• The Canadian Press

    Boating accident in Summerside Harbour leaves 57-year-old P.E.I. man dead

    SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — RCMP in Prince Edward Island say a 57-year-old man has died following a boating accident in the Summerside Harbour. Police say two men were travelling in an oyster dory in the harbour on Saturday evening when they believe the boat hit a channel marker and one man was ejected. The man who remained on the boat tried to rescue the one who had gone overboard and was able to bring him to shore and call 911. RCMP spokesman Scott Ferris says he was ultimately pronounced dead at Hol

  • Associated Press

    Christian group temporarily opens beaches it has closed on Sunday mornings as court fight plays out

    For the first time in generations, beachgoers were out on the sand in a New Jersey shore community on the Sunday morning before Memorial Day as a Christian religious group fights the state over its regular beach closures there during Sunday services. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist group that established a Christian seaside retreat at the Jersey Shore in 1869, said it had closed its beaches on Sunday mornings during religious services in Ocean Grove for more than a century and a half before the state Department of Environmental Protection accused the group of violating state beach access laws.

  • The Canadian Press

    Poor neighborhood in Peru's Amazon region hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests

    BELÉN, Peru (AP) — In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor neighborhood put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests. Many who attended the 10-day event had never seen a movie on the big screen, and the one used for the festival was itself unique due to the area’s geography. “The festival aims to be a tribute to the jungles of the world and its people, to the Indigenous communities, in wh