Thursday, September 26, 2024

This camel desperately needed a pair of shoes. A cobbler came to his rescue

A camel, wearing custom shoes on his feet.

It’s far from typical for a camel to sport shoes around the yard, but then again, it’s far from typical for a camel to be trotting around the United Kingdom. So when cobbler Stuart Moss got a call from a woman named Lady Chichester about making a shoe for a camel, he thought it was a prank.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/camel-shoes-timujin-1.7334670?cmp=rss

Helene strengthens to Category 3 hurricane as it churns toward Florida

The Gulf of Mexico's water pushes up against the beach as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Hurricane Helene could cause a "nightmare" scenario of catastrophic storm surge in northwestern Florida, officials warned Thursday as they urged residents to heed evacuation orders ahead of the enormous storm, which is expected to cause significant damage hundreds of kilometres inland across much of the southeastern U.S.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-helene-florida-thursday-1.7335173?cmp=rss

Ottawa considering lower threshold for issuing alerts on foreign interference, inquiry hears

Allen Sutherland, assistant secretary to the cabinet in the Privy Council Office appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, Thursday, September 26, 2024 in Ottawa.

The federal government is considering changes to the way it lets Canadians know about attempts at foreign interference in elections, including lowering the threshold for alerting the public that an attempt has been made.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-elections-pco-1.7334743?cmp=rss

Palestinians demand details after 88 unidentified bodies arrive on Israeli truck in Gaza

People seen standing next to a truck in Gaza.

A truck carrying 88 unidentified bodies of Palestinians killed in Israel's military offensive in Gaza arrived in Khan Younis on Wednesday, but the Palestinian Ministry of Health has paused the process of accepting the bodies because Israel has not provided any information on their identities or how they were killed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-unidentified-bodies-mass-burial-1.7333325?cmp=rss