April’s national home sales up 11.3% from March: CREA
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association says national home sales jumped by 11.3 per cent between March and April as the real estate market picked up again.The association says seasonally-adjusted sales for the month totalled 38,164 compared with 34,277 in March.The actual number of homes sold last month amounted to 44,059, down 19.5 per cent from a year prior. The association says the year-over-year sales decline was markedly smaller than the drops reported in recent months.The seasonally-adjusted number of new listings edged up 1.6 per cent to 54,355 in April from March, but supply remains at a 20-year low.The actual average home price reached roughly $716,000 in April, down 3.9 per cent from April 2022, but up $103,500 from January 2023.This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2023.The Canadian PressStatistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum down 0.1 per cent in March
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum fell 0.1 per cent to $85.6 billion in March, led by a drop in the miscellaneous subsector and the machinery equipment and supplies subsector. Overall, sales fell in four of the seven subsectors tracked by the agency. Statistics Canada says sales in the miscellaneous subsector fell 6.1 per cent to $11.4 billion as sales in the agricultural supplies industry group fell 15.5 per cent to $4.1 billion.The machinery, equipment and supplies subsector dropped 2.0 per cent to $18.0 billion in March as the computer and communications equipment and supplies industry group fell 9.2 per cent to $4.9 billion,Sales from the farm product subsector rose 19.1 per cent to $4.7 billion.Constant dollar sales excluding petroleum fell 0.3 per cent in March.This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2023.The Canadian PressBody found near train tracks in Morton Grove overnight
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
MORTON GROVE, Ill. — A body was discovered near train tracks in Morton Grove overnight. A Metra spokesperson said the body was discovered near Beckwith Road and Lehigh Avenue overnight. A train personnel spotted the body and alerted authorities but were not involved in the incident. Chicago off-duty officer, 33, found dead inside her home on West Side A freight train passed through the area before the body was discovered but its involvement has not been confirmed yet. There is no other information and the incident is under investigation.One of Kenya's oldest lions, Loonkiito, among 10 killed by herders
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone.The male lion named Loonkiito was 19 years old and was described as frail by Kenya Wildlife Service spokesperson Paul Jinaro, who said it wandered out of the Amboseli national park into a village in search of food on Thursday night.This photo provided by Lion Guardians shows the male lion named "Loonkiito" in Amboseli National Park, in southern Kenya on Feb. 20, 2023. One of Kenya's oldest wild lions, Loonkiito, 19, was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, May 13, 2023, bringing to 10 the number killed the previous week alone. (Philip J. Briggs/Lion Guardians via AP)Six other lions from the same national park were speared by herders after they killed 11 goats in Mbirikani a...Dean's A-List Interviews: Michael J. Fox on his life and Parkinson's awareness in new film
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
Dean sits down with Michael J. Foxx and discusses his new movie "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,' where he navigates his life story as he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at 29. Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!Mother of two survives severe heart condition
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — This weekend, many celebrated Mother’s Day.One local mother was thankful to enjoy the holiday with her two children after surviving a severe heart condition.Just ten weeks after childbirth, Kuan-hsien ‘Milly’ Lee started feeling intense pressure in her chest and having difficulty breathing.“I would just find it really hard to go back to sleep,” she said. “When I tried to lie down, I would have a lot of pressure in my chest, where it felt hard to breathe.”A local cardiologist diagnosed her with mitral valve prolapse — a heart condition that affects the valve between the left heart chamber — which can lead to heart failure if left untreated.“We were very surprised,” Lee said. “It's a diagnosis that you typically you hear about happening with older people.”The 36-year-old was also diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation — a leaky valve that was enlarging her heart and accumulating fluid within her lungs.Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, or CTVS, board-certified c...Mayorkas: Border Patrol sees 50 percent decrease in migration after Title 42 ends
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the Border Patrol has seen a 50 percent drop in encounters at the southern border in the days following the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that allowed the rapid expulsions of asylum-seekers. "In fact, over the past two days, the United States Border Patrol has seen an approximately 50 percent drop in the number of people encountered at our southern border as compared to the numbers earlier this week before Title 42 came to an end midnight on Thursday," Mayorkas told ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week." End of Title 42 has not led to ‘substantial increase’ at border, Biden officials say Title 42 ended last week, sparking concerns among lawmakers and officials that a surge of migrants would try to cross the U.S. border. Officials were expecting a heavy influx of migrants, but officials said they had yet to see a change in migrant levels in the immediate hours after the rule expired. In preparation for ...Gas prices steady as Memorial Day approaches
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The price of a gallon of regular gasoline remains steady as drivers prepared for the Memorial Day holiday, according to AAA.The company said the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Austin-San Marcos was $3.11 on May 15. That was up 3 cents from May 8 but down 24 cents from April 15. It was down $1.03 from May 15, 2022. As for Texas, AAA said drivers were paying an average of $3.09 a gallon for regular gas and drivers across the United States were paying an average of $3.54.Is that really you? TSA tests facial recognition tech for airport security
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification to the TSA officer sitting behind the screen.It's all part of a pilot project by the Transportation Security Administration to assess the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country.“What we are trying to do with this is aid the officers to actually determine that you are who you say who you are,” said Jason Lim, identity management capabilities manager, during a demonstration of the technology to reporters at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.The effort comes at a time when the use of various forms of technology to enhance security and streamline procedures is only increasing. TSA says the pilot is voluntary and accurate, but critics have raised concerns abo...Here's how Texas compares to the moldiest states
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:11:16 GMT
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unlike other allergens that we see in Central Texas, mold can be a year-round problem.Meteorologist Nick Bannin spoke with Gideon Rubin, the CEO and Co-Founder of IAQ, an indoor contaminant measuring company, about the problems mold can cause.Nick Bannin, KXAN Meteorologist: Gideon Rubin joins us the CEO and co-founder of IAQ. Gideon, you recently looked at the worst states for mold in the country. What are the top five? And where does Texas rank?Gideon Rubin, CEO and Co-Founder of IAQ: Yeah, so what we found was really Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, were really the top five. And Texas is actually doing pretty well overall for mold. The factors really are humidity plays very much into that. And then the unique conditions in each region. So Texas is definitely a large state and has a lot of different sort of climates. But the moisture is a big deal there. And that's what really drives a lot of the mold. And that's what drives some of these sta...Latest news
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