession. The professional body’s new buyer inquiries index fell for…

Millions of people in England are unable to secure much-needed mental health support, with treatment delays particularly acute for young people living with eating disorders, a spending watchdog has revealed.The National Audit Office said in a report released on Thursday that the expansion of mental health services in recent years had failed to keep pace with rising demand. Between 2016-17 and 2021-22, the NHS mental health workforce increased by 22 per cent. However, referrals to mental health services over that period rose by as much as 44 per cent, from 4.4mn to 6.4mn. While spending on mental health through the…

Just 33,570 people applied to a UK nurse undergraduate course by the January deadline, down from 41,220 in 2022 and 46,040 in 2021Student nurse applications have dropped almost a third since the height of the pandemic. Just 33,570 people applied to a UK nurse undergraduate course by the January deadline, down from 41,220 in 2022 and 46,040 in 2021. The 27% fall in two years was revealed by UCAS data as 15,000 nurses were striking over a real-terms NHS pay cut from the Tories. There are a record high 47,000 nursing vacancies in England. The Royal College of Nursing staged…

Consumer group Which? compared prices at Tesco Express and Sainsbury’s Local with their larger supermarkets and online – with some shocking results when it comes to overspendingAs the cost of living continues to see wages stretched more and more each month – the rise in food costs has also made supermarket shopping a little harder for most. With some simple shopping hacks in the bag, it could mean spending less and saving more while not missing out on your fridge favourites. Consumer experts have waded in with their helpful tips on how to make out money stretch further – including…

Fayetteville, North Carolina, police arrested a former Fort Bragg soldier on Tuesday in connection to a murder case in 2010 that went cold, according to police.Aaron Richardson, 41, was arrested by the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit and charged with the first-degree murder of Terrance Omar Plummer Jr. At the time of the murder, police said, Richardson was a soldier on active duty at Fort Bragg.OREGON COLD CASE SOLVED: MAN WHO VANISHED IN 1964 ID’D AS HUMAN REMAINS FOUND MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGORichardson was arrested at his home in Houston, Texas and booked into the Harris County, Texas jail…

The Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl for a third time under head coach Andy Reid. Sunday will mark their third appearance in the big game in the last four seasons.The team’s success over the past few years has fueled discussion about whether the Chiefs are the NFL’s new dynasty. Reid does not seem interested in that debate.”I’m not really into all that,” Reid said during a Wednesday media session when asked about his team being placed in the dynasty category. Reid added that his main focus this week was the game against his former team, the…