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Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova won Slovakia’s presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen populist, anti-European Union politicians make gains across the continent. Corruption and change in political style were the main themes ahead of the run-off vote, which took place a year after journalist Jan […]

Listen to “Born And Raised” on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Family restaurants are a part of life for many immigrants in Canada. Parents work long hours in the kitchen and in the dining room serving tables so their children can have better opportunities. It can be gruelling work. So what happens when the kids […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Michigan supplanted Florida as the No. 1 team in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Wolverines (27-3) picked up 17 first-place votes and 781 points to leapfrog the Gators (34-3) for the first time this season. Michigan swept a three-game Big Ten road series from Indiana, while […]

A “virtually indestructible” four-legged robot capable of backflips and righting itself after being knocked over has come out of an MIT lab, and it wants to play with you. The mini-cheetah is the first quadruped bot to do a backflip – and even if it lands wrong, it can easily scramble to its feet as […]

Epic Games has removed the newly introduced Mythic Infinity Blade item in Fortnite after it turned out to be too powerful, saying on Twitter that it “messed up” and that the Blade was too strong. “We messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered / without good counters, especially in the end game. The Infinity […]

The flu vaccine is once again available and as usual, Canadians are being urged to get the shot. Yet, like most years, fewer than half of us will roll up our sleeves. This unsettling reality doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. The reasons behind the lack of uptake are many. Some are health-related, such […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Louisiana-Lafayette senior catcher Lexie Elkins was the No. 1 overall pick by the Pennsylvania Rebellion in the 2016 NPF College Draft presented by Bownet on Thursday evening at the CMA Theater in Nashville, located within the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Elkins was the first player from Louisiana and the […]

The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, the MMO’s next major expansion, will be released on June 4, ZeniMax Online Studios announced today. Elsweyr, which will be “similar in size and scope to last year’s Summerset zone,” features a thirty-hour, “year-long” main story told over four quarterly releases, beginning with the Wrathstone DLC in February. The story […]

Indian troops reportedly shot a top commander from JeM, the militant group behind a suicide attack in Kashmir which killed over 40 Indian police officers. The terror attack led to intense air combat between India and Pakistan. Mudasir Ahmed Khan, described by authorities as a top commander, is believed to have been killed in an […]

A group of Canadian doctors will begin prescribing trips to an art gallery to help patients suffering from a range of ailments become a picture of health. A partnership between the Francophone Association of Doctors in Canada (MFdC) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will allow patients suffering from a number of physical […]