LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Unbeaten two-time defending national champion Tufts University stays put as the unanimous choice atop the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings following a 10-0 week. Tufts (14-0) had its first extra-inning game of the season last Thursday against Washington & Jefferson, winning 4-1 in eight innings…
TORONTO — Canada’s largest real estate board is calling on Ottawa to revisit whether a stricter mortgage stress test introduced last year is still needed, arguing that the policy has negatively impacted the economy and Toronto’s once red-hot housing market. “While we saw buyers return to the market in the second half of 2018, we…
According to Health Canada, breast cancer is the third most common cancer in Canada and the primary cancer affecting women in the country. The federal health organization says that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, with 83 per cent of those cases occurring in women aged 50 plus….
Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the death of a five-month old baby boy believed to have died from a botched home circumcision in the northern region of Reggio Emilia late on Friday. The baby, who has not been named, was born to parents of Ghanaian origin in the town of Scandiano near Modena. The child…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Emory University’s Hannah Sendel and Allyson Fournier of Tufts University have been selected as the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. Sendel, a junior second baseman from Greenwood Village, Colo., was 14-for-26 (.538) with two doubles, seven homers, nine walks and…
TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is getting lots of advice on how to slash spending, improve the health-system and make the province more “open for business” ahead of its first budget, which will come out this spring. A budget is a big deal for any government, especially one in its first full fiscal year,…
Marvel’s Runaways will return to Hulu on Friday, December 21, with an exciting new season, and set of adventures for our heroes to embark on. In anticipation of its upcoming release, Hulu has unveiled the official Season 2 trailer, which you can check out for yourself, below: According to the synopsis, “The Runaways have left their homes…
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” whose powerhouse vocal cords revolutionized American music and made her one of the top-selling female musicians of all time, has died at age 76, her publicist told The Associated Press on Thursday. News of her death comes on the heels of several reports of Franklin being “seriously” unwell….
Canada is well behind a majority of its developed-world peers when it comes to adopting electric car technology, a new analysis has found. It’s not that Canadian consumers don’t want electric vehicles. Rather, experts say, government policy and the local auto industry are simply not keeping pace, and buying an electric car in Canada can…
OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 4 Dixie State and No. 6 North Georgia will meet for the 2015 NCAA Division II Championship on Monday at 12:00 p.m. at Tom Heath Field on the campus of Oklahoma Christian University. It will be the first appearance in the title game for both programs. The fourth-ranked Red Storm…
