Patricia Roy

Aug 7, 2024 | allafrica.com | Patricia Roy

Kingston, Jamaica — The International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly meeting concluded last week with no mining authorized, an unprecedented number of States calling for a moratorium or precautionary pause and a new Secretary-General elected.

Aug 6, 2024 | ipsnews.net | Patricia Roy

Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Reprint | | Print | KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 7 2024 (IPS) - The International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly meeting concluded last week with no mining authorized, an unprecedented number of States calling for a moratorium or precautionary pause and a new Secretary-General elected. Three weeks of negotiations included intense...

Feb 28, 2024 | naticktownnews.com | Patricia Roy

By Patricia RoyThe four candidates running for two seats with three-year terms on the School Committee are: Catherine Brunell and Dr. Shai Fuxman (running for re-election), Donna McKenzie, a former school board member and first-time candidate James Roberts. The School Committee is a five-person board that approves establishes educational goals and practices, develops the school budget, appoints the school superintendent and conducts negotiations with school personnel. The election is March 26.

Jan 2, 2024 | bcstudies.com | Liz Bryan |Patricia Roy

BC Studies no. 219 Autumn 2023  | p. 137-139 British Columbia may have been Canada’s least religious province in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but religion was present.1 The built heritage, illustrated and described in Pioneer Churches along the Gold Rush Trail: An Explorer’s Guide, demonstrates that several Christian faiths served settlers and acted as missionaries to the Indigenous peoples.

Nov 30, 2023 | hollistontownnews.com | Patricia Roy

By Patricia RoyWould you like to make the holidays a little brighter for families in need?  The Holliston and Ashland police departments can help you with that. Together, the two departments are holding their “Fill a Cruiser” event, where they partner with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10. The event is held at the Big Lots parking lot, 41 Pond St, (Route 126), Ashland. Officers from Ashland and Holliston will be on hand to help collect the gifts.