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…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following her fourth season as a member of the USA Softball Women’s National Team, Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) has been announced as the 2014 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year. Announced on Jan 30, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the U.S., Moultrie has…
WATERLOO, Ont. — A Canadian scientist who became only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics said her personal triumph doubles as a sign of progress for her male-dominated industry. Donna Strickland, associate professor at Ontario’s University of Waterloo, was honoured on Tuesday for being half of the team to discover Chirped…
Authorities in Medellin, Colombia have used 180 detonators to demolish a six-floor apartment building that notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar and his family have once called home. The massive concrete structure – the Monaco- stood unoccupied for over 30 years after the building became the target of a car bomb attack in 1988. Over 1,5000…
Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy has netted himself two 12-episode seasons of a new show, The Ron Burgundy Podcast. Don’t act like you’re not impressed. Launching in early 2019, the podcast will be co-produced by Funny Or Die and iHeartRadio. It’s unclear what the podcast will be about, other than Ron Burgundy himself. Ron Burgundy doesn’t seem…
