Russia may see a hike in health care, education and infrastructure spending by around $162 billion in the next six years, with cuts in its military spending, according to a report on Vladimir Putin’s plan for his term in office. The 10 trillion rubles ($162 billion) spending plan has been under consideration for several months…
OTTAWA — Well before Statistics Canada set out to scoop up private banking information from 500,000 Canadians, it had already collected reams of corporate and individual tax forms and health records — part of its growing reliance on “administrative data” sources instead of traditional surveys. But the uproar over the banking data threatens more than…
George R.R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series that HBO’s Game of Thrones is based off of, turned down the chance to make a cameo in the show’s final season. In an interview with EW, Martin revealed that series showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss invited him to travel to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two more wins kept California’s Norco rolling atop the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll, with a Friday showdown with No. 6 Los Alamitos (27-3) in the CIF Southern Section championship game looming. The Cougars have now won 44 of their last 45 contests. The lone loss during that stretch…
Gearbox has announced the release date for the first DLC pack for We Happy Few, entitled They Came From Below. The announcement came during the studio’s keynote address at PAX East 2019. The first piece of downloadable content will launch on April 4, 2019, and cost $7.99 individually or can be purchased along with the…
The US exit from the Iranian nuclear deal will provoke another major international crisis and grant Iranians freedom to develop nuclear weapons and related programs, a senior Russian MP has said. “If the deal is destroyed then of course Iran would get a theoretical freedom of action, including the capability to develop nuclear weapons and…
Every year, Air Canada does its part to ensure people still want to travel the country (presumably with their airline) by enticing us to indulge in food and drink offerings from across our fair nation. In August, they announced their longlist of the 30 best new restaurants in Canada. On Thursday night, they narrowed it…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — California’s Norco remains the No. 1 team in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll after another unbeaten week. The (25-0) Cougars won 8-0 at Centennial and edged Roosevelt 1-0 in their two contests. Norco has now outscored its opponents this year 173-23, and has won 36 of its last…
Disney screened footage of their new interpretation of The Lion King at CinemaCon on Wednesday, an almost shot-for-shot, line-for-line remake of the scene where Mufasa teaches young Simba about the circle of life. Just as in the 1994 original, this version opens with a rambunctious young Simba (voiced by JD McCrary) waking up his parents…
Click:check balance my gift card If you have paid attention to the news over the last few months, you probably have seen some rather drastic climate-related events. Forest fires have been rampant in British Columbia as well as parts of Ontario. The National Capital Region area has been hit with a blast of tornadoes that…