Meredith Bond

2 months ago | meredithbond.medium.com | Meredith Bond

A newsletter is a lot more important than a lot of new authors realize. Here’s a list of all that a newsletter can do for you. 1. Writing a newsletter makes you think about who you are in your writer persona. Who you are in real life is not necessarily who you are online and it’s not your brand. If you are a writing of romantic comedy, you’re probably going to be a funny person All The Time online. Obviously, you’re not IRL.

2 months ago | kitchener.citynews.ca | Meredith Bond

A small plane crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and railroad tracks, police said. The Boca Raton Police said in a social media post that several roads near the Boca Raton Airport were closed near Interstate 95 after the plane went down shortly after 10 a.m. Local media reported the plane was on fire and firefighters were responding. It wasn't immediately clear how many people were on the plane and whether there were any survivors.

2 months ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Meredith Bond

The Canadian Medical Association Journal is urging Canada to step up its research funding to fill a void expected to be left by deep cuts to health agencies in the United States. In an editorial published in the CMAJ on Monday, editor-in-chief Kirsten Patrick said it's also important for medical journals to stand up for science and condemn the erosion of public health surveillance and data collection south of the border.

Mar 3, 2025 | calgary.citynews.ca | Meredith Bond

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday directed a "pause" to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia. A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal to end the more than three-year war sparked by Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine, and wants Zelenskyy "committed" to that goal.

Mar 3, 2025 | kitchener.citynews.ca | Meredith Bond

U.S. President Donald Trump says 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday. Trump says there's no room left for America's closest neighbours to negotiate a way out of the devastating duties. The president says both counties would have to build car plants and "other things" in the United States to get the levies removed.