20206 stories
·
161 followers

Lawsuit alleges 3 Denny’s workers in Kamloops, B.C., misappropriated $500K in tips

1 Share
A restaurant along a roadway with a green roof.

A civil suit filed in the Supreme Court of B.C. accuses three Denny's workers of misappropriating more than $500,000 in tips from the restaurant chain while working at a Kamloops location between 2023 and 2025.

Read the whole story
dreadhead
23 hours ago
reply
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete

After years on their back foot, here's why Democrats are feeling good about 2026

1 Comment
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill celebrates after winning a tightly contested race for New Jersey governor.

For much of the last two years, the U.S. Democratic Party has been on its back foot, enduring painful electoral defeats to an omnipresent Republican opponent while grappling with a troubling decline in voter registration and a listless party base. But in the closing days of 2025, the political pendulum appears to be swinging in their direction.

Read the whole story
dreadhead
7 days ago
reply
Don't worry, still plenty of time to blow it.
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete

'Bomb cyclone' forecasted to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerous travel

1 Comment
People walk through the snow in Brooklyn after an overnight storm on Saturday in New York City.

A 'bomb cyclone' is intensifying severe winter weather for millions of people across the U.S. The system is expected to knock out power and disrupt holiday travel.

(Image credit: Spencer Platt)

Read the whole story
dreadhead
9 days ago
reply
Class 3 kill storm
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete

Halifax video game workers form first Ubisoft union in North America

1 Share

About 60 workers in Halifax office voted in favour of unionizing amid concerns about AI and industry-wide layoffs.

Read the whole story
dreadhead
9 days ago
reply
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete

Investigation found UBC researcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told

1 Share
Dr. Aziz Ghahary stands in a lab.

A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according to a leaked report.

Read the whole story
dreadhead
10 days ago
reply
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete

Train Wreck: 1914

1 Share
Circa 1914. "New York Central and Hudson River Railroad -- wreck of NYC 1063. No note on location. 4-4-0 1063, ex Rutland 193, Schenectady 1889, to NYC & HRR 938 January 1913, to 1063. 2059 is in charge of the wreck derrick. 2059 4-6-0 ex Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain 337. Then Rutland 492, to 59 then NYC 2159, 2059." 5x7 inch glass negative from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
Read the whole story
dreadhead
10 days ago
reply
Vancouver Island, Canada
Share this story
Delete
Next Page of Stories