Three French-Israelis are being held in Tel-Aviv accused of swindling a businessman out of €8 million by impersonating the French foreign minister and building a replica of his office. The trio face charges of passing themselves off as Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, via emails but also video calls in order to embezzle…
We are almost a month into 2019, and it feels like the Toronto real estate market is getting a fresh start. Gone are the days of double-digit price increases, dozens of offers in bidding wars, and new record prices every month. As we enter a more balanced market, the discussion will slowly shift away from…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida (21-0) received all but one first place vote as it continued its perfect start and strengthened its hold of the top spot in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association. The top four spots remained the same, but undefeated LSU joined the party as…
2019 marks the 80th anniversary of Batman’s debut, and DC has big plans for the Dark Knight. Among those plans is a major new storyline that will officially induct the Arkham Knight character into the main DC Comics continuity. DC will be mirroring the approach taken for Superman’s 80th anniversary earlier this year, with the…
A New York county has banned all unvaccinated children from public places, in the most draconian action yet to combat the United States’ increasing outbreaks of measles. Measles was effectively eradicated in the US by 2000, but six outbreaks – defined as three or more cases – in five US states have been confirmed this…
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…