Marriage used to be a given for most heterosexual people, but a new survey shows that Canadians today are less interested in tying the knot than ever before. The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online poll of more than 1,500 people to understand the changing attitudes towards marriage across Canada. Fifty-three per cent of participants…
The sight of Angela Merkel being given a warm welcome in Athens this week will have come as a relief to anyone with a stake in European stability. It was a far cry from the days of the Euro crisis, when protesters built a gallows outside the Greek parliament with a sign that read “Reserved…
Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has lost the battle against minimum wage increases set in motion by Katherine Wynne, but the business lobby group will likely win the war against minimum wage workers with Doug Ford on its side. In a news release entitled “Ontario Chamber Calls on Provincial Government to Immediately Repeal Bill 148”…
The FBI secretly launched an investigation into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia while in office, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The decision was said to have been taken after Mr Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director leading the Russia election meddling investigation at the time,…
Canadian oil can’t get to the world, and the world won’t pay for what it can’t have. The result? Canadian crude was trading at a 77-per-cent discount to benchmark North American oil at the end of this week. Prices have fallen for much of the past two weeks, with Western Canadian Select (WCS) — the…
OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says predictions that NAFTA talks can be settled by the end of month are “aspirational” — even if American and Mexican officials are close to resolving their differences on complex auto sector issues. But David MacNaughton supports the push towards the ambitious goal and says Canadian negotiators…
A new movie will follow a young, male reporter as he desperately chases an exclusive story about former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. And the woman who actually helped break the news of Ford’s drug use isn’t too impressed. The casting decision for “Run This Town” was met with sarcasm by former Toronto Star reporter Robyn…
Iran’s ambassador to Britain has said the publicity campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has made the London mother’s chances of early release from prison less likely. The intervention came three days after her husband announced the 40-year old mother from Hampstead began a hunger strike over access to specialist medical care and said that she had…
NEW YORK — An heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune and three other people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the investigation of a self-improvement organization accused of branding some of its female followers and forcing them into unwanted sex. Clare Bronfman, 39, a daughter of the late billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram chairman…
If you’re looking for something to munch on, there are plenty of options once you step into the Asian snack aisle at your local grocery. There was a time when the Asian snack aisle wasn’t even a thing, remember. So don’t be surprised if that impulse buy quickly turns into a trip down memory lane….