For a decade he was Donald Trump’s "fixer," the man who said he would "take a bullet" for his boss. But when Michael Cohen raised his right hand in front of a Congressional committee he threatened to do his best to torpedo the Trump presidency. He laid out a litany of accusations including that Mr…
Heaven’s Vault doesn’t look like much to begin with. It feels simple and sparse. The graphic novel idea – illustrated 2D characters in a rendered 3D world – sounds nice, but the combination of characters being only partially animated, moving from still-pose to still-pose, and the environments being basic, feels awkward and, to be brutally…
A series of crimes attributed to misogyny, including the recent van attack in Toronto in which 10 people died, has raised concerns about toxic masculinity and the ways in which our societal norms around what it means to be a man can become dangerous. And if you have a young boy in your life, you…
For better or worse, 2018 seems to have marked a turning point in Canada’s closely-watched housing market, and here’s one effect of that: We can no longer count ourselves among the countries with the world’s hottest residential real estate. That might be good news for the many Toronto and Vancouver residents who are hoping for…
A British schoolgirl who fled to Syria to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has said she does not regret it, but wants to return to the UK to give birth. Shamima Begum, 19, vanished from her home in Bethnal Green in London four years ago, along with two other teenage girls, Kadiza…
EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley promised to balance the province’s budget by 2023-24 as she unveiled her party’s election platform Sunday, while also pledging to expand $25 per day child care, build long-term care beds for seniors and construct new schools. Notley’s date for balancing the books is a year later than what’s…
The US Justice Department official who once oversaw the Russia probe, Rod Rosenstein, plans to resign in mid-March, US news outlets reported. Rosenstein’s departure from his post as deputy attorney general has been expected for some time. CNN on Monday quoted a department official as saying it has nothing to do with recent explosive claims by…
WASHINGTON — An American cannabis producer is warning President Donald Trump that Canada is poised to dominate the North American marijuana industry unless the United States takes steps to eliminate barriers to financing and market capital south of the border. A full-page ad in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, framed as a plea to the White…
The Canadian Mint revealed a commemorative coin in honour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s impending nuptials on Wednesday. The $20 Fine Silver Coin is limited edition and costs $104.95. The Mint also announced that it is making a $25,000 donation to the Centre For Addiction and Mental Health. The donation will be made instead…
The Red Dead Online beta is still trundling on, and with it the continued complaints about griefing, the in-game economy, microtransactions and lack of content. This week the game received a major update – and despite specifically seeking to address “destructive player behaviour”, the update has received criticism for failing to fully address griefing problems,…