Biden pushes electric vehicle chargers as energy costs spike

DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden punched the accelerator on a battery-powered Hummer on Wednesday, causing the wheels to squeal and the truck to jet forward as he tried in his own way to drive the country toward an electric vehicle future.

The engine was quiet as the president pulled up to a waiting delegation of reporters and officials.

“Anyone wanna jump in the back?” Biden asked.

The president had just toured a General Motors plant in Detroit to showcase how his newly signed $1 trillion infrastructure law could transform the auto industry.

Trump’s graceless own goal sabotaged World Cup’s spirit of fair play

Like many Canadians, I have avoided crossing the U.S. border in the last couple of years. For me, it was a mixture of defiance and uncertainty. What if border guards ask me what I think about President Donald Trump? I would fail the lie detector test.

But the World Cup is going on, and I had a pass for the Seattle stadium. I needed to take advantage of it. After all, I love soccer and I love the World Cup. I see it as one of the great peace movements of our time.

But the irony of travelling to the U.S. for the World Cup wasn’t lost on me. Led by their FIFA Peace Prize-winning president, the country is dropping bombs on World Cup participant Iran. Referee Omar Artan was refused entry into the U.S., where he was to become the first Somali to referee at a World Cup. Fears of ICE raids sent shivers through international communities. Even players were harassed at border points.

It was fair to wonder: what would my experience be like?

‘Heartbreaking loss’: Sandy Bay First Nation offers condolences after apparent dog attack.

Leaders with the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation are offering their condolences after an animal rescue worker died following an apparent dog attack in the community and say the “stray and aggressive” animals are a longstanding issue.

Amanda Nobiss, 37, was volunteering in the community on the shores of Lake Manitoba with K9 Advocacy. Her remains were discovered on Friday morning.

The Manitoba First Nations Police Service said in a news release that it had been contacted by a friend of Amanda’s who was trying to locate her, around 12:45 a.m.

Using her cellphone location, police determined she appeared to be in Sandy Bay, said the release. Resources were dispatched to the area, including a drone, but due to the large radius of the cellphone “ping,” no one was located until 6 a.m.

Parole board decision traumatizes Phoenix’s devastated godmother

Kim Edwards sits with pursed lips and crossed arms in the backyard of her Stella Avenue home. Large stacks of documents, letters and newspaper clippings lay scattered around her. Nearly every one of them mentions the name Phoenix Sinclair.

Sheegl finally paying for his monkey business

Of all the images that Phil Sheegl conjured during his time as Winnipeg’s top bureaucrat, the most lasting has to be those damned monkeys.

In 2011, shortly after he was promoted to serve as Winnipeg’s chief administrative officer, Sheegl placed a statue of the “three wise monkeys” outside his city hall office. The iconic monkeys — which see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil — appeared suddenly and without explanation, and sat chained to a wooden bench with a bicycle cable.

To many, the monkeys seemed like a message.

Although they can mean different things to different people, the three wise monkeys are largely viewed in western societies as a tribute to the wilful ignorance of impropriety. Was this Sheegl’s way of telling us he was more than prepared to overlook the impropriety of others? Or, that most of us were too stupid (monkeys, right?) to notice what he was doing in the commission of his duties?