News Track Two

06/12/2023

https://ledlightscentral.com/can-led-lights-cause-fire-plus-safety-tips/

Thanks to technological advancements, we can conveniently power our lighting devices at the flip of a switch. Did you know that electrical fires have been the leading cause of US home fires between 2012-and 2016? According to The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) Home electrical fire...

02/01/2021

In a statement, police said the two women, aged 24 and 39, were with a larger group that was canyoning in the area when they were sucked into the water. The women have not been seen since. The other members of the group were not injured and were assisted by police, paramedics and other emergency services personnel at the scene....

02/01/2021

Article content The Ottawa Police Service issued a request on Saturday afternoon for public assistance in locating a 15-year-old youth who had gone missing from the Hintonburg neighbourhood. Marjorie Philip was last seen in the early-morning hours on Saturday in the 0-100 block of Hilda Street, a police media release said. Philip was described as a Black female with an athletic build, standing five feet six inches tall and weighing 110 pounds....

02/01/2021

Bejon Haswell/Stuff Helicopters have contained a fire on the same island as the world’s rarest tree, the Three Kings kaikomoko. (File photo) Helicopters have contained a fire on the remote Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands, north of New Zealand. The islands are a wildlife sanctuary and home to the last remaining wild Three Kings kaikomoko, Pennantia baylisiana, the rarest tree in the world…...

02/01/2021

Article content Montreal will launch its first complete snow-clearing operation of the new year on Sunday. In a statement, the city said it will begin clearing snow from its streets as of 7 a.m. Sunday after receiving at least 13 centimetres of snow Friday and Saturday. The city will deploy about 2,200 snow trucks to tackle its 10,000 kilometres of roads, sidewalks and bike paths....

02/01/2021

Pope Francis has hailed fellow Argentine Diego Maradona as a "poet" on the pitch, but also acknowledged his frailty away from the sport. In a wide-ranging interview with Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport published on Saturday, Francis recalled his own days playing soccer as a child with a ball made of rags and laid bare his scorn for doping cheats....

02/01/2021

A severe thunderstorm watch is in place for most areas of the country with possible downpours bringing 25 to 40 mm of rain and hailstones larger than 20mm in diameter. The worst hit areas were expected to be across the North Island, Otago and Canterbury – including Christchurch. The Bay of Plenty has experienced strong, persistent rainfall and was also under the severe thunderstorm watch....

02/01/2021

Daniel Pockett/Getty Images The Melbourne Victory's All Whites star Marco Rojas is substituted after suffering a hamstring strain in a 3-1 loss to the Brisbane Roar. Melbourne Victory coach Grant Brebner has no idea how long Marcos Rojas will be sidelined for after the All Whites star limped off in the A-League season opener. Rojas tweaked a hamstring in the first half of Victory’s 3-1 home defeat to the Brisbane Roar on Saturday night, but stayed on until he was eventually substituted in the 72nd minute....

02/01/2021

A woman's body has been discovered inside the wreckage of a home destroyed by fire in Sydney's south-west overnight Sunday. The single-level brick house in Macquarie Fields was already engulfed by flames when emergency services were called around 12.45am Sunday. A 45-year-old woman managed to escape the blaze but told neighbours her mother, believed to be in her 70s, was still inside....