While pop-up incarnations have come and gone in cities like New York and London, Toronto has opened a permanent “Friends”-themed hangout that recreates the iconic New York coffee shop. Ostensibly to skirt possible trademark infringement, the Toronto location doesn’t take the original name Central Perk, but instead opened under the name Central Café. To replicate…
Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with a Congress deal addressing his border wall demands but insisted he did not want another government shutdown, raising hopes he will not veto the agreement. The US president said he was still working through details of the compromise, which was struck by Republican and Democrat…
SALEM, Va. — Linfield’s Montana McNealy and NFCA All-American Rachel Johnson of Salisbury played “Can you top this?” in the circle on Elimination Saturday at the NCAA Division III Championship, leading their respective teams into Sunday’s semifinal round at the Moyer Sports Complex. McNealy tossed a five-inning no-hitter in the Wildcats’ 8-0 shutout of…
OTTAWA — The labour market generated a second straight month of strong job gains in February with the creation of 55,900 net new positions, all of which were full time. The latest jobs report by Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate held firm last month at 5.8 per cent as more people hunted for work….
Nine people including five troops died in a fire fight in India’s disputed Kashmir region on Monday, days after a suicide bomber killed 42 paramilitary force members in the insurgency-ridden state. Police said the gun battle erupted after security forces surrounded Pinglan village in Pulwama district, 20 miles south of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar, following a tip-off that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Unbeaten Tufts University (41-0) starts defense of its two straight national championships later this week in a familiar position — as the top-ranked team in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings. Tufts matched two NCAA Division III marks by winning the New England Small College…
Canada’s welfare state is disintegrating. Meanwhile, Canada’s corporate welfare state has never been stronger. In his 2018 Fall Economic Report, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that corporations would receive $14 billion in new tax breaks. Enough money to fund a national daycare program is being handed over to the business sector. Although the rationale is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The National Pro Fastpitch League announced its 2015 schedule today. The 120-game regular season schedule includes competition between the league’s five affiliate teams: Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, Dallas Charge, Pennsylvania Rebellion and USSSA Pride. Each team will play every other team in the league a total of 12 games with…
Thieves carried out a daring heist by burrowing tunnels up through the floor of a bank vault close to Antwerp’s diamond quarter, after risking their lives by crawling through sewage pipes. Between 20 to 30 out of hundreds of safes in the vault were reported as being cracked in Sunday’s burglary in Belgium’s second city. The…
Victoria’s Secret has been in the news a lot lately, and many are questioning whether rumours of the lingerie brand’s decline are greatly exaggerated. The company has faced dozens of store closures, declining revenues and the departure of CEO Jan Singer last week. Its chief marketing officer, Ed Razek, also apologized earlier this month for…