Month: July 2016
Man severely injured in explosion in New York’s Central Park
(CNN)Members of the New York Police Department bomb squad are investigating the cause of an explosion in Central Park on Sunday that nearly blew a man’s leg off, police said. Preliminary investigation suggests the explosion was an “experiment with fireworks or homemade explosives,” NYPD Deputy Chief John O’Connell said at a news conference Sunday afternoon.
Ignored by youth-obsessed Hollywood, older audiences flock to indie films
In a summer stuffed with blockbusters aimed at young audience, arthouse films appeal to an older demographic because the stars reflect the audiences Halfway into Warcraft: the Beginning, the video game adapted by Duncan Jones into a wannabe sci-fi franchise, Glenn Close appears as some kind of oracle. Swathed in a black cloak and with […]
‘This is a very happy place to be day in, day out’: readers on life in Canada
To mark Canada Day on 1 July we asked readers what its really like living in the country, how Canada is perceived from the outside and what improvements could still be made I appreciate more about Canada the more I travel elsewhere – Julienne Isaacs, Winnipeg, Manitoba Theres always an exception to the rule, but […]