MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is walking back a statement by its CEO, who said last week he never cited the protection of 9,000 Canadian jobs as a reason the construction giant should be granted a remediation agreement. Neil Bruce told The Canadian Press last Wednesday that if SNC-Lavalin is convicted of criminal charges and…
Lots of children’s books use lovable characters, comforting illustrations, and satisfying narrative arcs to explore topics that might otherwise be too complicated or intimidating for readers to understand. But it’s not just kids who grapple with new and scary topics. With STI rates on the rise in Canada, Toronto native Jackie Prince wants to teach…
Filmmakers who want to receive funding from the British Film Institute (BFI) will have to abandon an old trope, as the BFI will no longer fund movies featuring villains with scars, reports the Telegraph. The move comes as the BFI backs Changing Faces’ #IAmNotYourVillain charitable campaign. The BFI is reportedly the first organization to support…
ST. GEORGE, Utah – With a 7-2 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M on Saturday, Chipola (Fla.) won the 2015 NJCAA Division I Softball Championship. Claiming their program’s second national title, the Indians raised the trophy for the first time since 2007. BOX SCORE | TOURNAMENT AWARDS Anchoring Chipola’s victory on the mound was sophomore…
Canadian women are considerably more likely to face harassment in the workplace than men, according to data released Monday by Statistics Canada. The data, which comes from the agency’s 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home, found nearly one in five women and more than one in eight men reported some sort…
Saturday mornings in our household are on average no different than our frantic weekday mornings. No one sleeps in on Saturdays in this house — that luxury went away the moment our firstborn arrived and hasn’t happened since. But my three kids and I do have a Saturday morning ritual that we have been participating…
Clive Barker’s 1992 horror hit Candyman is getting the reboot treatment, and Get Out creator Jordan Peele will be producing the film with Nia DaCosta in the director’s chair. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures made the announcement today, confirming earlier rumors that Jordan Peele would produce a Candyman reboot. The film will serve as a “spiritual…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is proud to announce the top three finalists for the NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year trophy, which will be presented prior to the start of the 2015 NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. Oregon’s Jenna Lilley, Alabama’s Alexis Osorio and…
HALIFAX — The court-appointed monitor overseeing the search for the $260 million owed to clients of the faltering QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says it recently found more than $900,000 in digital assets — only to see more than half of those crypto-coins escape its grasp. The bizarre turn of events was revealed Tuesday in the first…
Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been renamed Nursultan in honour of long-time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stepped down as president on Tuesday but has retained his influence over the state. Mr Nazarbayev’s ally Kassym Jomart-Tokayev proposed the change in his first act as president after being sworn in on Wednesday, and parliament unanimously approved it. He…