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OTTAWA — Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers. Royal assent was granted late Monday shortly after senators approved Bill C-89 by a vote of 53-25. Four senators abstained. The government had deemed passage […]

The US should not abandon Kurdish and Arab allies who led the fight against Isil, British officials have said, warning a rapid withdrawal of its troops would risk a resurgence of the jihadists. Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are expected to announce the territorial defeat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in […]

Like many professional athletes, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes plays Fortnite. Thanks to Epic Games’ new partnership with the NFL, Mahomes and other NFL players can encounter people wearing their jerseys on the battlefield. It already happened for Mahomes, who was killed by someone wearing his No. 15 Chiefs jersey. Mahomes posted about the […]

TORONTO — Jeremy Dutcher has won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for his album “Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa.” The project, which is performed in the Wolastoq language, was selected by an 11-member jury as the Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit. The winner receives a $50,000 cash prize and heightened awareness for their […]

A statue showing a sailor passionately kissing a nurse at the end of Second World War was vandalised with the #MeToo hashtag one day after the serviceman’s death. The statue is based on the well known picture, V-J Day in Times Square, taken on August 14, 1945 in New York by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Unconditional […]

Etanda Arden’s phone used to ring constantly with calls from bill collectors. The single mother was studying full-time at Lakehead University, paying for rent and groceries with payments from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). She was behind by $300 every month, so she’d pay half her bills one month and half the next, never […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Single session tickets for the 2015 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC), which will be held August 9-15 in Oklahoma City, Okla., are available for purchase online, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today. The Junior World Championship, a World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) sanctioned event, will include […]

Be aware that SPOILERS are ahead for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Continue at your own peril. Creator J.K. Rowling is known for adding intense plot twists in the Harry Potter universe, and the narrative for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is no different. At the end of the film, the kind-hearted and […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the eighth week this season and the 11th consecutive week overall, unbeaten two-time defending national champion Tufts University is the unanimous choice atop the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings.   Tufts (16-0) swept Babson in its only games last week to extend its win streak […]

Note: This blog contains spoilers. I wasn’t sure what to expect from “Crazy Rich Asians.” In case you haven’t read up on the hype, the movie is kind of a big deal as far as diverse representation goes (and a big deal, full stop, given how it smashed box office expectations on its opening weekend). […]