Meteor shower to be seen in Canada and other parts of the world during October

Oct. 8, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

An event for astronomy lovers and stargazers. This October brings two meteor shower events that will be visible from parts in Vancouver. The first meteor shower won’t be much of a show, but still something you can enjoy. The second meteor shower to take place will be more viable as the meteors will leave visible gas trails. The first of the two showers, the Draconid meteor shower, peaks on Oct. 8. According to specialist, the shower usually only produces a few meteors per hour, but this year there will be an increase in the number of meteors that could be seen. And while the shower, could reach rates as high as 40-50 per hour, a full moon will wash ...

Tips for Canadians to avoid getting bans at U.S. border

Oct. 3, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

In recent news, several cases of Canadians receiving 5-year bans for various reason. The border between the U.S. and Canada had always stayed neutral, and such punishments had rarely been seen before, but nowadays the CBP seems to be handing out bans almost on a daily basis and it is definitely planting fear in Canadian visitors. CBP itself has noted that in the past months there has been an increase on what are known as expedited removals. In the northern border there have been no policy changes but CBP agents have become stricter with crossing criteria. One of the most recent cases was that’s of Rochelle Trepanier, a tree planter from B.C., was handed a five-year ban ...

Another Canadian receives a 5-year ban from entering the U.S.

Sept. 28, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

The victim this time is a young woman by the name Rochelle Trepanier, who was planning a visit to her boyfriend who lives in California. Ms. Trepanier mentions that she has been traveling like this for the past two years to visit her boyfriend during the fall when her work is less demanding. She says the trip has always been the same, to see the same person at the same place. Ms. Trepanier is a tree planter, and has been for the last eight years, she mentions that it’s her main source of income. And since the work is seasonal, during her month off in fall she will travel to California to visit her boyfriend. Although this time her ...

24 year old man dies running at Montreal Half-Marathon

Sept. 26, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

A 24-year-old man has died after being rushed to hospital in the middle of a Montreal half-marathon. On Sunday at the Montreal half-marathon a young 24-year-old man passed away. He was rushed to the hospital but would later be pronounced dead. As of right now the causes for his death are still not known, he collapsed while participating in the half-marathon, Montreal based cardiologist says that marathon deaths are rare. The coroner’s office confirmed Monday that the young man who passed away of name Patrick Neely, died while participating in the Oasis de Montreal half- marathon, with a distance of 21.1-kilometre run. Paramedics reported that the man was actually participating in the full marathon, others are also raising questions ...

Scammer pass themselves off as Charlottetown Police officer and Canada Border Service agent

Sept. 25, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

One person has reported a fraudulent call that they received where scammers claimed to Agents from the Canada Border Service Agents and then the Charlottetown police officers. The victim of the call, received the calls from the scammers who claimed to be Canada Border Service agents from the number 1-888-502-9060, where the male caller mentioned that he was an agent with the CBSA. The caller informed the victim that he was the primary suspect in a very major case and criminal investigation and that the Charlottetown police office would also be contacting him and was told that there was an arrest warrant in his name. The “agent” kept telling the victim that the police would arrest him and place him ...

Melania and Ivanka Trump had a discussion about White House space and Melania won

Sept. 18, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

Are Melania and Ivanka Trump friends? It has been said that the couple gets along, but recent claims have described the tension between the two women. Donald Trump's wife is only 11 years apart from her daughter. Ivanka maintains his relationship with the ex-model in private and has never discussed it publicly. However, Melania's spokeswoman has touched on the issue. In previous interviews it has been said that the two women share a relatively good relationship. Melania has previously commented on the children of Donald Trump in interviews that "They are adults. I don't look like their mother. I'm their friend, and I'm here when they need me." According to information that was shared, there ...

Metro Vancouver could see an increase on gas prices

Sept. 18, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

The predicted increase in gas prices was not what many were expecting. Energy analyst calculated that the price on regular liter of gas would increase up to $0.07 and up to $0.11 for diesel, all this is said to go up by Wednesday of this week. It had been mentioned before that the predictions for the spike for gas prices would only be around two to five cents on the liter. But estimates were not as expected. What has driven up the prices of gas, is what happened in Saudi Arabia, the attack is forcing half of their oil production offline, and this has caused the markets to react this way. The price on gas has gone over ...

Authorities indict El Paso shooter for capital murder

Sept. 13, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

On August 3, the United States suffered an episode of violence when news hit of an active shooter that was opening fire among various citizens in the city of El Paso, Tx., at a Walmart in the region. In this attack that is being called an act of domestic terrorism, the culprit was a 21-year-old Caucasian man named Patrick Crusius. With the simple motive of killing Mexicans, which he informed the authorities when he surrendered. That day 22 people lost their lives, including a high school youth, a couple protecting their baby and a grandfather protecting his family. In addition, there were 27 more who were injured after the attack. It was declared yesterday on September 12th that Patrick Crusius ...

Arrests over Labor Day weekend near Oroville by Border Patrol for illegal entry

Sept. 11, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

Over Labor Day weekend Border Patrol agents arrested two people in Oroville near the Canadian border and another one was stopped at the Spokane Intermodal Bus Station. Three people were arrested by Border Patrol agents mentioned in the Spokane area. The two persons arrested where to Mexican nationals that were found crossing near the remote areas of the U.S.- Canada border, agents approached them and through an investigation it was found that they did not have the correct documents. They two suspects who were walking from Canada to the U.S. were being aided by another individual who would transport them further in to the country. The two Mexicans were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and are being ...

US Custom agents have been denying entry to Canadian Muslims crossing the border

Sept. 3, 2019 por Isolda Barrera

From what we know right now, at least six Canadian Muslims have been denied entry at the Canada-U.S. border in the past two weeks, news reports mentioned on Friday. Two from what is known were eminent, one of the persons denied, a Toronto based man, who is chaplain to a regional police force. The other person is an Iraqi-Turkmen, who is a community leader and has relatives that are fighting Daesh in the Middle East. They were each traveling by separate from each other, but with their families and were turned away at different points of entry in the Canada-US border. They were in no way tied to each other. Both men were given very little information as to ...